Key Responsibilities
- Lead the development and execution of product plans supporting core banking modernization initiatives.
- Act as the Feature Product Owner responsible for defining and documenting feature-level acceptance criteria.
- Translate business requirements into detailed functional requirements, user stories, and product specifications.
- Facilitate requirement refinement workshops and Joint Application Design (JAD) sessions with business and technology stakeholders.
- Serve as the primary communication point for stakeholders, providing updates, managing expectations, resolving conflicts, and escalating issues when necessary.
- Collaborate with engineering, architecture, and business teams to deliver scalable, compliant, and high-quality solutions.
- Review and analyze digital product strategies related to account ledger systems, transaction processing, and banking capabilities.
- Influence product direction by balancing customer needs, technical feasibility, operational efficiency, and regulatory requirements.
- Partner with senior leadership to support roadmap planning and execution of strategic modernization priorities.
- Work closely with risk, compliance, and control teams to ensure solutions align with enterprise governance standards.
- Support large-scale Agile planning activities, sprint refinement, backlog prioritization, and release planning.
- Drive cross-functional collaboration across product, engineering, architecture, operations, and business teams.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of Digital Product Management or Product Ownership experience, or an equivalent combination of work experience, training, military experience, or education.
- Proven experience working as a Product Owner or Feature Product Owner within Agile delivery environments.
- Strong experience refining business requirements into detailed functional requirements and user stories.
- Experience facilitating stakeholder workshops, requirement refinement sessions, and JAD workshops.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple stakeholders, resolve conflicts, and communicate effectively across technical and business teams.
- Experience delivering enterprise-scale digital transformation initiatives.
Required Technical Skills
- Strong Digital Product Ownership experience.
- Knowledge of core banking platforms, including:
- Account ledger systems
- Transaction processing
- Posting logic
- Ledger architecture
- Experience with Agile methodologies and Agile delivery practices.
- Hands-on experience using:
- Jira
- Confluence
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Strong understanding of:
- Microservices architecture
- Event-driven architecture
- Real-time processing systems
- Banking technology ecosystems
- Experience working within financial services or other highly regulated industries.
- Solid understanding of risk management, controls, governance, and regulatory compliance.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in consumer banking and/or core banking modernization.
- Executive presence with the ability to communicate effectively with senior leadership.
- Strong customer-centric mindset.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Adaptability and resilience in fast-paced, evolving environments.
- Ability to influence without direct authority across cross-functional teams.
Skills
core banking,architecture,agile,modernization,scrum product ownership,product management,digital,business requirements
