Banking Book Data Modernization Product Owner

Job Description

You are a strategic thinker passionate about driving data modernization and business transformation. You have found the right team.

As a Banking Book Data Modernization Product Owner Associate in our Firmwide Finance Business Architecture (FFBA) team, you will spend each day defining, refining, and delivering key goals for our firm. You will be responsible for partnering with stakeholders across various lines of business and subject matter experts to understand products, data flows, and business requirements related to Finance and Risk applications and infrastructure

Our FFBA team leads large-scale data, infrastructure, and business process change management initiatives, providing centralized program management, business analysis, and governance. As a Product Owner, you will prioritize the credit product book of work, develop roadmaps, and deliver on multiple projects and programs through monthly releases. You will collaborate closely with Line of Business stakeholders, data SMEs, consumers, and technology teams across Finance, Credit Risk, Treasury, and Program Management.

Your expertise in data analysis and management will be instrumental in identifying trends, optimizing processes, and driving business growth. As our organization grows, your ability to deliver data-driven insights and uphold data governance, quality, and management principles will be essential to our continued success.

Job Responsibilities:

- Oversee the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) from requirements gathering through testing and deployment, ensuring seamless integration and execution.

- Write business requirements as user stories to enhance data, reporting automation, and digital analytics toolsets within an Agile framework.

- Engage with development teams to translate business needs into technical specifications, ensuring acceptance criteria are met.

- Drive adherence to product and Release Management standards and operating models.

- Identify and implement solutions for business process improvements, creating supporting documentation and enhancing the end-user experience.

- Manage 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.

- Participate in and understand AWS design decisions, assessing their impact on project deliverables and timelines.

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills:

- Education and Experience:Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of experience in Project Management or Product Ownership, with a focus on process re-engineering.
- Agile Expertise:Proven experience as a Product Owner with a strong understanding of agile principles and delivering complex programs.
- Analytical Skills:Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with the capacity to quickly assimilate business and technical knowledge.
- Cloud Technology Understanding:Good knowledge of cloud technologies (e.g., AWS, Kubernetes).
- Communication Skills:Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex concepts to diverse audiences.
- Organizational Skills:Strong organizational abilities to manage multiple work streams concurrently, maintaining sound judgment and a risk mindset.
- Financial Reporting Knowledge:Solid understanding of financial and regulatory reporting processes.
- Adaptability and Motivation:Energetic, adaptable, self-motivated, and effective under pressure.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

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