Product Owner

Job Description
The Product Owner is a crucial role on an application development team helping to transform a high-level vision into detailed functional requirements, create product user stories, and accept the completed deliver within a given iteration. That person is the primary contact responsible for ensuring the development team works on the tasks intended to address specific product scope and capabilities.

Responsibilities
About the Role:
We are seeking an experienced
Product Owner
with a strong background in
Financial Services
to lead the development and delivery of innovative solutions that align with our business goals. As a Product Owner, you will serve as the bridge between stakeholders and cross-functional agile teams, translating business needs into actionable user stories and product features.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and development teams.
• Define and prioritize the product backlog based on business value, ROI, and customer impact.
• Translate complex financial service requirements into clear, actionable user stories.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including UX/UI designers, architects, QA, and developers to deliver high-quality features.
• Participate in sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and other Agile ceremonies.
• Ensure alignment of product vision with business objectives and regulatory requirements.
• Continuously evaluate product performance and customer feedback to inform future development.
• Own the end-to-end delivery lifecycle of the product features.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience as a Product Owner or Business Analyst, preferably in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Strong domain knowledge in Banking, Insurance, Wealth Management, or other Financial Services sectors.
• Proven ability to manage product backlogs and write clear user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Experience with Agile tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence).
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Computer Science, or related field. MBA or certification (CSPO/PSPO) is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working on digital transformation or core banking modernization projects.
• Knowledge of financial compliance and regulatory environments (e.g., KYC, AML, GDPR).
• Familiarity with APIs, data models, and integration patterns in financial ecosystems.

Who We Are
Perficient is the global AI-first consultancy. Our team of strategists, designers, technologists, and engineers partners with the world's most innovative enterprises and admired brands to deliver real business results through the transformative power of AI.

As part of our AI-First strategy, we empower every employee to build AI fluency and actively engage with AI tools to drive innovation and efficiency.

We break boundaries, obsess over outcomes, and shape the future for our clients. Join a company where bold ideas and brilliant minds converge to redefine what's possible - while building a career filled with growth, balance, and purpose.

What We Believe
At Perficient, we promise to challenge, champion, and celebrate our people. You will experience a unique and collaborative culture that values every voice. Join our team, and you'll become part of something truly special.

We believe in developing a workforce that is as diverse and inclusive as the clients we work with. We're committed to actively listening, learning, and acting to further advance our organization, our communities, and our future leaders… and we're not done yet.

Perficient, Inc. proudly provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Perficient, Inc. complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. Perficient, Inc. expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or covered veterans. Improper interference with the ability of Perficient, Inc. employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.

Disability Accommodations:

Perficient is committed to providing a barrier-free employment process with reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please contact us.

Disclaimer:
The above statements are not intended to be a complete statement of job content, rather to act as a guide to the essential functions performed by the employee assigned to this classification. Management retains the discretion to add or change the duties of the position at any time.
About Us**
Perficient is always looking for the best and brightest talent and we need you We're a quickly growing, global digital consulting leader, and we're transforming the world's largest enterprises and biggest brands. You'll work with the latest technologies, expand your skills, experience work-life balance, and become a part of our global community of talented, diverse, and knowledgeable colleagues.

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