Digital Product Owner

Job#: 3042297

Job Description:
Digital Product Owner

Location: Columbus, OH or Charlotte, NC (Onsite)

Role Overview

This role is for a Feature Product Owner within a core banking team. The position is part of a key enterprise initiative to modernize the entire ledger and transaction process. The product owner will be responsible for writing feature-level acceptance criteria, acting as the communications anchor for stakeholders, and refining business requirements for the core banking platform team.

Key Responsibilities

• Utilize user stories and business requirements to refine functional requirements.
• Analyze partnerships and engagements to host refinement sessions with partners.
• Manage stakeholders, perform conflict resolution, handle escalations, and act as the anchor for technical requirements.
• Lead the development and execution of product plans and initiatives supporting modernization of core banking capabilities.
• Serve as a key contributor in large-scale planning and delivery efforts for core banking transformation initiatives.
• Review and assess digital strategy for account ledger and transaction processing to inform foundational product definitions.
• Influence product direction and cross-functional strategy by evaluating technical, business, and regulatory considerations.
• Drive product decisions that balance customer impact, operational efficiency, and policy or compliance requirements.
• Partner closely with senior leadership to support roadmap development and execution of modernization priorities.
• Translate complex business needs into clear, actionable product requirements and user stories.
• Collaborate with engineering, architecture, and risk/control partners to ensure solutions are scalable, compliant, and well-documented.
• Engage business stakeholders to define future state requirements aligned to enterprise strategy.

Required Qualifications

• Digital Product Ownership Experience.
• Knowledge of account ledger platforms, posting logic, transaction flows, and/or ledger system architecture.
• Experience delivering complex initiatives within Agile frameworks, including hands-on use of tools such as JIRA and Confluence.
• Experience working with real-time processing systems, microservices architectures, and event-driven solutions.
• Experience within financial services or highly regulated environments with an understanding of risk, control, and compliance considerations.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products, Jira, and Atlassian.
• Strong technical knowledge, including microservices and banking technology nuances.

Preferred Qualifications

• Executive Presence.
• Experience with Agile Methodologies.
• Adaptability and Resilience.
• A customer-centric mindset.
• Knowledge of consumer banking and/or core banking experience is desired but not required.

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