Job Description

We are looking to hire a product owner with 10+ years of capital markets domain experience. Product owner experience working on large enterprise technology projects adhering to agile methodologies is essential. This is a contract position but depending on your performance this can be on a long-term contract. You may be required to work from our client location in Westlake, TX for 2-3 days in a week. If interested, I can provide you more details about your role and responsibilities.

JOB DESCRIPTION Requirements and Skills:

• Extensive experience in one or more areas of banking is essential: Operations, Finance, or Risks
• Experience managing multi-year projects in the capacity of product owner is essential
• Gathering requirements for large enterprise software development projects
• Expertise working with JIRA
• Exposure to Agile / scrum frameworks with all artifact and techniques
• Ability to coordinate with cross-functional teams
• Familiarity with software development
• Excellent knowledge of Scrum techniques and artifacts (such as definition of done, user stories, automated testing, backlog refinement)
• Good knowledge of other Agile frameworks
• Excellent communication and servant leadership skills
• Problem-solving and conflict-resolution ability
• Outstanding organizational skills

Responsibilities: Manage technology projects in one of the areas of banking: Operations, Finance, or Risk:

• Define product requirements and create user stories and epics for large enterprise technology projects adhering to agile methodologies
• Manage project’s scope and timeline
• Define product requirements and roadmap
• Coordinate sprints, retrospective meetings, and daily stand-ups
• Facilitate internal communication and effective collaboration
• Manage product backlogs and new requirements
• Define UAT test cases
• Ensure deliverables are up to quality standards at the end of each sprint
• Assist development teams to comply with agile methodology

SOFT SKILLS: 

• Team player

• Willingness to learn new business areas

• Leadership qualities

BUSINESS / TECHNICAL SKILLS: 

• Microsoft Outlook Microsoft Word

• Microsoft PowerPoint

• Experience working for financial institutions – retail banks, investment banks, asset management, or wealth management firms

TOOLS EXPERIENCE: 

• JIRA

EDUCATION:

• Bachelors or Masters

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION (IS A PLUS):

• Such as Scrum Master certification, CFA, FINRA SERIES is a plus