Senior Specialist, POM Product Owner

We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President, POM Product Owner to join our Custody, Trustee & Depositary Centre of Excellence team. This role is located in Pune.

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:

• Collaborate with the Business, SMEs, and End Users to gather and develop story level requirements in JIRA that allows the Development Team to deliver consistent level of high-quality code.
• Participate in all agile/sprint activities (planning, backlog refinement, retrospective, standups, and design).
• Create and maintain story level functional, non-functional requirements and Acceptance Criteria in JIRA (excluding technical tasks).
• Write and elaborate stories to align with Product definition of “Ready for Development.”
• Validate stories with cross functional stakeholders, including Business, SMEs, and End Users to gather requirements and desired outcomes.
• Review test cases with testers to ensure test results meet expected outcomes as defined in acceptance criteria.
• Review testing failures to identify potential missed/new requirements or defects.
• Prepare and circulate release notes as part of operational readiness.
• Support other Ops readiness activities as required.

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent practical experience; advanced degree preferred.
• Agile methodology expertise.
• Project Management experience using JIRA & Confluence.
• Advanced knowledge in Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint.
• Business Analytics skills using Microsoft Power BI & Tableau.
• Understanding of Investment Banking: Subsidiaries, CSDs and different organizations contributing to investment banking business.
• Knowledge of Asset Servicing business.
• Custody Product Knowledge, specifically: Corporate Action and Income product from Custody business perspective, Proxy product from Custody business perspective, Class Action product from Custody business perspective
• Bachelor’s or post graduate degree or the equivalent combination of education and experience in business management or related field.
• 5 plus years of total work experience in Project / Product delivery (Agile delivery preferred).
• No direct reports, provides guidance to less experienced colleagues. Leads projects and allocates work accordingly.
• Relevant market / industry certifications – e.g., AAC, CCBA, CBAP.