Senior Product Owner

Job Title : Senior Product Owner (Loans)

Duration : 18 Month W2 Contract

Location : Jersey City or Charlotte, NC

Required Pay Scale : $70-$75 / hour

Job Summary :

MUST HAVE LOAN EXPERIENCE- LOAN IQ AND COMMERCIAL LENDING

Ongoing Need

Will be working in the Capital Markets Organization, specifically supporting Corporate Loans Division.

Skills & Tools Kalyan Wants to See

• Corporate Loan Execution (not small business or consumer loans)
• Loan Maintenance / Loan Servicing
• LoanIQ ? Huge advantage; indicates strong corporate loan execution knowledge.
• FinServ tools :
• Versana
• DealerTrack
• FIS Global Syndtrack
• (These show understanding of loan execution; others are more operational / regulatory)
• Impact & Metrics : Profiles should show results, not just tasks.
• Experienced in executing product loans, specifically :
• Corporate Loans on the Private or Institutional side.
• Strong understanding of Capital Markets and related terminology.
• Ability to engage in strategic conversations with senior business partners.
• Background in Loan Servicing and Capital Markets preferred
• Senior Product Owner dedicated to Capital Markets Technology initiatives and projects responsible for maximizing the value for corporate deal execution business. 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 Technology Development Team in a scaled Agile model to ensure there is an evident alignment. They are experienced in the role of a Product Manager / Owner, expert of the product, and have a deep understanding of the business or technology domain
• Primary Skill : Agile tools (Jira)
• Secondary Skill : Visio
• Required Qualifications
• 12+ years of experience in corporate loans execution / settlement applications
• Working knowledge of Fixed income and how it contributes to Syndicate corporate loans
• Gain an in-depth understanding of Capital Markets applications, how they are used by the business and how applications fit into the overall deal workflow.
• 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 C-Suite stakeholders and business teams and drives user adoption.
• Collaborates with stakeholders to understand their needs, problems, and aligns them on priorities.
• Creates and prioritizes features / epics in the program backlog; empowered to make decisions about trade-offs with emerging work versus planned work
• Creates and prioritizes work for 1-3 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.
• Providing application training and demonstrations
• Agile skills to write quality User Stories, effectively prioritizes the backlog / work items, defines acceptance criteria and aligns business stakeholders on priorities. JIRA and Confluence.
• Experience working as part of a global team is a plus
• BI Tools experience is helpful, MS Office, Visio, MS Project, SharePoint
• Desired Qualifications
• Product management for loans, business acumen
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• Overview of the work being done :
• GCIB business and GCM business interactions, management meetings, story grooming with technology teams. Not external clients, with internal GCIB business users

About Matlen Silver

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