Associate Specialist, Product Management, Omnium

About Northern Trust:

Northern Trust, a Fortune 500 company, is a globally recognized, award-winning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889.  

Northern Trust is proud to provide innovative financial services and guidance to the world’s most successful individuals, families, and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service, expertise, and integrity. With more than 130 years of financial experience and over 22,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

SUMMARY

The Data Delivery product owner provides a combination of strong functional knowledge of the business line paired with product knowledge to execute strategic change of a proprietary finance platform.  Seeks perspective from multiple stakeholders and team members to optimize value to customers and minimize risk to existing functionality.  Assesses opportunities for process improvements that result in higher efficiency, effectiveness, and a better user experience.

Has specific knowledge or expertise typically gained through formal education or equivalent experience. Uses expertise to derive technology solutions to complex problems. Requires in-depth conceptual and practical knowledge in own job discipline and basic knowledge of related job disciplines.  Works independently; receives minimal guidance. May support projects or project steps within a broader project or may have accountability for on-going activities or objectives. Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Acting product owner to a major component of a proprietary finance platform, of which the below responsibilities are with respect
• Includes a diverse stakeholder group to refine requirements for development
• Responsible for refining a product backlog of prioritized development
• Daily support of product development including but not limited to
  • Requirements are documented clearly and understood by all relevant parties
  • Test plans are thorough
  • Validation and feedback through testing are timely
• Performs risk assessment of development solutions to determine appropriate testing strategy
• Support training as deemed required of new technology solutions for both internal and external users
• Participate in discovery sessions with new clients to determine impact to development scope
• Support migrations to new technology including but not limited to
  • Training business users on new technology
  • Oversee execution of migration
  • Refine requirements of development requests to expedite migrations
  • Gather feedback of new technology from early adopters
• Takes a new perspective on existing solutions
• Maintains a consistent feedback loop with business and development owners
• Collaborate directly with project managers and scrum master's on milestones of both short-term (e.g. end of day milestone) and long-term (e.g. release milestone)

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS

• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills (“solutions-oriented” mindset)
• Strong organizational and prioritization skills
• Client relationship focused (internal and external relationships)
• Is experimental and embraces continuous improvement
• Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus
• Flexible and adaptable to change; capable of being a ‘change agent’ to identify and drive productivity transformation
• Usage of workflow tools like Jira or Azure
• Knowledge of software development life cycle and common frameworks (scrum, kanban, waterfall)
• Basic to intermediate understanding of SQL and data warehouses

EXPERIENCE

• Must have at least one of the below, multiple is preferred
  • Supported an agile transition in an organization
  • Supported a major client onboarding (multiple over career preferred)
  • Responsible for testing new technology updates
  • Acting business analyst of a component of technology at your organization
  • Support a project where technology solutions -solved complex problems
• Experience working with colleagues outside reporting lines
• Experience with Investment Management and/or Financial Services
• Has mentored and trained colleagues to perform their function well
• Experience with on-premises or cloud-based data warehouses
• A College or University degree and relevant proven work experience
• Certifications are a plus
  • Agile (product owner, scrum master, etc.)
  • CPA, CFA

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