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Product Owner

Charlotte, North Carolina;

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!

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. Possess a working knowledge of the product, and basic understanding of the business or technology domain. With some guidance, 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. Collaborates with stakeholders to understand their needs and problems. Creates and prioritizes work for one team. Learning to collaborate with cross-functional teams. With some guidance, 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. Individual contributor.

Position Summary

Candidate will be responsible for maximizing the value of Insights across digital and associate channels. Key responsibilities include defining the vision and roadmap for the Insights, defining and prioritizing stories in the product backlog, and articulating this to both stakeholders and the development team. This role works closely with stakeholders to understand their needs, and with the Product Manager in the Line of Business to ensure there is alignment. Position will create and prioritize stories in the product backlog for 1 Agile Team. Additionally, the Insights Product Owner will refine stories with the team to ensure there are enough stories to load the next 1-2 sprints, review and accept stories once development and testing are completed.

Required Qualifications
  • 5-7 years of applicable experience.
  • Strong leadership, communication, writing, and relationship skills across varied levels of influence.
  • Excellent analytical and logic skills.
  • Ability to work well in a fast-paced, changing environment.
  • Ability to partner with both technology and business Associates to develop and implement solutions.
  • Strong knowledge of project life cycle, Excel, TED and PowerPoint.
  • Ability to multi task and work independently.

Desired Qualifications
  • PO Agile Certification, previous Product Owner experience and a deep business understanding of loyalty/rewards/customer data.
  • Experienced with cross-functional teams.
  • IT or Business degree preferred or equivalent experience.
  • Familiarity with BofA's Agile Framework and Tools.
  • Deep understanding of Middleware technology/Backend systems, data and data stores.
  • JIRA experience preferred. 

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week: 

40

Learn more about this role

Full time

JR-24028812

Manages People: No

Travel: Yes, 5% of the time