Senior Product Owner

Job Title - Senior Product Owner

Location - Remote

Duration: 6 Months

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Motivate teams to deliver on the strategy and roadmap for continuous growth and improvement of product outcomes and experience.
• Partner with other business functions, IT, Risk, Finance, Operations, and other key partners to define and execute on the product strategies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gain agreement/approval/guidance, including Lines of Business, Operations, Legal, Compliance, Information Security, Fraud, Architecture, and related functions.
• Provide transparency and ongoing communications with line of business partners/key stakeholders.
• Work with subject matter experts to solve problems and make decisions in support of the team, with a focus on driving the greatest outcome for the product.
• Partner closely with third parties to cultivate the relationship, understand product releases, remediate defects/outages, and ensure a seamless experience for our employees and customers.
• Maintain and provide product information to users and partners for training and other documentation.
• Actively monitor industry trends; participate in industry forums, professional associations, conferences, etc.
• If appropriate:
• Support a SAFe mindset across the product teams.
• Collaborate with SAFe teams on creating and maintaining a healthy product backlog, creating/reviewing/accepting backlog items (user stories, defects, technical spikes, etc.) and participating in team ceremonies such as sprint reviews/demos.
• Motivate teams to deliver on roadmaps for improvement of product outcomes and experience through the development of potentially releasable code in each sprint.
• Supervisory Responsibilities: None.
• Minimum Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities Required:
• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent education and work experience.
• 4+ years of related experience.
• Lean Six Sigma certification (Green Belt, Black Belt) desired.
• Product management background preferred; ability to interact and influence within the organization.
• Experience and understanding of financial data conversions.
• Ability to consult and articulate key messages to all levels within the organization.
• Basic business acumen and understanding of business processes related to products and customers.
• Experience working in Agile or SAFe development a plus.
• Ability to promote a work environment that fosters creative thinking and innovation.
• Collaborative with strong intellectual curiosity and creative problem-solving.
• Good analytical skills with ability to present well-thought-out, simple solutions.
• Self-motivated and able to work independently and with different teams in a fast-paced environment.