Product Owner with Wealth Management expertise | Bangalore | Leading Big 4 Consulting Firm

Job Description SummaryWe are looking for an innovative and proactive Product Owner/Business Analyst to enhanceour Wealth Management applications. Reporting to the Senior Manager of ProductManagement, this role is key in turning high-level strategic visions into actionable plans forour agile development team. As the bridge between our Product and Business teams, youwill convert intricate insights into comprehensive system requirements, facilitating smoothdevelopment and QA processes. These requirements will also serve as essential resourcesfor our clients as they test and implement new or enhanced features. You will regularlyengage with clients, and collaborate directly with development, QA, and client servicesteams, leading projects with a focus on innovation and excellence.Job DescriptionBacklog Management: Develop and manage a comprehensive product backlog, ensuring it reflectsthe product vision and priorities. Break down complex projects and features into smaller, manageablecomponents, with clear and concise user stories. Prioritize the backlog based on business value, dependencies, andstakeholder needs, maintaining alignment with strategic objectives. Ensure that development teams always have an adequate amount of clearand actionable tasks, facilitating efficient workflow. Product Development: Lead agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, review, demo, andretrospectives. Define acceptance criteria and ensure they're met during testing phases,refining user stories and backlog items as needed. QA & Performance Monitoring: Work with the QA department testing projects as required includingdocumentation of Test Strategies, Test Cases and Test Results Monitor and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) and user feedback todetermine feature success and areas for improvement. Adjust product strategies based on insights derived from real-time user data.Documentation & Communication: Prepare and maintain clear and concise product documentation, includinguser guides and system requirements. Act as the primary point of contact for all aspects of your product, includingupdates and changes. Effectively communicate progress to senior leadershipMust Have: Excellent oral and written communication skills. Strong analytical skills, ability to grasp new concepts quickly and adapt tosituations. Strong time management skills, ability to work under pressure andability/willingness to learn. Proven track record in gathering definition and specification of requirementsand excellent documentation skills producing Business Requirements,Functional Requirement or User Stories with clear acceptance criteria. Sound understanding of the software development lifecycle models andmethodologies. Flexible to work in shift that has partial overlap with North America.Key Job Functions/Responsibilities: Manage the requirements walk-through with Development prior tocommencement of coding Manage the requirements walk-through with QA prior to commencement oftesting Identify potential risks to project deliverables and suggest and manage riskmitigation strategy Analyze conflicting requirements from different users, prioritize them, anddevelop business-oriented software requirements Resolve any oversights or ambiguities in the original specification Review the finished product with customers and confirm that all businessrequirements have been met Basic Skill Level RequirementsEducation: Bachelor’s degree in a related field (e.g., business, computer science,engineering) Training in system integration life cycle methodologiesExperience: 6+ Years of Experience and 3-5 years’ experience in building SaaS products with similar role in an agile environmentSkills/Tools: Expertise in following a SDLC process and a continuous improvement advocate during a Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) as well as project methodologies, including waterfall and Agile. Testing skills including creating business test cases and building test plans Seasoned at daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning sessions, backlog prioritization, user story preparation and demos. Interpersonal skills including building consensus, negotiation and facilitation with leadership Strong communication skills, business writing, developing and delivering presentations Proficiency in MS Office suite of applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and VisioProficiency in JIRA, Confluence, flowchart applications