Technical Product Owner, Financial Crime Tech (Hybrid)

Bendigo Bank; Bendigo; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work options

Health and wellbeing support

Learning opportunities via BEN U

Job summary

Bendigo Bank is seeking a Technology Product Owner to lead our Financial Crime Technology team. You will shape the technical roadmap and manage the product backlog to protect customers and the bank from financial crime.

You will collaborate with Financial Crime, Data Platforms and Engineering to enhance detection systems, ensure regulatory needs are met, and deliver low-latency, high-accuracy processing. The role requires AML/CTF domain experience and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in the AML/CTF and Financial Crime landscape with Know Your Customer (KYC), Sanctions Screening and Financial Crime detection.
• Experience with big data environments with a strong understanding of data pipelines, data quality and lineage standards.
• Experience in a Product Owner or similar role, with a strong understanding of Agile principles, backlog management, and roadmap development.
• Familiarity with the Australian financial services regulatory landscape is highly desirable.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute a robust technical roadmap for Financial Crime platforms, aligning engineering efforts with business strategy and regulatory requirements.
• Drive the continuous improvement of Financial Crime platforms and oversee system health and the requirement for low-latency / high-accuracy processing.
• Own and prioritise the product backlog translating high level business requirements into detailed user stories.
• Partner with Financial Crime, Data Platforms and Engineering teams to ensure technical changes are operationally viable, meet compliance requirements and align with the technical roadmap.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure changes are viable and compliant with regulatory expectations.

Skills

AML/CTF knowledge

Agile principles

Backlog management

Roadmap development

Stakeholder communication

Tools

KYC platforms

Data pipelines

Big data environments

Job description

Bendigo Bank is seeking a Technology Product Owner to lead our Financial Crime Technology team. You will shape the technical roadmap and manage the product backlog to protect customers and the bank from financial crime.

You will collaborate with Financial Crime, Data Platforms and Engineering to enhance detection systems, ensure regulatory needs are met, and deliver low-latency, high-accuracy processing. The role requires AML/CTF domain experience and strong communication skills.