Associate Principal Engineer, Technical Product Owner (Banking)

REQUIREMENTS:

• Total Experience 10+ years
• Strong experience in Business Banking and Banking / Financial Services applications
• Hands-on experience as a Technical Product Owner / Proxy Product Owner with strong SDLC exposure
• Strong experience in Agile delivery, project scoping, backlog management and prioritization
• Experience with customer-facing Mobile / Digital Banking applications
• Strong understanding of User Stories, acceptance criteria, Agile ceremonies and squad delivery
• Strong experience in software releases, deployments, UAT and production rollouts
• Experience coordinating Development, QA, DevOps, Infrastructure and Business stakeholders
• Experience with release calendars, dependencies, change management, governance and audit requirements
• Strong risk, issue, dependency and stakeholder management experience
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to drive initiatives independently
• Experience defining KPIs, monitoring delivery performance and driving continuous improvement

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Act as the Proxy Product Owner between the Channel Product Owner and development squad
• Translate product vision and requirements into actionable user stories and backlog items
• Maintain, prioritize and manage the channel development backlog
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, stand-ups, reviews and retrospectives
• Act as the primary point of contact for the development team on backlog and product-related queries
• Collaborate with UX/UI, Engineering and QA teams to ensure high-quality feature delivery
• Monitor sprint progress, manage changes and communicate delivery status to stakeholders
• Plan and oversee software releases, deployments and production rollouts
• Coordinate release readiness across Development, QA, DevOps, Infrastructure and Business teams
• Manage release calendars, dependencies, UAT, production validation and rollback plans
• Ensure compliance with change management, governance and audit requirements
• Identify and mitigate release risks, issues and dependencies
• Monitor release performance and drive post-release reviews and continuous improvement

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.