Senior Product Owner

Job Description

*About Standard Chartered We are a leading international bank focused on helping people and companies prosper across Asia, Africa and the Middle East. To us, good performance is about much more than turning a profit. Its about showing how you embody our valued behaviours - do the right thing, better together and never settle - as well as our brand promise, Here for good. Were committed to promoting equality in the workplace and creating an inclusive and flexible culture - one where everyone can realise their full potential and make a positive contribution to our organisation. This in turn helps us to provide better support to our broad client base.The Role ResponsibilitiesPurposeThe role of Product Owner is to work with end users from country teams, regional and group teams to gather/ solicit requirements, eliciting requirement by identifying gaps in current process vs target, analyze the requirements, communicate them to technology teams and write user stories. Aside to it, plan and help implementing parallel roll-outs, monitor and track test execution, defect management and post implementation activities in countries as SME. Support in developing a strategy that identifies critical success factors, measurable milestones, potential obstacles and recommended plan of action during the Implementation PhaseStrategy

• Define product vision, road-map and growth opportunities
• Assist in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders
• Effectively communicating insights and plans to cross-functional team members and management
• Evaluate existing and proposed business processes with respect to proposed solution and share feedback with process owners
• Ensuring solutions meet business needs and requirements
• Research and analyse market, the users, and the roadmap for the product

Business

• Manage dress rehearsals with end users, technology teams for successful completion of user verification and conversion verification tests
• Co-ordinate and manage the various stages of end user testing such as UAT [User acceptance testing), UVT & CVT (User Verification Test & Conversion Verification Test)
• Serves as the SME for dress rehearsals and conversion related activities
• Supports pre- & post Implementation activities in countries as business champion

Processes

• Assess value, develop cases, and prioritize stories, epics and themes to ensure work focuses on those with maximum value that are aligned with product strategy
• Requirement gathering, analysing and documenting it in JIRA
• Write the corresponding user stories and provide feedback on areas of improvements/ gaps to technology team
• Manage change requests with respect to scope and timeline by following change control process and maintain the product backlog in JIRA
• Manage conversion & user acceptance testing with respect to execution, defect management with technology teams for timely closure
• Develop spreadsheets, diagrams and process maps to document needs

People and Talent

• Act as a knowledge broker by representing the Product backlog between the development team and stakeholders. Should be able to enable collaboration and empower the developers by finding the right people for them to talk to fulfil the requirements gathering
• Act as a conflict resolver for securing resources, drive solutions and act as a mediator to fast track value based delivery

Risk Management

• Identify risk/ issues, report and escalate to management as appropriate

Governance

• Facilitate project team meetings and status review meetings
• Conduct meetings and presentations to end users/ management teams
• Coordinate with internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects
• Ensure adherence to the organization s governance framework
• Keep abreast with Agile/Scrum best practices and new trends

Regulatory & Business Conduct

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group s Values and Code of Conduct.
• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
• Lead the DCD Tribe to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank s Conduct Principles : [Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; Financial Crime Compliance; The Right Environment.] *
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key Stakeholders

• ITO
• Process teams
• Group & Country stakeholders comprising of
• Products
• Operations
• Operations Risk
• Legal and compliance
• Audit
• Credit and Risk Operations
• Policy
• Finance

Our Ideal Candidate

• A bachelor s degree in business or related field or an MBA.
• Experience in Banking Domain
• CBAP, CSPO/ Agile certification preferred
• Strong understanding of business analysis principles.
• Fundamental analytical and conceptual thinking skills.
• The ability to influence stakeholders and work closely with them to determine acceptable solutions.
• Excellent Microsoft excel, PowerPoint and Microsoft Project skills
• Logical approach to problem solving and an excellent eye for detail
• Good communicator, exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Be a leader, self-motivated, and demonstrate the ability to influence across functional lines to ensure all participants and stakeholders deliver according to schedule
• Excellent planning, organizational, and time management skills.
• Excellent facilitating and moderating skills
• Exposure to JIRA, Clarity and Confluence is preferred
• Ability to multi-task and manage various project elements simultaneously
• Should possess high levels of the skills such as, attention to detail and conflict resolution

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Academic Qualification: Bachelor of Engineering, MBA is preferred
• Professional Certifications: CSPO, CBAP is highly preferred
• Bank training; mandatory & developmental - role specific, and regulatory/compliance bank wide & role specific

Apply now to join the Bank for those with big career ambitions.To view information on our benefits including our flexible working please visit our career pages . We welcome conversations on flexible working.,

Keyskills :
scrumagileproduct managementmarketingdeliveryuser acceptance testinguser storiestest executionchange controlproduct visionmicrosoft excelproblem solvingtime managementfast track