Technical Product Owner

Job Description

Purpose of the role

To collaborate with product owners and other technical teams involved in the product development process and utilise their knowledge of the bank’s technologies to enact the vision defined in the product roadmap. 

Accountabilities

• Provision of subject matter expertise to support the collaboration between the product owner and the technical side of product development.
• Support the development and implementation of the product strategy and vision defined in the product roadmap and communicate them with the relevant stakeholders and the development team.
• Collaboration with internal stakeholders to gather and prioritise product requirements and features based on business value and feasibility that are well defined, measurable and secure.
• Development and implementation of assessments to ensure continuous testing and improvement of product quality and performance.
• Monitoring of product performance to identify opportunities for optimisation that meets the banks performance standards.
• Stay abreast of the latest industry technology trends and technologies, to evaluate and adopt new approaches to improve product development and delivery.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

Join us as a Technical Product Owner at Barclays, where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You'll harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionise our digital offerings, ensuring unparalleled customer experiences. As a part of team of developers, you will deliver technology stack, using strong analytical and problem solving skills to understand the business requirements and deliver quality solutions. Technical Product Owner (TPO) in the Risk Decision Systems, the incumbent will play a pivotal role in driving the development and optimization of risk decisioning systems, ensuring they align with business objectives, regulatory requirements, over all organizational aspiration and evolving customer needs.

To be successful as a Technical Product owner you should have experience with:

• Must be expert in effective story writing pertaining to Functional and Non-Functional requirements

• Must be conversant with creating effective documentations such as but not limited to :-

  • Business Process flows (Current and future state)

  • Customer Journey maps

  • Traceability mapping

  • Functional specification document  

• Must have elaborate knowledge on customer journeys across retail banking landscapes

• Fair knowledge on AWS would be highly beneficials

• Must be comfortable with data analysis and interpretations

Some other highly valued skills includes:

• Act as an SME for the RDS Tech teams

• Able to drive discussions with multitude of stakeholders with clear outcomes to be achieved

• Must be a self-starter and should be able to scale up quickly

• Prior knowledge of working on similar projects would be highly beneficial

• Bridge between business stakeholders, risk management teams, and technical development squads, ensuring the delivery of scalable, reliable, and secure risk management solutions.

• Engage with key stakeholders (Risk, Compliance, Legal, Fraud, etc.) to gather requirements and ensure the product meets compliance and risk management objectives

• Act as the primary point of contact between business teams, development teams, and external vendors(where applicable)

• Ensure clear communication of risk decision requirements to technical teams

• Collaborate closely with engineering teams to translate business requirements into functional specifications and detailed user stories

• Conversant with Scaled Agile process and the ceremonies there in 

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is based out of Pune.