Product Owner Credit & Data Platforms (New York)

CreditSights is currently seeking a Product Owner based out of our New York City office.  

 

Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, CreditSights continues to offer award-winning, unbiased research on global credit markets, empowering clients to make informed investment decisions. With offices in New York, London, Singapore, Glasgow, Denver, and Charlotte, we serve a diverse global institutional client base, including banks, investment advisors, mutual funds, and hedge funds. As a leading voice in credit research, our expert insights are featured in top publications such as Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, and Financial Times. As a Fitch Solutions Company, CreditSights provides a dynamic environment fostering professional growth and innovation, where you collaborate with seasoned analysts to deliver critical intelligence in complex financial markets.

Working at CreditSights offers the chance to be part of a premier independent credit research firm, renowned for its in-depth analysis and insights. You'll collaborate with a team of seasoned analysts, delivering critical intelligence that helps clients navigate complex financial markets. This dynamic environment encourages professional growth and innovation, enabling you to make a meaningful impact in the field of credit research.

 

About the Team

CreditSights is searching for a Product Owner who will play a crucial role in the development and success of our product offerings. This role involves working closely with the Product Manager and cross-functional teams to drive the product lifecycle from ideation to launch. The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of product management principles, excellent communication skills, and a passion for creating exceptional user experiences.

How You’ll Make an Impact: 

• Product Development: Assist in the development and execution of the product roadmap, ensuring alignment with business goals and customer needs.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with engineering, design, marketing, and sales teams to ensure successful product delivery.
• Backlog Management: Maintain and prioritize the product backlog, ensuring that it is up-to-date and reflects the current business priorities.
• User Stories: Develop detailed user stories and establish acceptance criteria to ensure stories are ready for development.
• Agile Ceremonies: Run agile ceremonies, including backlog grooming, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Feature Validation: Conduct User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to validate that stories meet the definition of done and acceptance criteria.
• Customer Interaction: Discuss features with customers, focusing on usability, time to value, feature completeness, and the overall user journey.
• Prototyping and Testing: Collaborate with engineering and design to prototype features, conduct A/B testing, and validate designs with end users.
• Issue Resolution: Handle issues with current features and provide solutions based on customer feedback.
• Performance Monitoring: Track and analyze product performance metrics e.g. team productivity, product adoption, feature performance. This role would focus on collection, analysis, and reporting as well as implementing improvements at the squad level.

 

You May be a Good Fit if:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Experience: 4+ years of experience in product management, product development, or a related role.
• Technical Skills: Familiarity with Agile methodologies, experience with product management tools (e.g.,Jira, Trello), basic understanding of software development, and working knowledge of APIs and how systems integrate. Experience with AI technologies is a plus.
• Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to make data-driven decisions e.g. familiarity with performance metrics like DORA.
• Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex ideas clearly.
• Team Player: Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.
• Customer-Centric: Passion for understanding and addressing customer needs.
• Preferred Experience: Experience in financial information services industry, familiarity with UX/UI principles and design thinking, and experience working with remote teams.

 

What Would Make You Stand Out: 

• Preferred Experience: Experience in financial information services industry, familiarity with UX/UI principles and design thinking, and APIs (RESTful services)
• MBA is a plus.