Job Description

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Job Title- AVP, Product Owner

Location- Pune

Role Description:

The AFC function performs a critical role in keeping Deutsche Bank\xe2\x80\x99s business operations as well as the global financial services clean from financial crime while serving the interests of the bank and the society at large. Deutsche Bank benefits from having a highly experienced and dedicated AFC function that helps the bank in taking care of future challenges in fighting financial crime. We use state of the art technology such as Java, Angular Spring book, GraphQL, Microservices, Spark, Camel, Docker, Sonar, Bitbucket to support various business functions.

Product Owner will be part of the AFCC Tech India team. The key objective of Product Owner role is to bridge the gap between the stakeholder needs and the technical delivery team and to help successfully deliver projects in an agile manner. The PO will be heavily involved at all stages of the software delivery lifecycle from initial scoping and planning exercises through to the detailed analysis and collaboration with the IT team to deliver working software.

The PO will be required to write user stories in JIRA and work effectively with the stakeholders including Business and Technology within and outside RCA to successfully deliver the projects. Being in an Agile team, the PO ideally would be required to wear the hat of a QA as well and write BDD test cases as acceptance criteria along with product validation.

The role requires an enthusiastic, pragmatic self-starter who wants to solve problems by delivering quality and cost-effective solutions through the employment of excellent business analysis techniques and functional domain knowledge.

Should own the product end to end including production issues, coordinate with Business, RTB, QA, Dev to understand the root-cause and provide justification, prioritization (with business) and any mitigation plans.

Preferred financial services experience (if possible, banking AML/KYC domain)

What we\xe2\x80\x99ll offer you

As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you\xe2\x80\x99ll enjoy.

• Best in class leave policy.
• 100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral)
• Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education
• Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members
• Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents
• Accident and Term life Insurance
• Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above

Your key responsibilities

Product Owner will be part of the AFCC Tech India team. The key objective of Product Owner role is to bridge the gap between the stakeholder needs and the technical delivery team and to help successfully deliver projects in an agile manner. The PO will be heavily involved at all stages of the software delivery lifecycle from initial scoping and planning exercises through to the detailed analysis and collaboration with the IT team to deliver working software.

The PO will be required to write user stories in JIRA and work effectively with the stakeholders including Business and Technology within and outside AFCC to successfully deliver the projects. Being in an Agile team, the PO ideally would be required to wear the hat of a QA as well and write BDD test cases as acceptance criteria along with product validation.

The role requires an enthusiastic, pragmatic self-starter who wants to solve problems by delivering quality and cost-effective solutions through the employment of excellent business analysis techniques and functional domain knowledge.

• Responsible for defining business requirements in partnership and collaboration with the business and obtaining sign-off.
• Enables and drives Agile ways of working not just on the technology side but also on business side
• Demonstrate strong understanding of investment banking with excellent understanding of technology and domain.
• Experience of working in banking and/or in a regulated area
• Work with various Business, Technology and any other stakeholders to arrive at product delivery road map against the current state system data flows & suggest the future state data flows for the project at hand
• Ensure quality of requirement document covering all perspectives with alignment to strategy of the organization
• Provide strong functional expertise in terms of the product queries from the stakeholders
• Conduct walkthroughs to validate the Business requirement and supporting artifacts with all the stakeholders
• Work with Technology team, Operations Teams, Change Teams, Group Architecture, and other work streams within the program
• Create presentation and training packs in support of the designed process
• Provide support to testing and the RTB teams in test execution and planning from data sourcing perspective.
• Experience working in an Agile environment is desired \xe2\x80\x93 being familiar and strong working experience with all agile ceremonies
• Ability to support and mentor other product owners and/or business analysts
• Strong experience in backlog management and prioritization with solid negotiation skills
• Reviews business case(s) outlining cost impacts and value drivers of proposed solutions
• Reviews feasibility studies and estimates
• Responsible for defining testing requirements together with the QA & Testing Team as well as the clients.

Your skills and experience

• Overall, 11+ years\xe2\x80\x99 experience primarily in banking and/or finance domain in a regulated environment.
• At least 8+ years of experience playing the role or Sr BFA/Product Owner with distributed teams in Anti Money Laundering & KYC areas.
• Should have worked in scaled agile and understanding of PO roles and responsibilities
• Familiarity of concepts with Vision, Roadmap is a plus
• Excellent understanding of IT system landscape
• Strong experience in business and functional analysis in investment banking area
• Superior analytical skills and good understanding of project life cycle
• PO certifications are desirable \xe2\x80\x93 PSPO, CSPO or SAFe or equivalent
• Good data analysis skills. Should have good SQL, Excel, Access experience to perform data analysis.
• Must have experience in working requirement collection tools like JIRA, Confluence etc,
• Experience working with financial services is preferred.

How we\xe2\x80\x99ll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career
• Coaching and support from experts in your team
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs

About us and our teams

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Our values define the working environment we strive to create \xe2\x80\x93 diverse, supportive and welcoming of different views. We embrace a culture reflecting a variety of perspectives, insights and backgrounds to drive innovation. We build talented and diverse teams to drive business results and encourage our people to develop to their full potential. Talk to us about flexible work arrangements and other initiatives we offer.

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