IT Product Owner (Accounting Systems)– Corebanking (Openbank) Location: Madrid, Community of Madrid
Type: Full time
What You Will Be Doing:
The Technical Product Owner leads and owns the development and performance of a specific IT product throughout its entire lifecycle: analysis, monitoring, development, maintenance, and continuous improvement. The Technical Product Owner directs development squad teams, supports the creation of user stories in line with business product owner peers, coordinates testing activities, and approves release plans. Accordingly, is responsible for the compliance and adherence of optimum technical quality & performance standards within the IT products they manage. Leads the translation of finance and accounting user stories into detailed technical requirements and technical tasks to feed developer squad teams, providing a systems perspective and identifying impacts and dependencies. Ensures the applicable definition of ready / definition of done requirements are documented accordingly. Supports stakeholders to prioritize user stories and takes responsibility for incidents/defects coming from L0/L1/L2 IT Operation group and tickets requiring L3 support (based on criticality and customer impact). Supports the development squad teams to rebalance effort between user story development and defect/ticket resolution, on a daily basis. Facilitates critical dependencies management within the IT product and across products. Supports the development of and the execution of acceptance tests based on acceptance criteria, coordinating all test activities and ensuring that each story meets acceptance criteria. Continuously updates the delivery team in case of business changes, in coordination with Business Product Owners and other peer Technical Product Owners. Approves the final release plan, in accordance with agreed priorities and dependencies, in collaboration with the Release Manager. Analyzes and reports delivery, progress, risks, and opportunities. Ensures that the technical debt is properly managed, with the support of SW Technical leads.
To be successful in the role you must have:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Telecommunications, or Finance Degrees enriched with technical knowledge.
- 3 or more years of hands-on experience implementing IT banking projects, particularly Corebanking, Accounting Systems, or Account Payable/Receivable solutions and 5 or more years of experience in Information Technology.
- Has played a relevant role in banking transformation projects working under agile methodologies.
- Strong knowledge and understanding of business needs in relation to Accounting and Financials and strong decision-making capabilities, with the ability to weigh-in relative costs and benefits of potential actions and identify the most appropriate one.
- Relevant technical knowledge.
- Committed to delivering high-quality, prompt, and efficient IT service within their IT product domain.
- Ability to communicate complex and technical issues to diverse audiences, orally and in writing, in an easily-understandable, authoritative, and actionable manner.
- Ability to successfully lead, manage, and motivate large, diverse, and complex development teams.
- Strong organization, prioritization, and rationalization skills.
- Demonstrable knowledge of Data Query Languages (SQL, Presto).
- Experience with AWS, SAP, or Temenos Transact will be highly valued.
- High level of English and Spanish required.
What do we offer?
- Joining a dynamic and agile company undergoing international expansion.
- Working in start-up mode with the support of the Santander Group.
- Competitive remuneration and attractive benefits package.
- Possibility of growth within the company and the Group.
- Collaborating on international projects in different countries.
- Excellent work environment, social clubs, and frequent events (virtual at present).
If you're not currently living in Madrid and you are open to relocating yourself, we would still love to consider your application.
Openbank is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered equally without paying attention to gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, age, political orientation, union membership, or disability status. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify, and build.
Would you like to grow with us? Join our team!
Summary
Location: Madrid
Type: Full time
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