Product Owner

Company: DTCC
Location: Jersey City
Posted on: March 28, 2020

Job Description:

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Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities?
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Join our DTCC family, and you'll grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you'll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life.
The Team ---
DTCC Solutions delivers information-based and business processing solutions to financial intermediaries globally.

Why you'll love this job
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The Product Owner is responsible for translating the product vision into squad deliverables to achieve the product strategy, aligned with maximizing 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 stakeholders.

Your responsibilities
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• Translates the product vision and the roadmap into squad deliverables and release plans
• Manages the squad's backlog:
• Creates and refines the backlog of user stories with the squad to provide the right level of detail at the right time to achieve definition of ready (preparation for development)
• Accepts or rejects backlog items, according to acceptance criteria, during the sprint
• Seeks feedback from stakeholders and clients and incorporates into future backlog items
• Brings the voice of the client (external/internal) into the squad
• Cultivates relationships with the Tribe Lead and key stakeholders to identify issues, risks, and dependencies, and maintain alignment to achieve product strategy
• Incorporates and prioritizes technical work, as required, to deliver on release objectives
• Maximizes product value by evaluating implementation alternatives and considering impact of changing scope on budget and estimates
• Attends and participates in all squad meetings (example. sprint and release events)
• Mitigates risk by following established procedures and monitoring controls, spotting key errors and demonstrating strong ethical behavior.
  
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  • Minimum of 5 years of experience with derivatives
  • Masters degree in finance, physics, or another quantitative domain or MBA
  • Exhibits strong understanding of Agile Software Development (primarily Scrum and Kanban) principles and techniques.
  • Understands and uses applicable work management tools (i.e. JIRA) for decision making and collaboration.
  • Drives creative and solution-oriented activity with all participants and stakeholders
  • Knowledge of financial services operations, in particular Post Trade Processing, trends and user demands
  • Executes against the Product Vision and effectively translates into Product Roadmap and Backlog items to deliver the highest value
    
    
    
    About DTCC:
    
    With over 45 years of experience, DTCC is the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry. From operating facilities and data centers around the world, DTCC automates, centralizes, and standardizes the processing of financial transactions across the trade lifecycle and mitigates risk for thousands of institutions worldwide.
    
    At DTCC we value on our clients' interests and partner to deliver superior results with excellence and innovation and lead with integrity. We proactively develop your potential and invest in your career. To learn more, please visit us at www.dtcc.com or connect with us on LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube and Facebook.
    
    
    
    
    
    

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