Product Owner (Digital Payments)
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Job Description
Are you passionate about next-gen technology? Do you get excited when you hear the word product delivery, digital or agile? If you have answered yes to above, you have come to the right place.
The Digital Payments Product Owner is responsible for participating in all aspects of building new capabilities to our infrastructure supporting our Digital Payments Platforms for initiatives associated with digital e-commerce and Secure Remote Commerce. This position will be focused on partnering with Solution Architects, Technical Leads and Product Managers to drive value focused solutions to our partners.
Responsible for writing user stories that align to the product features. Ensures the pipeline (backlog) stays full and is prioritized. Internally focused on the Agile team and implementation. Reviews and accepts user stories. Partners with Product Managers to prepare features and user stories for continuous planning cycles.
What You’ll Do
- Partners with agile team to deliver customer and business value through product features.
- Develops user stories from prioritized features. Leads efforts to attain product vision and objectives. Writes acceptance criteria for user stories. Ensures that user stories meet the Definition of Ready (DoR) and are updated in the system.
How You’ll Do It
- Provide status updates to the business and management.
- Collaborates with agile teams to follow through on business priorities and visions
- Manage and prioritizes sprint backlogs.
- Empower decisions regarding functionality and priority in the sprint.
- Approves each user story during the sprint.
Qualifications You’ll Need
The Basics:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, Finance, Engineering, or related field
- 2+ years of experience as Product Owner, Business Analyst, Customer Service and Relationships, IT, or related field
- In lieu of a degree, 4+ years of experience as Product Owner, Business Analyst, Customer Service and Relationships, IT, or related field
Bonus Points If You Have:
- 4+ years of experience as Product Owner, Business Analyst, Customer Service and Relationships, IT, or related field
- SAFe
- Extensive knowledge of Payment Services, including Operational and Technical aspects
- Experience in defining approach, action plans and oversight of project execution
- Demonstrated leadership in identifying and facilitating resolution of requirement, process and project issues
- Ability to prepare clear and concise communications to internal and external business partners and senior management regarding initiatives, issues and achievements
- Proven leadership to drive cross-functional teams to a consensus and manage groups without direct authority
- Proficiency in Agile methodology, including backlog grooming, interactive engagement with Scrum Master, SMEs and other product owners
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