Product Owner

Initiate and Plan Product Features

• Drive ongoing customer-centric research work to inform the vision and product enhancements; research and stay abreast of technological innovations and trends that are relevant to the digital banking space

• Define, scope and detail product features and requirements for product development including requirements that will involve internal IT teams if applicable

• Take direction from Chief Product Officer in developing products and features that are aligned to overall product strategy and business objectives

• Transform Product Designer’s high-level process flows into Business Requirement Documents

• Review UI/UX mockups for each product and feature (all scenarios, all steps/screens) as designed by Product Designer and provide inputs when necessary

• Coordinate with Product Designer in reviewing process flow from vendors/partners

Execution and Monitoring

• Partner cross-functionally with internal teams such as business units and support groups such as accounting, finance, legal, compliance, risk, and capital markets to ensure a robust, regulatorily compliant, risk balanced, scalable, and operationally efficient product and infrastructure

• Monitor development progress and release (with CTO’s assistance)

• Manage meetings for scrum ceremonies, and lead sprint grooming, and planning sessions to represent the product team

• Create sprints and tickets in devops-azure to help developers track features and products in development

• Create acceptance criteria, and other details on the dev-ops tickets for each product/feature

• Include necessary tech build for vendor/partner into the tech pipeline

• Assist in testing and creation of test cases/test plans

User Growth & App Improvements

• Manage the tensions between customer, partner, and business value to enable a sustainable and best-in-class product that addresses the needs of all parties involved

• Motivate, empower, and grow a cross-functional team to deliver solutions that delight our customers; lead by example; plan and conduct experiments to validate and grow solution ideas; challenge the status quo

• Encourage a culture of experimentation, learning, and a growth-mindset - never settling for the status quo and innovating on the bleeding edge of what’s possible; Promote an appreciation for market-driven insighting, data-driven decision making, digital products and business opportunity, and drive awareness and support

• Ideate and suggest product/feature enhancements that will push for the KPIs of the product (e.g. higher acquisition, retention, and engagement rate)

• Develop mini-roadmap based on input from Data Scientist and Product Designer

Experience

• 5-7 Years of Work experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager, Program Manager, Head of Product, or equivalent role required

• 3-5 years of experience working in fintech and banking, with a portfolio of product and feature releases that demonstrate well-crafted customer experiences

• Direct experience launching solutions that integrate existing offerings with partner digital banking, credit, and payment solutions

• Working knowledge of banking processes and systems a plus

• In-depth understanding of the Android and iOS app development required

• Experience working as part of Agile team (Scrum and/or Kanban) is an advantage

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Technical Skills

• Advanced Project Management, Software Development Management, Product Design, and Product Management skills

• Strong organizational skills to manage multiple workstreams at the same time

• Critical thinking and problem solving skills to attack problems at the root

• Strong grasp of data and analytics; comfortable with statistical analysis, and not afraid to be wrong - but adjusts rapidly to new data

• Demonstrated ability to understand and discuss technical concepts, manage tradeoffs and evaluate opportunistic new ideas with internal and external partners

• Familiar with business goals and objectives, app KPIs and metrics, and success indicators such as MAU (Monthly Active Users), MEU (Monthly Engaged Users), Acquisition, Engagement, Retention, Resurrection, and Churn

• Ability to lead ideating, presentations, mentoring and group-thinking sessions. Ability to influence without authority.

Soft Skills

• Experience in handling or working with a development team/scrum team.

• Excellent partnering, communication, negotiation skills, and execution in working with various Technology or partner Teams

• Ability to articulate (verbally / visually) ideas, approach, concepts, options, risk, impact, and provides guidance to technical, non-technical, and Leadership audiences.

• Research, Analytical, Investigative skills - for research and solving problems/issues related to app designs

• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment

• High level of professionalism, passion and a sense of urgency to “make things happen”.

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