ParkerBeth Search Partners is seeking a Technical Product Owner for one of our key clients. This is a FULL-TIME/REMOTE opportunity with a competitive salary and benefits plan.

As an early member of the product team, you will have a hands-on opportunity to work with state-of-the-art AI and machine learning tech that benefits some of the top financial stakeholders in the country. 

About the Company:

Our client is a fast-paced technology series-A funded start-up that supports leading commercial and public sector organizations executing their mission with cutting-edge AI-driven behavioral analysis. The company augments existing risk identification systems with next-generation technologies to integrate with ease for some of the biggest major financial decision-makers in government and retail. They deliver their clients unparalleled behavioral insights on customers, constituents, beneficiaries, and users by enhancing signal identification and reducing false positives. They enable organizations to focus on real threats by proactively preventing them and creating solutions before the threats materialize. Powered by a patented platform leveraging persona-bases dynamic adaptive risk and propensity platforms, they address a range of risk, fraud, and user engagement cases to enable businesses to solve complex problems and continuously assess risk in real-time. By bringing context to the world of AI and machine learning, they are on track for exponential expansion and growth while being led by experienced industry practitioners and the most respected experts in the field. 

The company was named Company of the Year in 2019 for the Golden Bridge Awards Artificial Intelligence category.

Position Summary:

The Technical Product Owner will be the subject matter expert by applying their technical background to build a deep understanding of the company's cutting-edge technology to guide product strategy. Working alongside data scientists and engineers, the Technical Product Owner will be an integral part of designing and developing scalable solutions to meet the growing needs of financial institution clients. This role is highly technical and requires a collaborative, strategic, and entrepreneurial mindset with a background in finance, banking, crypto, and risk management. The Technical Product Owner mirrors the views and needs of the target audience, stakeholders, and the businesses they represent. 

Job responsibilities for the Technical Product Owner:

• Define the ideation, technical roadmap, and launch of innovative products
• Drive product development with a team of world-class engineers, preparing and managing requirements for product features and ensuring cohesion between strategic goals and deliverables, including timelines and milestone commitments
• Attach a business or customer value to each story/task in the backlog to ensure that the company is building features that are genuinely wanted/needed by users
• Have a clear picture of competitors and the market for similar products/services to avoid "reinventing" something that already exists
• Be familiar with existing UX/UI through personal use of other/existing apps/services to know what can be done/re-used
• Provide hands-on program management during analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and post-implementation phases
• Integrate usability studies, research, and market analysis into product requirements to enhance user satisfaction
• Define and analyze metrics that inform the success of products
• Act as the main point of contact between teams and stakeholders
• Be able to understand and anticipate stakeholder requirements in the development process
• Partner with the development team to continuously improve processes and activities to maximize development consistency and efficiency, while minimizing risk
• Work collaboratively across teams - including Engineering, Data Science, and Client Services.
• Maximize efficiency in a constantly evolving environment where the process is fluid and creative solutions are the norm
• Understand the company's unique value proposition and deliver products that are recognized as the best in the industry
  

Skills/Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, or related field
• 8+ years of experience as a Product Owner, from inception to completion of the lifecycle in a start-up environment
• 5+ years of experience in software development, systems engineering, UI/UX design in one or more of these areas: banking, finance, fraud assessment, risk-management/assessment, behavioral analytics or related products, and high-volume transactions
• Experience with Scrum and Agile development methodologies, including the creation and management of user stories
• High-level of expertise and proficiency in using applications and tools
• Back-end reliability, efficiency, and quality performance
• Ability to work within a global team environment
• Analytical problem-solving skills for large-scale systems and experience writing codes and queries
• Ability to take initiative and interact with all levels of management
• Detail oriented with strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills

If you are qualified, please reply to this request immediately with your resume.

You can apply directly to the posted job or you can send your resume to careers@parkerbeth.com

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