Product Owner

Description

10+ years of experience as Product Owner/Manager
Bachelor's or Master's degree in design or related discipline
Investment banking or capital markets experience
Superior verbal and written communication skills; ability to get a point across quickly and concisely
Highly organized, detail-oriented, ability to prioritize effectively and handle responsibilities for multiple projects / support issues concurrently
Able write quality Epics, User Stories, effectively prioritizes the backlog/work items, defines acceptance criteria, and aligns business stakeholders on priorities
Experience with Jira and Agile

Responsibilities

• Define the vision and roadmap for the deal execution technology, defining and prioritizing stories, creating prototypes, and articulating this to both stakeholders and the development team
• Work closely with senior business partners (Syndicate desk, head of DCM/ECM Syndicate, Execution Services and Fixed Income/Equity Sales) to understand their needs and Technology Development Team in a scaled Agile model to ensure there is alignment
• Be experienced in the role of a Product Manager/Owner and have a deep understanding of the business
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand their needs, problems, and align them on priorities
• Gain an in-depth understanding of Capital Markets applications, how they are used by the business and how applications fit into the overall deal workflow
• Create the vision and roadmap for the product to align with strategic direction for the business or technology domain
• Communicate the product vision and roadmap to C-Suite stakeholders and business teams, and drives user adoption
• Work closely with other IT professionals across multiple teams and projects to refine the user experience and ongoing usability tests on software application products or application features to ensure best in-class user journey functionality and experience
• Create and prioritize features/epics in the program backlog; empowered to make decisions about trade-offs with emerging work versus planned work
• Experienced with cross-functional teams
• Create and prioritize epics/stories in the product backlog
• Work in partnership with the team to ensure that optimum value is obtained through technology and through an advanced understanding of the business