Product Owner

**Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC?**

Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We're committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.

**Pay and Benefits**:

- Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
- Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
- Pension / Retirement benefits
- Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
- **_DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee). _**

**The impact you will have in this role**:
The Product Owner is responsible for translating the product vision into squad **result **s to achieve the product strategy, aligned with improving value to the client. This is done through managing scope and product backlog in collaboration with the multiple squads, Product Manager, clients (internal/external) and key stakeholders.

**Your Primary Responsibilities**:

- Translates the product vision and the roadmap into squad deliverables and release plans. Work with the regional product management leads and business to deliver on the specific initiatives prioritized and budgeted for the region.
- Manages the squad's backlog.
- Documents requirements in a clear and consistent manner through JIRA and other tools.
- Act as Product Owner in an Agile squad and partnering with internal teams for implementation of new features ensuring that all proposed changes are reviewed, feedback is incorporated, and any impact is fully communicated to internal stakeholders.
- Accepts or rejects backlog items, according to acceptance criteria, during the sprint reviews.
- Seeks feedback from stakeholders and clients and incorporates into future backlog items.
- Assists in product training efforts for all touchpoints to both internal and external customers, inclusive of documentation, publications, E Training tools, FAQ’s.
- Encouraged to be SME in an area of the product and, where required, to attend meetings with clients to help with product area of expertise.
- Identifies potential risks to achieving project objectives and elevates to appropriate management. Mitigates risk by following established procedures, spotting key errors and demonstrating strong ethical behavior.
- Partner with **collaborator **s to understand applicable legislation and develop requirements that drive regulatory compliant solutions.
- Mitigates risk by following established procedures, spotting key errors and demonstrating strong ethical behavior.

**Talents Needed for Success**
- Minimum of 10 years of related experience
- Bachelor's degree preferred with Masters or equivalent experience
- Experience in Agile/scrum methodology, including defining a mínimal viable product, and exposure to other software development methodologies.
- Exhibits solid understanding of Agile Software Development (primarily Scrum and Kanban) principles and techniques.
- Understands and uses applicable work management tools (i.e. JIRA) for decision making and collaboration.
- Drives creative and solution-oriented activity with all participants and collaborators
- Knowledge of financial services operations; Post Trade Processing, Trade Reporting & associated regulation, trends and user demands.

DTCC safeguards the financial markets and helps them run efficiently, in times of prosperity and crisis. We are uniquely positioned at the center of global trading activity, processing over 100 million financial transactions every day, pioneering industry-wide, post-trade solutions and maintaining multiple data and operating centers worldwide. From where we stand, we can anticipate the industry’s needs and we’re working to continually improve the world’s most resilient, secure and efficient market infrastructure. Our employees are driven to deliver innovative technologies that improve efficiency, lower cost and bring stability and certainty to the post-trade lifecycle.

DTCC proudly supports Flexible Work Arrangements favoring openness and gives people freedom to do their jobs well, by encouraging diverse opinions and emphasizing teamwork. When you join our team, you’ll have an opportunity to make meaningful contributions at a company that is recognized as a thought leader in both the financial services and technology industries. A DTCC career is more than a good way to earn a living. It’s the chance to make a difference at a company that’s truly one of a kind.

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