Liquidity SME (Technical Product Owner)

Job Description

Purpose of the role

To collaborate with product owners and other technical teams involved in the product development process and utilise their knowledge of the bank’s technologies to enact the vision defined in the product roadmap. 

Accountabilities

• Provision of subject matter expertise to support the collaboration between the product owner and the technical side of product development.
• Support the development and implementation of the product strategy and vision defined in the product roadmap and communicate them with the relevant stakeholders and the development team.
• Collaboration with internal stakeholders to gather and prioritise product requirements and features based on business value and feasibility that are well defined, measurable and secure.
• Development and implementation of assessments to ensure continuous testing and improvement of product quality and performance.
• Monitoring of product performance to identify opportunities for optimisation that meets the banks performance standards.
• Stay abreast of the latest industry technology trends and technologies, to evaluate and adopt new approaches to improve product development and delivery.

Vice President Expectations

• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

Join us as a Liquidity SME -Technical Product Owner. At Barclays, we’re more than a bank – we’re a force for progress and help craft innovative solutions and we are looking for a highly skilled Liquidity SME to join us on an exciting journey as we modernize our core platforms to make them Simpler, Leaner, and more Efficient. You will utilize your strong industry and domain expertise to shape up our Technology product offerings to meet the Business requirements for the future. You'll harness cutting-edge technology to evolutionise our digital offerings, ensuring unparalleled customer experiences.

To be successful as a Liquidity SME -Technical Product Owner, you should have experience with

• Detailed understanding of Liquidity Product offerings and solutions e.g., Cash Concentration, Notional Pooling. Deposits, Intercompany lending etc. Experience in Liquidity Management/ Cash management domain.
• Hands on experience in at least one Liquidity management or Core Banking Product suite.
• Detailed understanding of accounting, settlement, statement, and payment processing. Experience working on large and complex workflow projects, maintaining excellent relationships and communication with global stakeholders, other IT teams, and business areas, vendors, and SI partners.

Some other highly valued skills may include.

• Strong experience in Agile with experience working in Agile Scrum methodology. Has comprehensive understanding of full technology development lifecycle and is actively involved in all phases.
• Excellent design concepts, ability to clarify requirements with stakeholders to resolve gaps, uncertainties, and conflicts.
• Knowledge of technologies (including infrastructure technologies) that are used by Financial Service providers.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is based in our Pune office.