Agile Product Owner – Risk Management

Role Overview

• Has end-to-end ownership of the entire value chain from ideation to lifecycle management.
• Makes data-driven decisions based on key performance indicators, user feedback, and market research to optimize product features and drive continuous improvement.
• Decides what work gets prioritized in the backlog, what work gets declined, and what work is moved forward.
• Builds requirements when work items get prioritized.
• Once an item is prioritized for a sprint, this role oversees the team’s activities to develop/test/implement the item.
• Is accountable for delivering stated value and benefits of all prioritized work.
• Uses OKRs as a cornerstone for team focus and manages the agile team’s product backlog and prioritizes based on changing requirements.
• Defines Minimal Viable Products and strategically de-scopes to achieve goals.
• Plays a key role in sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives and participates in scrum meetings.
• Works closely with others to develop and decide which user stories will be in the next sprints.
• Translates business requirements into clear and detailed user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Works closely with the agile team members to define and drive product vision and distill a product roadmap while guiding cross-functional focus to understand what to solution.
• Needs to have the ability to influence quantity and quality of work.
• Sets goals for the aligned team around productivity, effectiveness, quality, and speed of the delivery team, while aligning team activities to achieve LOB OKRs.
• Is accountable for goal achievement and team performance.
• Responsible for stakeholder communication and alignment and manages expectations with business sponsors and executives.
• Monitors industry trends, competitive landscape, and existing product or process pain points in order to refine existing and/or new product portfolio to derive maximum value for the organization.
• Decides how to address pain points and puts fixes into sprint work.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or the equivalent experience. Specialty: Business or Technology. (Required)
• Master's Degree or the equivalent experience. Specialty: Business or Technology. (Preferred)
• 2 or more years Agile/DevSecOps experience. (Required)
• 5 or more years financial institution experience. (Preferred)
• 5 or more years demonstrated experience in independently influencing and engaging employees across all levels of the organization. (Required)
• 5 or more years successfully leading a team, with or without direct reporting relationships. (Required)
• 5 or more years presenting ideas and discussions with confidence and poise and to audiences at various levels of an organization, effectively engaging senior leaders and stakeholders. (Required)
• 5 or more years experience enabling business capability and objectives through technology. (Required)
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or related. (Preferred)

Benefits

• medical plans with prescription drug coverage
• flexible spending account or health savings account depending on the medical plan chosen
• dental and vision insurance
• life insurance
• 401(k) program with employer match and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• paid time off programs including holiday pay and paid volunteer time
• disability insurance coverage
• maternity and parental leave
• adoption assistance
• educational assistance
• robust wellness program with financial incentives