Product Owner

As a Product Owner at our direct client in Pune, you will be responsible for leading the strategic and tactical delivery of IB Hive capabilities across Pods. Your main focus will be to ensure alignment with ICLS KYC, Regulatory & Data needs, and drive Agile ceremonies, backlog prioritization, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver scalable document and metadata management solutions. You must have at least 8+ years of experience and possess technical skills in Product Management, EPIC/User story writing, and Agile Ceremonies. Domain knowledge in Trade Life Cycle, Settlements, and Inventory Management would be preferred. Your key responsibilities will include owning and continuously refining the product backlog, prioritizing Epics and Stories across foundational, AI, and adoption themes. You will lead Agile ceremonies such as standups, sprint planning, and retrospectives across Pods while ensuring alignment with crew, Legal, and Credit domain stakeholders. As a Product Owner, you will act as the bridge between engineering, design, and business teams, collaborating with metadata architects, security leads, and document owners to ensure delivery of compliant and scalable solutions. You will define and enforce metadata standards and ensure the completeness, consistency, and accessibility of document metadata. Additionally, you will partner with security architects to implement role- and attribute-based access controls using UBS frameworks. Stakeholder engagement and communication will be a crucial part of your role as you represent the product vision to senior stakeholders across the domain and translate business needs into actionable technical requirements. In terms of technical skills, experience with Cloud Platforms (specifically Azure), Microservices & APIs, and AI/ML Integration will be valuable. Domain knowledge in Financial Services, KYC, Legal & Credit processes, and document processing and regulatory compliance is also essential for this role.,