Product Owner - Agile / Scrum Principles

Description :

The Product Owner acts as the voice of the customer and business within the development team, ensuring that user stories are clear, actionable, and aligned with strategic objectives.

While a Product Manager may own the broader product strategy and market positioning, the Product Owner focuses on translating that vision into detailed work for the delivery teams, making day-to-day decisions to support iterative development and rapid delivery.

Position Summary :

As a Digital Product Owner, you will own the end-to-end lifecycle of key product features within our retail securities trading platform.

Reporting to the Product Management Leadership, you will collaborate with cross-functional teamsincluding engineering, UX / UI, legal, other lines of business, compliance, and business stakeholdersto define, prioritize, and deliver high-impact capabilities.

This role demands a deep understanding of financial services, regulatory requirements (e.g., SEC, FINRA)

Prior experience with modern digital architectures, including customer facing software systems, Analytics and data flow based KPI measurements with Google Analytics etc. and feature experimentation with tools like LaunchDarkly.

You will champion user needs while ensuring alignment with business goals, such as user acquisition, retention, and monetization in a competitive fintech landscape.

Conduct periodic user surveys and use industry standard tools like Qualtrics, for gathering feedback & iteratively improve upon OKR / KPI

Responsibilities :

• Translate business needs and product strategy into clear, actionable user stories and acceptance criteria for the development team.
• Own, prioritize and maintain the product backlog ensuring it reflects customer needs, business priorities, technical constraints, and team capacity.
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders including business teams, UX and engineering to gather requirements, validate solutions and align on priorities.
• Participate in agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, backlog refinement, and daily stand-ups to guide development and ensure delivery of high-value features.
• Make trade-off decisions based on scope, time, and resources, balancing immediate use needs with long-term product goals.
• Ensure development work aligns with the product vision and delivers measurable outcomes that support business objectives.
• Monitor progress against sprint goals and facilitate the resolution of impediments or dependencies that block the team success.
• Validate complete features against acceptance criteria and support user acceptance testing.
• Use analytics, user feedback, and team insights to refine backlog items and drive continuous improvement.
• Maintain awareness of industry trends, customer behavior, and internal performance metrics to inform future enhancements.
• Ensure compliance with relevant regulatory, data privacy, and security requirements throughout the development lifecycle.
• Ownership of performance and event monitoring activities, utilizing reporting and debugging tools to identify and address performance bottlenecks and optimize system efficiency.
• Ensure that the environment is compliant with all applicable regulations, updates, and security policies.

Requirements :

Specific domains of evaluation :

Key expectations :

Backlog Management and Prioritization :

Cross-Functional Collaboration :

User-Centric Design and Validation :

Technical Alignment and Innovation :

Stakeholder Management :

Metrics and Performance Tracking :

Risk Mitigation and Compliance :

Launch and Post-Launch Support :

Expected Qualifications :

(ref : hirist.tech)