Product Owner - Business Deposits

03rd October, 2024

Title: Product Owner - Business Deposits

Job Type: Full-time

Location: Hybrid, 2 days per week in office in Toronto or Vancouver

Start-Date: ASAP

Must Haves:

• Highly experienced with Business Deposits
  * Experience in Banking or Fintech, particularly Commercial Deposits (different types of accounts and savings products) and Payments (Interac, EFT, Wires)
• Experience in delivering API products; affinity towards tech products and understanding API based products will be an added advantage
• Strong Agile background
• Prior experience at one of the major banks is preferred, ideally someone who has worked in B2B environments

About the qualifications:

• Post-Graduate education in MBA or MS degree considered an asset
• Experience in Banking or Fintech, particularly Commercial Deposits (different types of accounts and savings products) and Payments (Interac, EFT, Wires)
• Experience with launching new business deposits products highly desirable
• Familiarity with the legal/regulatory environment and rules related to business deposits
• 2-3 years' experience as a Product Owner / Product Manager. Product Owner / Product Manager Certification (e.g., Certified Scrum Master or Certified Scrum Product Owner) an asset
• Experience with Agile methodology and tools including Confluence, JIRA
• Outstanding communication, presentation, and leadership skills
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Possess a fundamental understanding of end-to-end customer experience integration and dependencies
• Experience with automation and optimization of operational workflows

About the day-to-day:

• Take ownership of the P&L of Business Deposits products, with a keen eye on advancing the business by reducing costs and growing revenues
• Draft key objectives and results, strategies and apply the data for the product to make business decisions
• Collaborate with stakeholders (subject matter experts, architects, dependent teams) during the visioning and concept development of a product
• Perform discovery on topics to gather information for requirements and begin further analysis efforts
• Assess value and prioritize stories, epics, and themes to ensure work focuses on maximum value and alignment with product strategy
• Provide backlog management and prioritization, iteration planning, and elaboration of the user stories. Build and manage the backlog of user stories to achieve the business roadmap
• Prioritize activities according to user needs while taking into consideration IT constraints, relationships with external partners and overall squad efficiency
• Collaborate with BSA/BA to develop detailed user stories and acceptance criteria, and ensure that enough prioritized backlog is available for the team before the sprint starts
• Ensure the development team understands items in the backlog and gets clarity on items
• Be responsible for the delivery of new features and updates to existing features
• Continuously make improvements and fixes to the product to enhance the customer experience
• Inform and influence stakeholders of the initiative's progress and solution status, effectively sharing the product vision and complex situation
• Utilize tools such as Jira and Confluence to manage and track project requirements, tasks, and documentation.
• Give presentations/demonstrations of new product functionality to stakeholders and clients.
• Stay updated on industry trends, regulations, and emerging technologies related to deposits and banking-as-a-service
• Ensure that the squad has the tools and routines/ceremonies required to do its job effectively, in collaboration with the scrum master COE