Product Owner – Hybrid

Product Owner – Hybrid

Requirements

• 2-5 years of experience in a similar role.
• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, a related field or have relevant professional experience.
• Demonstrated success leading product strategy & execution from concept to launch.
• A demonstration of the Agile mindset, and strong experience in problem-solving within Agile environments.
• The ability to navigate through ambiguity and complex stakeholder management.
• Proven experience collaborating with cross-functional teams, including engineering, design, marketing, governance, and sales.
• The ability to partner with the technology team to drive releases and roll-out enhanced features/products quickly.
• Strong alliance/partnership and relationship management skills.
• Advanced communication skills, both written and oral, to ensure plans, product development, and strategy are clearly communicated, understood, and effectively applied.
• Strong planning, analytical and evaluation skills, and the ability to build relationships with stakeholders.
• A passion for delivering delightful customer solutions and a strong interest in emerging technology.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the cross-functional development team in ensuring that Product Backlog Items (PBIs) have adequate detail to facilitate squads in estimating their work.
• Performing product backlog decomposition, ensuring that all PBIs track towards achieving the stated objectives and key results.
• Defining and articulating User Personas to help the product development team understand the needs, motivations, goals, behaviours and preferences of the target audience.
• In conjunction with technical experts in the areas of User Design, Fraud Prevention and Technology Architecture, assist in laying out constraints for non-functional considerations.
• Shape product objective and key results.
• Partnering with the development team to iteratively deliver valuable product functionality that accomplishes these objectives.
• Identifying stakeholders and engaging them where necessary in a timely fashion.
• Working with product owners to maintain product strategy and roadmaps based on market research.
• Analyzing qualitative and quantitative data to extract actionable insights that are product specific.
• Working collaboratively with the research team within the Strategy group.
• Partnering with sales and marketing in the development of product information, trends, samples, competitive information, and promotional strategies.
• Confidently communicating detailed information in an impactful way, to external and internal stakeholders.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with client partners and customers and fostering open two-way communication as a trusted advisor and brand representative.

Preferred Qualifications

• Financial industry experience is considered an asset.