Senior Product Owner

Role Summary

Key Responsibilities

• Own and communicate the product vision, roadmap, and backlog for banking data and analytics platforms
• Partner with business stakeholders to define product strategy, goals, and success metrics (KPIs)
• Translate business outcomes into epics, features, and well-defined user stories
• Prioritize backlog items based on business value, risk, regulatory needs, and technical dependencies
• Act as the primary interface between business, technology, data, and compliance teams
• Drive acceptance criteria, sprint reviews, and release readiness
• Ensure alignment with security, compliance, audit, and data governance standards
• Support UAT, production readiness, and post-release performance monitoring

Mandatory Skills & Experience

• 8–10 years of experience in Banking or Financial Services, with Product Owner or Product Manager responsibilities
• Strong knowledge of Business / Commercial Banking products and end-to-end processes
• Proven experience owning data, analytics, or platform products
• Hands-on experience managing product backlogs in Agile / SAFe environments
• Strong understanding of data platforms, ETL/ELT, reporting, and KPI frameworks
• Experience working with cloud-based platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP – functional knowledge)
• Solid understanding of risk, compliance, audit, and PII requirements

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with data modernization or legacy-to-cloud transformation programs
• Exposure to Power BI or enterprise analytics tools
• Experience with incentive, payout, or sales validation platforms
• CSPO, SAFe PO/PM, or equivalent certification

Soft Skills

• Strong decision-making and prioritization abilities
• Executive-level communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to balance business outcomes with technical constraints
• Comfortable leading in ambiguity and driving alignment across teams