Product Owner - Tech Delivery

Posted:
9/9/2024, 12:14:41 PM

Location(s):
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States ⋅ North Carolina, United States

Experience Level(s):
Mid Level ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Product

Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

Job Description:
Responsible for maximizing the value for one or more products, at the program level in a scaled Agile model. Defines the vision and roadmap for the program, defining and prioritizing the features/epics in the program backlog, and articulating this to both stakeholders and development teams. Works closely with stakeholders to understand their needs, and with Products Owners to ensure they are aligned on priorities. They support and collaborate with the Product Portfolio Executive on financials throughout delivery. Is an expert of the products, business or technology domain, and the industry in which the product competes. This role can be part of the business/LOB (recommended) or in technology. As an expert, creates the vision and roadmap for the program based on customer requirements, industry trends, regulations, and the strategic direction for the business or technology domain. Communicates the program vision and roadmap to stakeholders, Product Owners and the teams. Oversees the budget(s) for one or more products. Provides input into defining business capabilities and aligning them to products or creating new products to support them. Articulates the business value to Product Owners so they understand product and strategy; Ensures alignment across product roadmap to achieve portfolio objectives. Creates and prioritizes features/epics in the program backlog; empowered to make decisions about trade-offs with emerging work versus planned work. Refines features/epics with the Product Owners to ensure there is enough ready work for the upcoming 1-2 quarters. Reviews and accepts features/epics and is empowered to make on-the-spot decisions on scope and requirements. Works in partnership with the Product Owners and the teams to ensure that optimum value is obtained through technology and through an advanced understanding of the business and industry trends. Participates and attends relevant industry events to bring points of view and trends to the Bank. May lead a Community of Practice and participate in the Center of Excellence. May manage a team.

Required Qualifications:

  • 7+ plus years as an Product Owner / Feature Lead   

  • Ability to manage multiple technology projects simultaneously 

  • Strong Risk Management; Identify potential risks and escalate as needed, identify critical path activities, remove roadblocks to ensure progress

  • Strong communication skills both written and verbal; ability to communicate at all levels; able to influence/challenge

  • Knowledge of and adherence to change standards for planning, executing, controlling and closing the technology components and deliverables within projects

  • Capable of understanding technical details and ability to translate those to a nontechnical audience

  • Excellent analytical and process-based skills i.e. process flow diagrams, functional diagrams & etc.

  • Knowledge of Application Security and Standards

  • Experience with SAFE agile, release train, scrum, Kanban process and PI planning

  • Experience with all areas of application development, database, infrastructure, and client server architecture

  • Knowledge of automation and continuous delivery practices.

  • Financial services experience/expertise -  supporting Enterprise Credit Business lines and products

  • Experience in JIRA

Desired Qualifications:

  • Experience with QA automation 

  • Financial planning/budgeting process

  • MS products such as Excel, Project, PowerPoint

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week: 

40