financial product owner - Minneapolis, United States - RIT Solutions, Inc.

Description

Must have a valid LinkedIn profile

Duration: 12+ months


Must Haves:
IT Product Owner Experience is a must

Experience in financial industry

We're looking for a Senior Product Owner to drive the digital product strategy for our Agricultural Loan Origination/Management, Commodity Risk Management, and Trading capabilities.

The Product Owner will be responsible for bringing clarity to the stakeholder needs, setting product strategy, creating product marketing strategy, sharing value proposition, prioritization of features, building consensus with the business, developing and maintaining the product roadmap for the product delivery team, and managing product budget and key metrics.

Lead Product Strategy & Product Marketing Strategy

• Collaborate with stakeholders to define the product's vision and mission and ensure the vision is clearly communicated to the product delivery team and understood by the team.
• Develop a product marketing strategy to drive consumption including core positioning and value proposition for the product and its major releases.
• Create, maintain and communicate the product roadmap to the product delivery team and stakeholders. Hold decision-making authority for scope-versus-schedule decisions for features isolated to their product.
• Prioritize backlog based on customer and business value and drives clarity for the product delivery team by communicating the goals of the requirements, working with team members as needed.
• Communicate successes to the enterprise and continue to drive the value behind product ownership and agile delivery.

Represent Customer & Lead Stakeholder Engagement

• Understand the overall market, various segments, and define user personas of the product in order to ensure that the product strategy and roadmap provide value to the users and business.
• Conduct the necessary research and analysis to fully understand the customers' needs and requirements. Work with the customer to define what business value means to the customer and use this definition to assess each feature/story based on business value.
• Represent the voice of the customer to the product delivery team, based on active customer engagement, and provide direction on the development, testing, and refinement of features in a collaborative fashion.
• Ensure the product is demonstrated to the customer and stakeholders to validate that the product being delivered meets the customers' needs.

Drive Product Performance

• Negotiate with the customer representatives, stakeholders, and the product delivery team to prioritize work in the backlog and help maximize the value the team delivers.
• Ensure that the team understands the context of the stories in the backlog and that the team has adequate information to deliver the stories.
• Provide leadership to ensure the product delivery team continually achieves a meaningful balance between user needs, business objectives, and technical feasibility.
• Ensure value realization by consistently measuring the impact of delivered features against the original goals and KPIs identified by stakeholders.
• Work with the IT Technology Business Management Office to manage the financial performance of the product.

Basic Qualifications:
(required)

• 5 or 7+ years of experience (depending on level) working with both business and IT employees/stakeholders in a cross-functional environment
• Demonstrated ability to understand complex ideas and interdependencies
• Strong business acumen and ability to understand the larger company strategy
• Strong facilitation, negotiation and conflict resolution skills
• Excellent presentation and communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences
• Track record of using quantitative and qualitative data to prioritize decision-making
• Proven ability to effectively drive change
• Up to 25% domestic travel (to meet with customers as needed)

Preferred Qualifications:
(desired)

• 2 or 3+ years of experience (depending on level) in one or more of the following:
• working as a Product Owner, Product Marketer, IT Relationship Manager, Senior Business Analyst, or Senior Developer
• Leading or working with digital subscription products
• working on or leading an Agile software development teams
• working directly with business stakeholders and end-users
• organizing, facilitating, and leading a cross-functional team
• Deep understanding of loan origination, loan management, trading, and/or commodity risk management processes, including regulatory requirements, industry best practices, and emerging trends.
• MBA or product certified
• Advanced knowledge of software development procedures including scrum methodology
• Advanced proficiency in agile delivery tools such as Azure DevOps or Dragonboat