Payments Product Owner SWIFT SME

Location: Washington, DC (Onsite: 5 days per week)

12+ Months Contract

Seeking a hands-on Payments Product Owner with deep expertise in SWIFT MT, ISO 20022 MX, CBPR+, and cross-border payments.

Responsibilities

Own requirements for SWIFT payments, cash management, UETR tracking, and payment traceability.
Define processing rules for MT103, MT202, pacs.008, pacs.009, and camt.052/053/054.
Support correspondent banking, nostro/vostro, intermediary bank, and settlement workflows.
Ensure compliance with SWIFT releases, mapping rules, AML, and sanctions requirements.
Convert business requirements into ADO epics, features, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
Improve STP by analyzing rejects, returns, repair queues, investigations, and reconciliation issues.

Required: Strong SWIFT/ISO 20022 expertise, payments domain experience, and hands-on Azure DevOps knowledge.

Payments Product Owner SWIFT SME

Key skills