Job Description:
A Product Owner is responsible for maximizing the value for a product. Key responsibilities include defining the vision and roadmap for the product, defining and prioritizing stories in the product backlog, and articulating this to both stakeholders and the development team. This role works closely with the stakeholders to understand their needs, and with the Product Manager in a scaled Agile model, to ensure there is alignment. They are developing in the role of a Product Owner, possessing a working knowledge of the product, and basic understanding of the business and/or technology domain.
This is an excellent opportunity to take your career to a whole new level providing ways to work with high profile financial applications that are impacting cutting edge technology such as the evolving fraud landscape, the ever changing world of payments and the power to transact anywhere with CashPro. CashPro sits within the Global Markets organization and Global Transaction Services which provide liquidity management, payments and receipts, trade and supply chain finance, foreign exchange and commercial card services to small businesses, middle market companies, and to multinational corporations, financial institutions and governments around the world. This is an opportunity to work in a fast paced forward looking technology organization which continues to expand around the world and always be on the cutting edge of innovation.
Summary/Responsibilities:
Bank of America is seeking a Product Owner that will lead and design application-based projects for an enterprise wide treasury and credit application. Must be able to understand very complex systems and utilize development patterns to develop key components in a clustered and multithreaded environment which is highly scalable with continued good performance. Must be self-driven, communicate well and work well on a team of other developers. Some projects may lead others or may be led depending upon project priorities and functionality. Must work with business to understand requirements and architecture leads to develop a strategic design and roadmap. Ultimately responsible for delivery of project into production.
• Developing an understanding of stakeholder needs to help create a solution, envisions the solution to solve a problem (manual or through software)
• Analyzes the stakeholder process to build efficiencies and also analyzes the software to improve or implement that process
• Gathers and catalogs functional, non-functional, and technical requirements for stakeholder requests.
• Analyzes functional and data requirements. Answers the questions: What does the software do and how does it store information?
• Assists users and development team with application testing and troubleshooting
• Identifies, documents and troubleshoots application related problems
• Documents process, procedures and workflows associated with applications
• Creates and maintains training materials for end-users
Required Skills

• 5+ years' experience working in Agile methodology and a deep understanding of various phases of the Software Development Life Cycle; preferably in Business Analyst / Product Owner role
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with both technology/development and business partners - ability to translate between these two constituencies
• Excellent written communication skills and have excellent communication skills and client presence
• Ability to create user journeys, user stories, wireframes, mockups, and basic diagrams to convey ideas
• Experience using tools like Rally and JIRA for Agile projects
• Understanding of business process redesign concepts and process improvement techniques
• Understanding and experience with technical solutions and components (APIs, Middleware, Services, SQL)
• Exceptional organizational skills, analytical skills, strong written and verbal presentation skills
• Must be a team player and be able to build positive working relationships with team members and project managers that encourage open communication and a supportive team environment
• Prior experience in an IT or management consulting environment with a focus on business analysis within financial services
• Bachelor's degree from accredited university

Desired Skills

• Knowledge of client facing applications; strong presentation skills
• Client-focused and able to build working relationships
• Experience in handling infrastructure builds
• Experience with JIRA tool and infrastructure
• Certification in Agile Scrum; specifically Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) and/or Certified Scrum Master (CSM) and/or Certified Product Owner

Shift:
1st shift (United States of America)
Hours Per Week:
40
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