Digital Product Owner (contract)

Title: Digital Product Owner

Locations: Columbus, OH

Duration: 5 months

Work Engagement: W2

Work Schedule: 3 days in office/2 days remote

Benefits on offer for this contract position: Health Insurance, Life insurance, 401K and Voluntary Benefits

Summary:

In this role the contractor will act as a Feature Product Owner responsible for writing feature level acceptance criteria, acting as the communications anchor for stakeholders, and refine business requirements for the core banking platform team.

Responsibilities:

• Utilize user stories, business requirements to refine functional requirements
• Analyze partnerships and engagements to host refinement sessions with partners (JAD sessions)
• Manage stakeholders, perform conflict resolution, escalations, and act as the anchor for stakeholders on technical requirements
• Lead the development and execution of product plans and initiatives supporting modernization of core banking capabilities.
• Serve as a key contributor in large scale planning and delivery efforts for core banking transformation initiatives
• Review and assess digital strategy for account ledger and transaction processing to inform foundational product definitions.
• Influence product direction and cross functional strategy by evaluating technical, business, and regulatory considerations.
• Drive product decisions that balance customer impact, operational efficiency, and policy or compliance requirements.
• Partner closely with senior leadership to support roadmap development and execution of modernization priorities.
• Translate complex business needs into clear, actionable product requirements and user stories.
• Collaborate with engineering, architecture, and risk/control partners to ensure solutions are scalable, compliant, and well documented.
• Engage business stakeholders to define future state requirements aligned to enterprise strategy.

Qualifications:

• Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
• Digital Product Ownership Experience
• Knowledge of account ledger platforms, posting logic, transaction flows, and/or ledger system architecture
• Experience delivering complex initiatives within Agile frameworks, including hands on use of tools such as JIRA and Confluence
• Experience working with real time processing systems, microservices architectures, and event driven solutions
• Experience within financial services or highly regulated environments with an understanding of risk, control, and compliance considerations Microsoft office products, Jira, Atlassian
• Strong Technical knowledge (microservices, banking technology nuances)