
Product Owner - Enterprise Payments
- Columbus, OH
- $77,000-154,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Work collaboratively with Product Manager, Architect, and Agile team to ensure transition from Feature Definition to build.
- Drive focused attention on value delivery and drive a spirit of continuous improvement within teams.
- Ensure organization and occurrence of Story Mapping sessions.
- Lead walkthroughs of identified Features and scope ensuring understanding of vision/problem statement.
- Lead validation of Feature priority and implementation timelines.
- Create and assign cards to manage Feature Definition in the appropriate tools.
- Log open risks, issues, questions, and decisions against Features using the appropriate tools.
- Ensure changes to Feature scope, prioritization, and requirements are documented appropriately.
- Define and track core delivery metrics, including: Velocity & throughput, Predictability, Lead time & cycle time and End-to-end product health - adoption, retention, conversion etc.
- Translate these metrics into actionable insights, using data to guide backlog prioritization, investment trade-offs, and continuous improvement.
- AI for Delivery Optimization - Leverage AI-powered tools to forecast delivery risks, recommend prioritization changes, optimize capacity planning, and automate repetitive tasks.
- Understand Value Stream structure and associated Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) as well as target investment vs. actual investment levels for assigned product lines and ensure understanding of team members.
- Identify cross impacted stakeholders and ensure their engagement in solution discussions.
- Lead management of impact assessment timelines and negotiate priorities with other Product Owners where cross product conflicts exist.
- Manage Team Backlogs and define Sprint Goals.
- Provide clarification and context for Development teams.
- Manage leadership expectations of Agile Teams.
- Explain and ensure teams' understanding of business needs and value being delivered.
- Ensure all data for areas of responsibility is complete and captured accurately within all delivery tools.
- Lead validation of User Story Acceptance Criteria ensuring business needs are met.
- Validate completed User Stories meet defined Acceptance Criteria.
- Coach and mentor peers and junior product owners.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Bachelor's Degree
- 5+ years' experience in a Business Systems Analyst, Product Development, or Product Owner role.
- Strong experience working with cross functional teams using Agile Deliver frameworks and leading the development and launch of a new product.
- Strong experience with user-centered design and usability.
- Strong knowledge of regulatory requirements, bank policy, and Agile Delivery governance.
- Strong experience with retail or business financial services.
- Proven experience as a Product Owner or similar role in an Agile environment.
- Strong understanding of agile frameworks and delivery metrics (velocity, predictability, lead/cycle time, throughput)..
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to translate business needs into technical requirements.
- Familiarity with tools like Azure DevOps, or similar.
- Familiarity with AI/ML technologies and practical applications in products, customer engagement, or delivery optimization.