Product Owner - Secure Access / Loan / Wealth - 45k to 80k

ConnectedGroup Limited; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 45,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

ConnectedGroup Limited in Hong Kong is seeking a Product Owner to lead Secure Access, Loan and Wealth initiatives. You distill product strategy into actionable backlog for an Agile team, ensuring customer needs are accurately represented.

You will work with a cross-functional team including a Scrum Master, Engineers, Analysts and other roles to deliver the backlog, write clear user stories and acceptance criteria, and escalate blockers with decisive collaboration.

Qualifications

• Ability to distil product strategy into actionable backlog items.
• Strong facilitation skills for agile ceremonies.
• Experience delivering products in financial services or risk domains.
• Excellent communication with executives and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Distil overall product strategy and roadmap into actionable backlog for the Agile Team.
• Work within an Agile team including Scrum Master, Engineers, Analysts to deliver team backlog.
• Escalate delivery blockers and dependencies with decisive, collaborative action.
• Own user stories and epics with clear acceptance criteria, ready and done definitions.
• Deliver updates for Platform and executive stakeholders to secure buy-in for delivery.

Skills

Product ownership

Agile delivery

Stakeholder management

backlog prioritization

Analytical skills

Presentation to executives

Education

University degree in Business Administration or Information Systems

Job description

Product Owner - Secure Access / Loan / Wealth - 45k to 80k

I am currently helping our Client seeking a Product Owner to join the team in Hong Kong.

Your role:

• As Product Owner to distil overall product strategy and roadmap and turn it into action for the Agile Team, ensuring customers' needs are accurately represented to the team
• To work within an Agile team consisting of a Scrum Master, Engineers, Analysts and other roles as required to deliver the backlog of the Team
• To act as an escalation point for delivery blockers, dependencies or other issues impacting the team or a particular story. Require exceptional decision making, influencing, communication and collaboration skills in order to role model agile delivery practices
• Own succinct and clearly written user stories and epics, ensuring the scope, acceptance criteria, definition of ready is met & definition of done is clearly articulated, aligned to achieving key objectives and results
• Accountable for the outcomes of the activity undertaken by the Agile Team including accepting work as complete and effective
• Accountable for preparing and delivering updates and key messages for Platform and executive stakeholders (globally, regionally and in-market) at executive level forums to secure required buy-in to enable delivery
• Accountable for engaging internal and external functions as required by specific delivery needs potentially including: Regulatory Authorities, Service Delivery Functions, Service Providers and Vendors
  

Ideally you have:

• University degree in Business Administration, Information System or related discipline
• Minimum 4 years' experience in project management, product development or related field
• Excellent analytical and facilitation skills to ensure business needs and effective solutions are quickly and clearly defined
• Exceptional and demonstrable knowledge of Agile ways of working
• Excellent organizational and planning skills with knowledge on when and how to re-prioritize, or escalated as required
• Ability to operate across boundaries of business and technology organizations with excellent breadth of understanding across technology and risk management
• Proven experience of creating content for, and presenting at meetings to influence executive stakeholders