Banking Product Owner lead - Vice President

You are a strategic thinker passionate about driving solutions in business architecture and data management. You have found the right team.

As a Banking Book Product Owner Associate in our Firmwide Finance Business Architecture (FFBA) team, you will spend each day defining, refining, and delivering set goals for our firm. As a Product Owner on the Business Architecture team, you will work closely with Line of Business stakeholders, data Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), consumers, and technology teams across Finance, Credit Risk & Treasury, and various Program Management teams.

Your expertise in data analysis and data knowledge will be instrumental in identifying trends, optimizing processes, and driving business growth. As our organization grows, so does our reliance on insightful, data-driven decisions. You should be able to dissect complex datasets to unearth actionable insights while possessing a strong understanding of data governance, data quality, and data management principles.

Job Responsibilities:

• Manage the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) from requirements gathering to testing and deployment, ensuring seamless integration and execution.
• Utilize the Agile framework to write business requirements in the form of user stories, enhancing data, reporting automation, and digital analytics toolsets.
• Collaborate with development teams to translate business needs into technical specifications, ensuring acceptance criteria are met.
• Drive compliance and adherence to product and Release Management standards and operating models.
• Identify and implement solutions for business process improvements, creating supporting documentation and enhancing end-user experience.
• Oversee the release plan, including scope, milestones, sourcing requirements, test strategy, execution, and stakeholder activities.
• Collaborate with lines of business to understand products, data capture methods, and strategic data sourcing into a cloud-based big data architecture.
• Partner with Implementation leads, Release managers, Project managers, and data SMEs to align data and system flows with Finance and Risk applications.

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills:

• Bachelor s degree with 10+ years of experience in Project Management or Product Ownership, with a focus on process re-engineering.
• Proven experience as a Product Owner with a strong understanding of agile principles and delivering complex programs.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with the capacity to quickly assimilate business and technical knowledge.
• Basic knowledge of cloud technologies (e.g., AWS).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex concepts to diverse audiences.
• Strong organizational abilities to manage multiple work streams concurrently, maintaining sound judgment and a risk mindset.
• Solid understanding of financial and regulatory reporting processes.
• Energetic, adaptable, self-motivated, and effective under pressure.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience in Finance, Risk, or Operations as a Product Lead.
• Familiarity with traditional credit products and liquidity and credit reporting data.
• Knowledge of JIRA, Excel, PowerPoint, SQL, Databricks, and data visualization tools (Tableau, Alteryx, Python).
• Highly responsible, detail-oriented, and able to work with tight deadlines.