Product Owner
Job#: 2024261
Job Description:
As a manager in our growing practice, you will have the opportunity to draw from your experience and knowledge while continuing to grow your leadership skills through a high degree of client and financial services industry exposure, career development and mentorship opportunities, and a diverse and inclusive culture. The fast-paced and dynamic environment in which we operate will provide you with daily challenges and exciting opportunities.This role involves managing cross-functional teams, defining project scopes, budgets, and timelines, and ensuring the successful delivery of technology projects that align with the companys strategic goals.
The practice focuses on shaping and delivering technology solutions for our client base, which focuses on large global financial services companies. We operate across the three lines of defense, with a focus on the first line / operational function. Youll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, designers, and business stakeholders, to drive product development and ensure successful project outcomes.
Contributions to Firm Culture
- Model the core values of respect, integrity, teamwork, excellence and stewardship in all interactions with clients and team members
- Collaborate with colleagues across a variety of levels and disciplines to develop and deliver innovative solutions that provide value to clients
- Maintain agility to adapt quickly to shifting needs, demands, technology solutions, or process changes and assist others in adapting to change. Support our goals around diversity and inclusion by nurturing an environment that understands individuality, promotes authenticity, and values varied perspective in arriving at solutions
Responsibilities
1. Product Vision and Strategy:
- Define and communicate the product vision, goals, and roadmap.
- Understand market trends, client needs, and business objectives to align product development efforts.
2. User Stories and Backlog Management:
- Create and maintain a prioritized backlog of user stories, epics, and features.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into clear, actionable user stories.
- Work with UI Design team to facilitate the creation of wireframes and mockups.
- Ensure user stories follow INVEST principals
3. Story Grooming and Prioritization:
- Facilitate backlog grooming sessions with the development team.
- Prioritize user stories based on business value, technical feasibility, and dependencies.
- Adjust priorities as needed to maximize value delivery.
4. Sprint Planning and Execution:
- Participate in sprint planning meetings to select user stories for development.
- Work closely with the Scrum Master and development team during sprint execution.
- Provide clarifications and make timely decisions to keep development on track.
5. Stakeholder Communication:
- Act as the primary point of contact for product-related questions and updates.
- Conduct regular demos to showcase completed features and gather feedback.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, end-users, and other teams to ensure alignment.
6. Quality Assurance and Acceptance Criteria:
- Define acceptance criteria for user stories to ensure successful delivery.
- Review and accept completed work during sprint reviews.
- Advocate for high-quality deliverables and continuous improvement.
7. Release Management:
- Coordinate release planning and deployment activities.
- Ensure timely delivery of features and bug fixes.
- Monitor post-release performance and gather insights for future iterations.
Position Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in information systems, computer science. business, accounting, finance or related discipline
- Minimum 5 years of relevant experience within product ownership and/or software development within the financial services industry
- Experience leading technology project based work with milestones and workflow driven by objectives and defined timelines
- Experience in an agile software development environment working with IT partners to deliver solutions on demand;
- Demonstrated ability to effectively work and communicate with business analysts, user researchers, architects, and development teams on requirements, implementation approaches and solutions
- Proven track record of assessing the impact of new requirements, shifting priorities and resourcing on project delivery and timelines
- Strong understanding of financial services processes and regulations
- Proficiency in professional writing, spreadsheet, and presentation creation tools
- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or equivalent certification optional
- Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to balance business needs, technical constraints, and user expectations.
- Problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
- Proficiency in project management software and tools including Jira, MS Project, Azure Devops (etc)
- Ability to adapt to a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
- Ability to travel to meet client needs and work collaboratively with others in-person and remotely
- Openness to workday flexibility, agility, remote work environment, leveraging new tools
EEO Employer
Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Employee Services Department at [email protected] or 844-463-6178.
Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.