Senior Product Owner I

Title: Senior Product Owner I
Location: Onsite – Cincinnati Ohio
Job Summary
The Senior Product Owner (Technical) will collaborate with other Product Owners, Technology, Lines of Business, Risk, Finance, Regulatory Reporting, and other key partners to define and drive requirements that support downstream reporting teams. This role requires expertise in banking, specifically within the Wealth & Trust space.
The Senior Product Owner will drive squad deliverables by leading a team of engineers using a modern technology stack, including Snowflake and dbt. Technical knowledge is a plus.
The role is responsible for defining, prioritizing, and managing the development of Snowflake data products that meet stakeholder needs. The Senior Product Owner will support product roadmap deliverables, capabilities, and adoption while leading a robust prioritization process to maximize value, mitigate risk, and deliver business benefits. This position advocates for SAFe methodologies and ensures team backlog alignment with customer and stakeholder needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Motivate teams to deliver on product strategy and roadmap objectives for continuous product improvement.

• Partner with business functions, IT, Risk, Finance, Operations, and other key partners to define and execute product strategies.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish agreement and provide guidance, including Lines of Business, Operations, Legal, Compliance, Information Security, Fraud, Architecture, and related functions.

• Provide transparency and maintain ongoing communication with stakeholders.

• Make decisions that drive key outcomes in support of regulatory and compliance needs, new revenue growth, process optimization, and analytics.

• Participate in all phases of development, including analysis, design, coding, testing, and deployment.

• Solve problems and make decisions with subject matter experts to drive the greatest outcomes for the product and the Bank.

• Engage with research teams for customer usability testing and concept validation.

• Partner with third parties to cultivate relationships, understand product releases, remediate defects and outages, and ensure seamless experiences.

• Maintain and provide product information for training and documentation.

• Monitor industry trends and participate in industry forums and conferences.

• Support a SAFe mindset across product teams, maintain a healthy product backlog, and participate in team ceremonies.

• Evangelize and communicate product capabilities and roadmap to internal groups and external clients.

Qualifications
Required

• 6+ years of experience in product ownership or product management, including 3+ years in a senior or lead role.

• 4+ years of related experience.

• Experience with Agile or SAFe methodologies.

• Strong Product Owner skills.

• Experience and understanding of non-relational and relational databases, Snowflake, and dbt.

• Ability to interact with and influence stakeholders at all levels within the organization.

• 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.

• Ability to promote a work environment that fosters creative thinking and innovation.

• Collaborative approach with strong intellectual curiosity and creative problem-solving skills.

• Good analytical skills with the ability to present well-thought-out, simple solutions.

• Self-motivated and able to work independently and with different teams in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Banking experience, specifically in the Wealth & Trust space.

• Technical knowledge of modern data technologies, including Snowflake and dbt.

• Experience supporting downstream reporting teams and data product development.

• Product management background preferred.

• Experience working in Agile or SAFe development environments.

Preferred Certifications

• Lean Six Sigma certification (Green Belt or Black Belt) desired.

Why work at OpTech? 
OpTech is a woman-owned company that values your ideas, encourages your growth, and always has your back. When you work at OpTech, not only do you get health and dental benefits, but you also have training opportunities, flexible/remote work options, growth opportunities, 401K and competitive pay. Apply today! 
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