Hybrid: Product Owner

Responsibilities:

• Partner with business stakeholders to understand processes, requirements, and pain points.
• Create and manage product backlog, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Lead Agile ceremonies and prioritize features based on business value.
• Strong understanding of Banking/Financial Services business processes.
• Experience in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Excellent stakeholder and LOB relationship management skills.
• Working knowledge of SQL, databases, and data analysis.
• Proficiency with Jira and Confluence.
• Work closely with technology teams to deliver solutions aligned with business objectives.
• Analyze data and validate requirements using SQL and database queries.

Requirements:

• Experience as a Product Owner, Technical Product Owner, Business Analyst, or related role in banking, financial services, or a highly regulated industry.
• Demonstrated experience working directly with LOB leaders, business stakeholders, and cross-functional delivery teams.
• Strong understanding of banking and financial services business processes, operations, products, or data flows.
• Proven experience performing business process analysis, workflow analysis, requirements gathering, and process improvement.
• Hands-on experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Strong understanding of product backlog management, feature prioritization, user story development, and acceptance criteria.
• Experience leading or facilitating Agile ceremonies.
• Working knowledge of SQL, relational databases, data analysis, and data validation.
• Ability to write or interpret SQL queries to investigate data, validate requirements, and support issue resolution.
• Experience using Jira and Confluence for backlog, requirements, workflow, and documentation management.
• Excellent written, verbal, presentation, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, and organizational skills.