Associate Director Product Owner

Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC?

Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We are committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.

The Information Technology group delivers secure, reliable technology solutions that enable DTCC to be the trusted infrastructure of the global capital markets. The team delivers high-quality information through activities that include development of essential, building infrastructure capabilities to meet client needs and implementing data standards and governance.

Pay and Benefits:

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
• Pension / Retirement benefits
• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
• DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee). 

The impact you will have in this role: 

The Product Owner is responsible for translating the product vision into squad deliverables to achieve the product strategy, aligned with enhancing value to the client. This is done through managing scope and product backlog in collaboration with the squad, Product Manager, clients (internal/external) and key team members.

Your Primary Responsibilities: 

• Translates the vision and the roadmap into squad deliverables and release plans 
• Handles the squad’s work: – Creates and refines the backlog with the squad to provide the right level of detail at the right time to achieve definition of ready (preparation for development) – Continuously accepts or rejects completed work, according to acceptance criteria – Seeks feedback from collaborators and clients and incorporates into future backlog items 
• Brings the voice of the client (external/internal) into the squad and the voice of the squad to the organization
• Cultivates relationships with critical team members to maintain alignment to achieve strategic goals 
• Evaluates shared issues, risks, and dependencies for resolution 
• Incorporates and prioritizes technical work, as required, to deliver on release objectives 
• Enhance delivered value by evaluating implementation alternatives and considering impact of cost, schedule, and risk profiles. 
• Attends and participates all squad and tribe meetings (example. Sprint events, QTR) 
• Drives release roadmaps and objectives Product Owner and Product Manager Overlap Shared Responsibility and Ownership 
• Drives product vision and strategy 
• Develops product case 
• Links between the customer, the organization and the product owner 
• Aligns organization with product positioning and results 
• Anticipates market needs 
• Drives sprint objectives 
• Establishes story acceptance criteria 
• Handles scope and backlog through grooming and epic/story refinement (with the squad) 
• Aligns squad with customer requirements 
• Link between the product manager, critical team members and the squad

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 8 years of related experience
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience preferred 

Talents Needed for Success: 

• Brings enthusiasm to the squad by showing passion and commitment to the new way of working. 
• Understands value in building important and believing relationships 
• Is committed to continuous improvement and adaptation to accept change 
• Seeks and reflects on feedback to inform and drive growth
• Exhibits solid understanding of Enterprise Agile frameworks and roles to enhance value delivery. 
• Drives creative and solution-oriented activity with all participants and collaborators 
• Keen customer centric stance to bring clarity of the customer vision to the squad. 
• Understands and uses applicable work management tools (i.e. JIRA) for decision making and collaboration. 
• Effectively translates the vision and prioritizes the roadmap to deliver the highest value to satisfy customer needs 
• Possesses and leverages deep understanding of domain, product and relevant technologies. 
• Capable of communicating and influencing all collabora