.IT Product Owner (Accounting Systems)– Corebanking (Openbank)Location: Madrid, Community of MadridType: Full timeWhat 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
