Product Owner

at  Luxoft

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Our customer is a top-tier investment bank with client assets of hundreds of billion globally.

Reason to join us

• We offer the opportunity to work in a highly professional environment where you will work with high-level financial instruments
• We want you to be part of our success story and give you reasons to be proud of what you achieved as part of our fabulous team
• We give you the opportunity to develop yourself and evolve in your career via our fantastic technical, business-related or soft skills training
• We encourage creative-thinking in our great open-minded work environment. Frequently the relaxation rooms are the place where the most ambitions ideas are born.
• We are not just professional teams, we are also friends that have fun working together
• If you are an active person and you feel motivated by the creation/development of the software solutions, then this is the place to be, you will not get bored.

Our Regulation, Compliance & Anti-Financial Crime Tech team is responsible for protecting the bank from financial and reputational losses incurred by financial crimes by assessing, controlling and mitigating risks. Risk types related to Anti-Financial Crime are consolidated in a comprehensive and effective risk management framework that covers Anti-Money-Laundering, Sanctions & Embargoes, Anti-Bribery & Corruption as well as Anti-Fraud & Investigations

SKILLS

Must have
Experience of working in an agile environment, practicing Scrum, Kanban, XP or SAFe
Excellent understanding of client/user needs, business dynamics and key challenges and how these drive potential solutions
Experience in identifying inefficiencies in the value chain and processes, designing solutions and implementing the solution with the support from all relevant stakeholders
Experience in change management activities to increase user adoption and hands-on ideas for adoption support
Capable to connect the dots beyond own focus area considering end to end processes
Experience leading product and/or cross functional teams
Able to coordinate prioritization in a complex multi-geographical context
Strong product instinct to build great product vision, product roadmap and competitive analysis
Knowledge and understanding of technical engineering best practices (e.g. test driven development, continuous integration, etc.)
Ability to work under pressure, manage client expectations effective and not get overwhelmed by client pressures on team
Comfortable dealing with ambiguity and fast changing environments
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills at different organizational level with both technical and non-technical people
Ability to influence senior client business and IT executives on transforming towards agile
Ability to move between strategic discussions with senior client leaders to tackle on the ground agile coaching with teams
Nice to have
Degree in Computer Science, Business or equivalent degree

About this Position:
As a Product Owner you will act as an entrepreneur, strategist, technical visionary, cross-functional team leader, and client advocate. You will be defining the new product to be built and managing its development, launch, and ongoing improvement. To fulfil these responsibilities, this role leads a cross-functional team. You will work together with several SMEs to define the priorities, identify and coordinate the resolution of issues, coordinate implementation of the changes, communicate with wider team and different stakeholders, and ensure the backlog is well managed in terms of priorities, dependencies and delivery timelines with a strong focus on high-quality delivery.
Your key responsibilities
Develop a product vision, requirements and road-map in key focus areas
Work closely with the internal clients to plan and prioritize in line with expectation and needs. Assess value, develop cases, and prioritize stories, epics and themes to ensure work focuses on those with maximum value
Work closely squad members to develop technical solutions in line with priorities
Lead the planning product release plans and set expectation for delivery of new functionalities
Act as a leader, instilling confidence to the overall squad and being front-runner and example for the whole team
Provide an active role in mitigating impediments impacting successful team completion of Release/Sprint Goals
Development of professional working relationships with various stakeholder groups across all seniority levels