Agile Product Owner – Corporate Sustainability - Assistant Vice President

Job Description:

Job Title Agile Product Owner – Corporate Sustainability

Corporate Title Assistant Vice President

Location Cary, NC

Who we are

In short – an essential part of Deutsche Bank’s technology solution, developing applications for key business areas.

Our Technologists drive Cloud, Cyber and business technology strategy while transforming it within a robust, hands-on engineering culture. Learning is a key element of our people strategy, and we have a variety of options for you to develop professionally. Our approach to the future of work champions flexibility and is rooted in the understanding that there have been dramatic shifts in the ways we work.

Having first established a presence in the Americas in the 19th century, Deutsche Bank opened its US technology center in Cary, North Carolina in 2009. Learn more about us here.

Overview

Sustainability is a top priority at Deutsche Bank, and we are investing in the platforms, data and technology that will ensure we meet our ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) reporting requirements, and help our clients manage their Sustainability goals. Sustainability Technology is at the heart of this investment.

The Corporate Sustainability area within Sustainability Technology, is a newly formed product area that aims to contribute towards the Bank’s own sustainability goals and drive sustainable practices across the Technology, Data, and Innovation (TDI) organization. As an Agile Product Owner, you will be part of developing the product vision, delivery roadmap and product backlog for this new area, as it matures and will work with stakeholders within TDI and Group Sustainability.

What We Offer You

• A diverse and inclusive environment that embraces change, innovation, and collaboration

• A hybrid working model with up to 60% work from home, allowing for in-office / work from home flexibility, generous vacation, personal and volunteer days: A commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility

• Employee Resource Groups support an inclusive workplace for everyone and promote community engagement: Access to a strong network of Communities of Practice connecting you to colleagues with shared interests and values

• Competitive compensation packages including health and wellbeing benefits, retirement savings plans, parental leave, and family building benefits

• Educational resources, matching gift, and volunteer programs

What You’ll Do

• Develop and own product backlog for one or more teams to deliver functionality to support the continuous development of the Corporate Sustainability Strategic Solution and fulfilment of regulations such as CSRD (Corporate Sustainable Reporting Directive) and others, through the respective phases of maturity

• Build deep relationships with internal stakeholders from the TDI (Technology, Data, and Innovation) organization as well as the Chief Sustainability Office, to elicit requirements and shape the Corporate Sustainability product vision, roadmap, and drive adoption

• Manage, analyze and extract insights from various types of data sets, which can be used in the development of KPIs (Key Performance Indicators), metrics and dashboards for Corporate Sustainability reporting

• Work with the Corporate Sustainability Lead, architecture, and engineering leads, to drive product strategy and execution

• Support the transition to a scaled agile framework as the product grows

• Act as an expert voice on sustainability matters with the development teams

Skills You’ll Need

• Be comfortable driving requirements and priority discussions with senior stakeholders and explaining requirements to engineering teams

• Be comfortable analyzing and extracting insights from various types of data sets, for use in the development of KPIs, metrics and dashboard for Corporate Sustainability reporting

• Experience developing technology products and services incorporating data sourcing, management, analytics and reporting, including prototyping, requirements workshops and product delivery

• Experience as an Agile Product owner operating in a scrum or scaled agile framework, including experience working with JIRA, confluence and running agile events

• Knowledge of and interest in Sustainability and digital decarbonization strategies is a plus

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