Product Owner

About the Role

We are looking for a proactive Product Owner to take charge of high-impact initiatives across our core product areas. Instead of just managing requirements, you will own the product vision and be the primary voice of our clients.

You will work directly with major investment banks to understand their needs, anticipate challenges, and make the key decisions on what our technical teams should build next. Working closely with product leadership, you will help steer the overall product strategy and champion standardization across our solutions. You will drive clarity, precision, and efficiency across the delivery lifecycle, ensuring we consistently deliver the highest possible value.

Responsibilities:

Steer Product Strategy: Collaborate with product leadership to shape the product vision and translate high-level business goals into clear, actionable plans for the development team.

Lead Client Engagements: Act as the main point of contact for our enterprise clients. Proactively guide conversations, manage expectations, and translate their needs into product features.

Drive Standardization: Look for ways to standardize product features, workflows, and technical solutions across our client base to improve efficiency and scale our offerings.

Manage the Backlog: Maintain a healthy, prioritized list of work. Make firm decisions on what gets built and when, balancing client requests with team capacity and strategic goals.

Bridge the Gap: Serve as the decisive link between our business, operations, and technical teams to ensure everyone is aligned on the product's direction.

Drive the Delivery Cycle: Work closely with developers and QA to clarify requirements, define success criteria, and ensure the final product hits the mark.

Measure Success: Look at data pipelines, system outputs, and user behavior to see what is working, what isn’t, and how to improve the product.

Ensure Quality: Define what "done" looks like for every feature and ensure the end product meets the high standards of our clients.

Stay Ahead of the Curve: Monitor industry trends and regulatory shifts in the financial sector to keep our products competitive and compliant.

Requirements and Skills:

3+ years of experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager, or a strong Business Analyst who is ready to step up and take ownership.

Client Leadership: Proven ability to manage relationships with large enterprise clients, confidently steer meetings, and say "no" when necessary to protect the product vision.

Agile Expertise: Deep understanding of Agile ways of working and practical experience managing backlogs with tools like Jira.

Clear Communication: The ability to explain complex technical concepts in plain business language, and vice versa.

Technical Literacy: Familiarity with APIs, data integrations, and modern data setups. You don't need to code, but you need to understand how the pieces fit together.

Industry Knowledge: Experience in financial services, regulatory environments, or enterprise software is highly preferred.

Self-Starter Mindset: You don't wait to be told what to do; you proactively find ways to improve the product and the process.

If you have the skills, experience & drive to excel in this challenging and rewarding role, we would love to hear from you. Apply today and take the next step in your career with us!

WSD is an employer that values diversity. We highly encourage applications from appropriately qualified and eligible candidates irrespective of age, race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, veteran status, disability, or any other status protected by applicable law.