Sr Associate Product Owner - Financial Planning

About Our Company

We’re a diversified financial services leader with more than $1.5 trillion in assets under management, administration and advisement as of year-end 2024. Our team of 22,000 people across 19 countries, serves more than 3.5 million individual, small business and institutional clients. We are a longstanding leader in financial planning and advice, a global asset manager and an insurer. Our unwavering focus on our clients and strong financial foundation connects each of our unique businesses – Ameriprise Financial, Columbia Threadneedle Investments and RiverSource Insurance and Annuities. Here, we foster meaningful careers, invest in the future, and make a difference for clients, institutions and communities around the world.

Job Description

The Senior Associate Product Owner supports the strategy, delivery, and ongoing optimization of financial planning tools used by advisors and clients. This role partners closely with product managers, technology teams, vendors, and business stakeholders to translate business needs into clear requirements, prioritize backlogs, and ensure high‑quality, scalable solutions that improve the planning experience. The role is responsible for representing the voice of the user, supporting roadmap execution, coordinating testing and releases, and helping drive adoption, stability, and continuous improvement across financial planning capabilities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support execution of the product roadmap by translating advisor and business needs into clear requirements, user stories, and prioritized backlogs.

• Partner with product managers, technology teams, and vendors to deliver enhancements, fixes, and releases that improve advisor workflows and tool usability.

• Represent the voice of the advisor by identifying pain points, validating solutions, and supporting adoption of financial planning capabilities.

• Coordinate and support user acceptance testing (UAT), defect management, and release readiness to ensure high‑quality, stable solutions.

• Assist with production check‑out, post‑release monitoring, and issue triage to maintain ongoing tool reliability.

• Collaborate with vendors to clarify requirements, review deliverables, and support resolution of defects and enhancements.

• Support business‑as‑usual (BAU) activities, including intake and coordination of support requests and maintenance of product documentation.

• Develop deep functional knowledge of assigned tools, data flows, and advisor use cases to support continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.

• 3+ years of experience in a product, technology, business analysis, or operational support role.

• Experience gathering, documenting, and maintaining business and user requirements.

• Experience supporting delivery of technology solutions, including coordinating work across partners and supporting releases.

• Experience working with cross‑functional partners, including technology teams, business stakeholders, and vendors.

• Experience supporting advisors or field users on a day‑to‑day basis, including responding to questions, troubleshooting issues, and coordinating escalations.

• Experience supporting testing activities, such as test execution, defect tracking, and release validation.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to document requirements and communicate clearly with stakeholders.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver work in a fast‑paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting advisor‑ or service‑facing technology solutions.

• Experience with financial planning, advice, or wealth management tools.

• Experience working with third‑party or vendor‑hosted platforms.

• Familiarity with business‑as‑usual support activities, including intake and issue follow‑up.

• Experience using common documentation or collaboration tools.

Base Pay Salary

The estimated base salary for this role is $85,000 - $112,000 / year. We have a pay-for-performance compensation philosophy. Your initial total compensation may vary based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and geographical work location. In addition, most of our roles are eligible for variable pay in the form of bonus, commissions, and/or long-term incentives depending on the role. We also have a competitive and comprehensive benefits program that supports all aspects of your health and well-being, including but not limited to vacation time, sick time, 401(k), and health, dental and life insuranceFull timeExemptBusiness Support & OperationsTECH Technology

Ameriprise Financial is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, military status, veteran status, genetic information, citizenship, disability status, marital status, family status or any other basis prohibited by law.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for individuals with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, speak to your recruiter to discuss how we can support you.