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. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day. Being a Great Place to Work and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success.

This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits. We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve.

Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs. At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

This job is responsible for maximizing the value for one or more products. Key responsibilities include working with stakeholders to understand their needs, and with product managers or specialists to ensure they are aligning on priorities and creating the vision and roadmap for the product to align with strategic direction for the business or technology domain. Job expectations include ensuring delivery of products that meet the expectations of our clients, including features, security, availability, resiliency, timelines and costs.

Key responsibilities include defining 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. This role works closely with stakeholders to understand their needs, and with the LOB Product Managers to prioritize work for Merchant internals teams and external cross functional teams.

Responsibilities:

• Generates 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
• Prioritizes and creates work for a team, learning to collaborate with cross-functional teams
• Creates, prioritizes and refines stories in the product backlog
• Reviews and accepts stories and makes decisions regarding scope and requirements
• Partners with the team to ensure that optimum value is obtained through technology and through subject-matter expertise of the business

Required Qualifications:

• 5 years+ in a Technical Product Owner or Equivalent role
• Strong experience supporting technical delivery
• Communicate the product vision and roadmap to stakeholders and the team
• Able to refine Product backlog to ensure there are enough “ready” items
• Proficient in articulating the business problem and the technical solution
• Must have the finesse to navigate within a large organization to influence decision makers
• Win trust using people skills and technical knowledge
• Experience in Agile Methodology preferably Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
• Hands on Jira and Confluence experience
• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively – both verbally and written

 

Desired  Qualifications:

• Previous Merchant Services Technology experience
• Communicate effectively with 3rd party vendors as needed
• Able to use AI to be more efficient
• SAFe POPM or LPM certified.

 

Skills:

• Agile Practices
• Analytical Thinking
• Collaboration
• Result Orientation
• Solution Delivery Process
• Influence
• Risk Management
• Solution Design
• Stakeholder Management
• Technical Strategy Development
• Application Development
• Business Acumen
• Data Management
• DevOps Practices
• Financial Management

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week: 

40