Sr Product Owner - Digital Banking

BECU•Tukwila, WA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Sr Product Owner on the Digital Banking team, you’ll be responsible for driving roadmap execution for one or more extensive and complex capability-aligned products. As part of the Digital Banking team, you will play a key role in executing an ongoing transformation of our digital platforms to modernize our capabilities, continuously improve member experiences, and accelerate innovation. This role will communicate the product strategy, vision, and priority to the delivery team, utilizing customized dashboards and the delivery team roadmap, and seeing that vision through product delivery. The Sr Product Owner will work with key stakeholders across the organization. This role will maintain the product roadmap and is responsible for the output of the product delivery team. We’re seeking candidates located in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, Arizona, or Texas. Team members based in Seattle typically work onsite at our Tukwila office on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Candidates located outside the Seattle area should be prepared to travel to Tukwila, WA, or other locations as needed, approximately 1-3 times per quarter. This isn’t just about ticking off tasks on a list. It's about making a significant, positive change in BECU’s journey, where your contributions are valued, and your growth is continually fostered.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in technology, business, or a closely related discipline, or equivalent experience
7 years of related functional experience in product ownership, project management, or development roles
5 years of experience developing user stories and relevant domain experience
Demonstrated experience managing and maintaining vendor relationships
Proven ability to self-direct; identify business and customer needs and opportunities; overcome barriers; and develop solutions with minimal supervision
Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
Exceptional writing and editing skills, paired with strong presentation and public speaking abilities

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree
Expert knowledge of Agile and Scrum methodologies
Strong leadership and negotiation skills
Product Owner certification

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary decision owner for scope, priority, and sequencing, ensuring delivery teams are aligned to execute against the approved roadmap for complex products or initiatives.
Facilitate user story development from strategy and business requirements, create user stories, document acceptance criteria, approve user stories for the delivery team, and accept completed stories and features.
Inspect and facilitate product progress, accept, and reject work done, solve product design concerns, define and prioritize product backlog.
Coordinate with internal design partners, vendors, and external parties to support feature or product planning and execution.
Partner with key stakeholders to maintain a coordinated product roadmap and reset priorities as needed.
Maintain current knowledge of market and industry trends and use that knowledge to make effective recommendations during vision, design or workshop sessions.
Ensure proactive information-sharing among team members to facilitate alignment and awareness.
Provide coaching and training to junior team members to enable growth and development as needed.
Perform additional duties as may be assigned.