Product Owner (Banking/Finance)

Product Owner

Overview

We are seeking an experienced Product Owner to support a strategic Statements & Notices implementation within a financial services environment. The Product Owner will serve as the primary liaison between business stakeholders, project leadership, technology teams, and vendor partners to ensure the successful delivery of customer and regulatory communication solutions.

This role requires a hands-on Product Owner who can quickly assess business needs, lead requirements gathering efforts, manage Agile backlogs, and drive stakeholder alignment across a complex implementation program. Candidates with financial services experience

and Fiserv DNA expertise are highly preferred.

Top Required Skills

Product Owner Leadership & Agile Backlog Management

• Proven experience managing complex implementation backlogs in Agile environments.
• Expertise translating business requirements into epics, features, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Strong backlog prioritization, refinement, sprint planning, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to balance business priorities, project timelines, and technical dependencies.

Financial Services Domain Expertise

• Experience working within banking, credit union, or financial services organizations.
• Strong understanding of Statements & Notices, customer communications, document delivery, and regulatory correspondence.
• Familiarity with compliance and regulatory considerations impacting customer communication channels.

Fiserv DNA & Conversion Experience

• Experience supporting Fiserv implementations, conversions, or platform migrations.
• Knowledge of the Fiserv DNA Core Banking Platform strongly preferred.
• Experience coordinating with third-party vendors and internal delivery teams during large-scale technology transformations.

Key Responsibilities

Requirements & Discovery

• Lead busin te with stakeholders to document current-state and future-state business processes.
• Define and document operational, business, and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure business objectives are translated into actionable delivery requirements.

Product Ownership & Backlog Governance

• Create, maintain, prioritize, and manage the project backlog.
• Develop detailed epics, features, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Facilitate backlog refinement and prioritization sessions.
• Align work items with business objectives and implementation milestones.

Stakeholder Management

• Serve as the primary business representative across business, technology, project leadership, and vendor teams.
• Drive alignment among cross-functional stakeholders.
• Communicate priorities, dependencies, risks, and key decisions effectively.

Project Delivery Support

• Partner with project leadership to manage scope, risks, dependencies, and readiness activities.
• Support sprint planning, release planning, and implementation efforts.
• Assist with issue resolution and project decision-making.

This is a Contract position based out of Seattle, WA.

The pay range for this position is $65.00 - $75.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully remote position.

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