Product Owner|Only W2

Position: Product Owner|Only W2

Location: HYBRID position requiring 2 in-office days at local Deloitte office p/week
Duration: 11 + months

A Product Owner (PO) for digital finance products owns the day-to-day delivery of finance capabilities within a digital product team, translating business outcomes into a prioritized product backlog and clear user stories. The PO partners with Finance stakeholders, Product Management, Engineering, and Risk/Compliance to refine requirements, define acceptance criteria, manage dependencies, support testing and release readiness, ensure delivered features improve finance processes, controls, and reporting.

Required Skills & Qualifications (Product Owner)

•      Bachelor’s degree (Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field); MBA/advanced degree preferred.

•      2+ years of experience as a Product Owner (or closely related roles such as Product Delivery Manager / Business Analyst) delivering Finance products.

•      Strong domain experience in FP&A and Core Finance

•      Prior experience owning and managing a product backlog for one or more Agile teams, including prioritization, refinement, and release planning.

•      Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills; able to break down ambiguous problems into clear epics, features, and user stories.

•      Proven ability to translate product goals into well-defined user stories, acceptance criteria, and Definition of Done/Ready to support end-to-end delivery.

•      Ability to define and track outcome and delivery metrics (e.g., adoption, usability, cycle time, defects) and use insights to adjust priorities.

•      Strong collaboration and influence without authority across stakeholders (business, engineering, operations, legal, compliance, risk).

•      Excellent communication and storytelling skills to simplify complexity, align stakeholders, and drive clarity for delivery decisions.

•      Strong decision-making skills: make timely trade-offs across customer value, business goals, technical feasibility, and regulated/financial services constraints.

•      Practical experience working in Agile delivery (SAFe preferred; Scrum/Kanban), including participating in ceremonies and supporting the team through sprint execution.

•      Working knowledge of digital finance platforms/architecture and integrations; familiarity (ability to partner effectively with engineers/architects) with technologies in Enterprise Performance Management such as , OneStream (highly preferred), Oracle Fusion – EPM, Hyperion or equivalent

•      Familiarity with product delivery and collaboration tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Aha!, Mural, Asana).

Good-to-Have Skills (Highly Desirable)

•      Strong customer advocacy and ability to represent user needs in backlog decisions and acceptance criteria.

•      Finance industry experience and comfort operating in regulated environments (risk, controls, compliance).

•      Ability to balance technical constraints (architecture, dependencies, performance/non-functional requirements) with business objectives.

•      Comfort making decisions with incomplete information; “bias for action” in execution.

•      Strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills, especially around prioritization, scope, and dependency trade-offs.