About this role

Role: Product Owner (Financial)

Exp: 10+ yrs

Location: Columbus, OH

Required Qualifications:

10+ years of experience as a Technical Product Owner, Product Owner, Business Analyst, or Technical Business Analyst.
Proven experience leading discovery and requirements definition for application modernization or digital transformation initiatives.
5+ years of Banking and Financial Services experience.
Knowledge of deposits, Certificate of Deposit (CD), checking, savings, payments, servicing, or lending processes.
Strong experience translating business capabilities into epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, and implementation-ready requirements.
Expertise facilitating workshops, stakeholder interviews, backlog refinement, and requirements elaboration sessions.
Experience working with Product, Business, Operations, Architecture, UX, Development, QA, and UAT teams.
Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum delivery methodologies.
Experience with legacy application modernization, APIs, middleware integrations, and modern web applications.
Working knowledge of REST APIs, microservices, system integrations, and frontend application architectures.
Experience supporting UAT, defect management, release readiness, and production deployment.
Experience participating in AI, Intelligent Automation, RPA, or Generative AI initiatives.
Understanding of workflow automation, process optimization, and digital transformation practices.
Excellent facilitation, stakeholder management, communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience modernizing Mainframe or green-screen applications.
Experience with React applications, Micro-Frontends, and enterprise design systems.
Experience with RPA platforms such as: UiPath, Automation Anywhere, Blue Prism, Microsoft Power Automate
Experience with Agentic AI solutions, AI assistants, workflow agents, or case automation platforms.
Familiarity with Azure OpenAI, OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Microsoft Copilot, or similar enterprise AI platforms.
Knowledge of RAG, Conversational AI, Intelligent Document Processing (IDP), and workflow automation technologies.
Familiarity with AI governance, Responsible AI principles, and enterprise security requirements.
Experience with Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or similar Agile delivery tools.

Regards,

Prakash

prakash.v(@)smg(-)llc(.)us

Product Owner (Mainframe, Financial, AI) - 10+ yrs - OH Onsite

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