Senior Product Owner - Tech Delivery

Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

Position Summary:

Experience working in Agile methodology and a deep understanding of various phases of the Software Development Life Cycle; preferably in Business Analyst / Product Owner role.

Job Description:

Responsible for maximizing the value for a product. Defines the vision and roadmap for the product, defining and prioritizing stories in the product backlog, and articulating this to both stakeholders and the development team. Works closely with stakeholders to understand their needs, and with the Product Manager in a scaled Agile model to ensure there is alignment. Is experienced in the role of a Product Owner, expert of the product, and has a deep understanding of the business or technology domain. Creates the vision and roadmap for the product to align with strategic direction for the business or technology domain. Communicates the product vision and roadmap to stakeholders and the team and drives user adoption. Collaborates with stakeholders to understand their needs, problems, and aligns them on priorities. Creates and prioritizes work for 1-2 teams. Experienced with cross-functional teams. Creates and prioritizes stories in the product backlog. Refines stories with the team to ensure there are enough ready stories to load the next 1-2 sprints. Reviews and accepts stories and is empowered to make on-the-spot decisions on scope and requirements. Works in partnership with the team to ensure that optimum value is obtained through technology and through an advanced understanding of the business. Mentors less experienced Product Owners. Individual contributor.

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years’ experience in Agile methodology and a deep understanding of various phases of the Software Development Life Cycle; preferably in Business Analyst / Product Owner role

• Communicate clearly & effectively with technology/development and business partners – ability to translate between these 2 constituencies

• Excellent written communication skills and excellent communication skills and client presence

• Support cost/benefit analysis to align tech solutions with business strategy.

• Ability to create user journeys, user stories, wireframes, mockups, & basic diagrams to convey ideas

• Experience using tools like Rally and JIRA for Agile projects

• Understanding of business process redesign concepts and process improvement techniques

• Understanding and experience with technical solutions and components (APIs, Middleware, Services, SQL)

• Participate and guide team in estimating work necessary to realize a story/requirement through the delivery lifecycle.

• Perform spike/proof of concept as necessary to mitigate risk or implement new ideas.

• Code solutions and unit test to deliver a requirement/story per the defined acceptance criteria and compliance requirements.

• Utilize multiple architectural components (across data, application, business) in design and development of client requirements.

• Assist team with resolving technical complexities involved in realizing story work.

• Contribute to existing test suites, analyze test reports, identify any test issues/errors, and triage the underlying cause.

• Document and communicate required information for deployment, maintenance, support, and business functionality.

• Experience with large data sets using big data solutions such as Hadoop, Spark etc. is a plus

Desired Qualifications:

• Certification in Agile Scrum; specifically Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) and/or Certified Scrum Master (CSM) and/or Certified Product Owner

Shift:

Hours Per Week: