Agile PO for a Web Team building a commercial/digital banking platform. Looking for someone who has more client experience focus versus technical focus, they do have engineers and architects. They need somebody that can keep an eye on the user experience and the business piece of it.
Strong execution mindset, being able to wrangle the team, keep things moving forward, having the client experience mindset, PO will keep designers on track, capable of thriving in a busy, complex environment. Payments, treasury, corporate treasury, money movement experience would be helpful but priority is a strong executor.
Charlotte, North Carolina; Raleigh, North Carolina or Atlanta, Georgia - 4/5 days on-site
W2-Only Contract thru March 2026 (No options for C2C/1099)
Paid for hours worked; Monday-Friday, expected 40 hours/week
Responsibilities:
Lead their delivery team's priorities in PI planning, sprint planning, and other agile ceremonies; aligned to larger experience platform priorities and vision
Clearly articulate product strategy to the delivery team
Deliver new experiences by working directly with delivery, experience design, business, and operations partners to design new products and improvements to existing capabilities
Author and maintain the team's backlog of user stories and serve as a subject matter expert on features, user stories, and product capabilities
Perform triage on critical issues and communicate consistently and clearly with all concerned parties
Serve as key resource to development team to answer questions, provide clarifications, and conduct and coordinate business validation
Update leadership on the epic and feature delivery schedule, including dependencies impacting deliverables, along with recommended solutions
Partner with solution architects and other technical leads to ensure their solutions effectively address program priorities while balancing client experience and technical integrity
Facilitate sprint planning with stakeholder groups to drive alignment and visibility for which features will be built when, and to ensure overall adherence to the product roadmap and enterprise strategic themes
Facilitate sprint demos and provide final acceptance for completed user stories in sprint demos; ensuring that the story meets acceptance criteria and otherwise meets its definition of done
Coordinate the creation of release-specific business documents, such as support model definitions, go/no-go approvals, internal release notes, and release-related living documents
Risk management: As needed, ensure all Product Management Lifecycle (PML) process & procedures are followed, supporting security, risk, audit, and more, and ensure action items and deadlines are met.
Must Have Skills/Prior Experience:
Bachelors' degree in business, engineering, design, or technology field; or related field or equivalent combination of education and professional experience
Five or more years of banking, financial services, digital, or other relevant work experience
Three or more years of product, analysis, technology, and/or design experience
Three or more years of leading cross functional teams
Experience defining and delivering business initiatives to execute on a product roadmap
Demonstrated technical acumen and an ability to work with the technology organization to align product and technology roadmaps
Ability to translate strategic plans into tactical daily actions for execution
Ability to lead cross-functional teams without formal authority
Comfortable managing concurrent projects in a fast-paced, results-driven environment
Comfortable with ambiguity, leading work autonomously, and making independent decisions
Strong analytical skills, ability to interpret data and trends, diagnose problems, and recommend action plans to resolve issues
Excellent skills in presentation, facilitation, communication, and negotiation
Nice to Have (Candidates with these skills will be prioritized first):
5+ years experience working as a Product Manager/Owner working with agile teams developing banking or financial services software
Master's degree in business, engineering, design, or technology field; banking or financial management education
Experience working with distributed teams (onshore/offshore)