EMEA : Wealth Management, Lending Product Owner

Wealth Management, Lending Product Owner

As a Lending Product Owner in Wealth Management, you are an integral part of the team that innovates new product offerings and leads the end-to-end product life cycle. As a core leader, you are responsible for acting as the voice of the customer and developing profitable products that provide customer value.

Job Description:

You will need to be outcome focused and foster an environment of continual innovation based on data interpretation, customer / stakeholder interviews and adopting latest digital technologies to enhance client experience and maximize profitability. Utilizing your deep understanding of how to get a product off the ground, you guide the successful launch of products, gather crucial feedback, and ensure top-tier client experiences. With a strong commitment to scalability, resiliency, and stability, you collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality products that exceed customer expectations.

Job Responsibilities:

Develops a product strategy and product vision that delivers value to customers.

• Manages discovery efforts and research to uncover customer solutions and integrate them into the product roadmap.
• Owns, maintains, and develops a product backlog that enables development to support the overall strategic roadmap and value proposition.
• Lead agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Leads the Product Testing & Release management strategy.
• Lead, mentor, and support a team of product analyst/associates, fostering their growth and development.
• Facilitate collaboration and communication within the scrum teams and with other departments.
• Act as the primary point of contact for product-related queries and updates.
• Continuously improve processes to enhance productivity and product quality.
• Utilize design thinking methodologies to help de-risk product investments by validating assumptions early and iterating based on user feedback.

Required Qualifications, capabilities & skills:

• Graduate / Post-Graduate, with a minimum of 5-10 years of experience in Banking / Financial Services of which at least 3 should be in a similar role & profile.
• Expertise in defining, building out product strategy and roadmap and Strong prioritization skills.
• Advanced knowledge of the product development life cycle.
• Data & Tech Literacy - Leverages data analytics and digital skills to create new insights and deliver well designed applications that together support business transformation.
• Market & Product Knowledge - Demonstrates a thorough understanding of our products, systems and end to end processes, and keeps abreast of market and industry trends.
• Continuous Improvement - Applies innovation and design thinking techniques to continually challenge and improve the efficiency, scale, and resilience of our operating platform.

Preferred Qualifications, capabilities & skills:

• Influencing skills to manage a variety of stakeholders from different functions
• Team player who proactively shares knowledge and information within and outside the function