Product Owner - BNP Paribas Fortis

Adjugo; Brussel Hoofdstad; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Adjugo in Belgium is seeking a Senior Product Owner to represent stakeholders in a Scrum team. You will capture expectations, translate them into prioritized product needs, and collaborate with the Scrum Master and Development Team to ensure a clear product vision and consistent Sprints.

The role focuses on credit initiatives, defines objectives, manages backlog, and sets measurable acceptance criteria while coordinating with business, risk and legal stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 5+ years relevant experience in product ownership or similar role.
• Proven ability to translate business needs into clear product requirements.
• Experience collaborating with Scrum Master and Development Team.

Responsibilities

• Prioritize features based on business challenges and user feedback.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and needs.
• Own and refine the product backlog with clear acceptance criteria.
• Collaborate with business, risk and legal stakeholders for compliance.
• Integrate regulatory requirements from design through delivery.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Product ownership

Agile/Scrum

Strategic thinking

Leadership

Analytical thinking

Negotiation

Education

Master's degree or equivalent

Tools

Nétive e-Sourcing platform

Scrum/Agile practices

Job description

Dates: 2026-09-01 — 2027-12-31

Arrangements: 50% on site and 50% homeworking

As Senior Product Owner, you represent stakeholders and the voice of customers within a Scrum team. You capture expectations, preferences and aversions and translate them into prioritized product needs. Together with the Scrum Master and Development Team, you help embody the Scrum Team. You ensure the Development Team has a strong understanding of the product and that each Sprint remains consistent.

The assignment focuses strongly on credit initiatives, from defining objectives and deliverables through ideation, refinement and incremental delivery. You manage the backlog, define measurable acceptance criteria and prioritize features according to business challenges, technical constraints and user feedback. You also facilitate Agile ceremonies alongside the Scrum Master. Close collaboration with business, technical, risk and legal stakeholders is central to successful delivery.

Regulatory compliance, risk management and continuous improvement are integral to the role. You integrate legal and regulatory requirements from the design phase, document decisions for auditability and use metrics to assess initiative impact. You identify optimization opportunities and propose improvements based on data and field feedback. You also train users, communicate progress and act as a change agent for squad practices.

Top Reasons to Apply

High-impact credit initiatives

End-to-end product ownership

Responsibilities

• Prioritize features business challenges
• Manage stakeholder expectations needs

Must Have

• Five years relevant experience
• Fluent Dutch language
• Fluent French language
• Sound English knowledge
• Customer journey familiarity
• Business requirements translation

Detailed Responsibilities and Skills

Additional Responsibilities

• Integrate regulatory legal requirements
• Validate regulatory feature impacts
• Measure initiative impact metrics
• Identify process optimization opportunitiesCollaborate internal external stakeholders
• At least 5 years of relevant experience.
• Master degree or equivalent based on demonstrable experience.
• Dutch: fluent.
• French: fluent.
• English: sound knowledge, together with at least one local language.
• Proven maturity in leading a team alongside a Scrum Master and managing stakeholders.
• Strong knowledge of credit products and processes.
• Ability to see the overall picture (helicopter view) and think strategically.
• Analytical and conceptual thinking.
• Negotiation and persuasion skills.
• Structured approach.
• Quality-minded with an eye for detail.
• Goal-oriented.
• Open to change.
• Leadership.

Technical skills

• Familiarity with customer journey concepts.
• Ability to translate business needs into clear requirements for developers.
• Ability to engage in technical discussions.
• Capacity to integrate technical constraints when interacting with stakeholders.
• Product Backlog ownership and prioritization.
• Definition of clear features with measurable acceptance criteria.
• Integration of regulatory and legal requirements from the design phase.
• Use of metrics such as processing time, error rates and user satisfaction for impact measurement.

Tools

• Nétive e-Sourcing platform is used for the sourcing process.
• Scrum and Agile ways of working are required for delivery collaboration.