Technical Platform Owner - Content Management Platform

Company

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Working at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York positions you at the center of the financial world with a unique perspective on national and international markets and economies. You will work in an environment with a diverse group of experienced professionals to foster and support the safety, soundness, and vitality of our economic and financial systems.
The Bank believes in work flexibility to balance the demands of work and life while also connecting and collaborating with our colleagues in person. Employees can expect to be in the office a couple of days per week as needed for meetings and team collaboration and should live within a commutable distance.

What we do: 

The Enterprise Platforms and Capabilities (EPC) Technology Group function provides leadership to promote innovation and maturity of software development in support of the product and enterprise platform delivery teams for the NY Fed.

EPC is comprised of Enterprise Data Platforms and Enterprise Platforms divisions. The Enterprise Platforms division supports the Bank’s mission-oriented business groups and enabling functions by providing solution development on key Enterprise Platforms. Our enterprise platforms division enables key business capabilities including content management, constituent relationship management, workflow management, and governance and risk compliance.  Our data platforms division enables delivery of enterprise data capabilities supporting our data strategy, including data management and analytics offerings.  All our platform teams (also known as product squads) operate in an agile operating environment where DevSecOps principles promote collaboration across the business and various technical teams to deliver the highest business value.  Our teams are focused on increasing speed to market while continuously improving quality, security, and resiliency.

Your role as a Technical Platform Owner - Content Management Platform:

The Technical Platform Owner (TPO) role is a critical role in the success of the Enterprise Platforms and Capabilities organization and for the NY Fed.  This role has an accountability to define the strategic vision and create a prioritized roadmap for their assigned Enterprise Platform. The TPO has a deep understanding of their platform and builds close relationship with various functions in Technology Group as well as Bank Business and functional areas to ensure that the development team’s delivery plan is aligned with business needs and the platform’s strategic roadmap. The TPO manages various dependencies working closely with key stakeholder groups such as National IT, System IT, Business Groups, Enterprise Architecture, and other Technology functions. The TPO works closely with platform architecture to ensure overall alignment to driving future-state business and technical capabilities. 

Key responsibilities for the TPO:

• Establish clear vision for Enterprise Content Management platform to enable digital content creation and management for the Bank.
• Provide guidance to content stewardship communities in the Bank to implement best practices and processes to standardize the creation, publication, and preservation of digital content, operationalize content user security, and enable a content governance strategy.
• Remain atop of Digital Content technology trends and provide strategic recommendations for rolling out new features as they align to business needs.
• Develop a prioritized roadmap and sequence of epics, features and stories to deliver enterprise level or specific business functional needs, ensuring the delivery of highest value for the Bank.
• Partners with Chief Product Owners and Product Owners to continuously assess and maximize delivery of value through enablement of platform capabilities.
• Seeks to achieve the target state platform architecture, while balancing the implementation of platform capabilities and technical debt considerations while prioritizing the business capabilities.
• Collaborate with multiple stakeholders to prioritize features and ensure delivery aligns with Business Product Owner’s requirements​.
• Accountable for Total Cost of Ownership for the platform, ensuring that it aligns with technology budget considerations.
• Utilize platform knowledge and assist Product Owners to translate user needs into user stories and acceptance criteria that the squad can deliver.
• Maintain a healthy backlog that includes platform epics, features, stories.
• Accountable for platform squad specific OKRs throughout the delivery lifecycle and communicates regularly with stakeholders and leaders.
• Work closely with Chief Product Owners, Product Owners, Platform Architects and Delivery Director to establish platform’s business value and support messaging, communication,