Technical Product Manager / Owner

Trade Nation; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial technology firm in Kuala Lumpur is seeking an experienced Product Owner. In this role, you will lead product delivery processes, focusing on high-quality customer experiences for financial products. You will work closely with development teams and manage the product backlog. The ideal candidate has substantial experience in similar roles, excellent communication skills, and the ability to design exceptional user experiences.

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years of proven success as a Product Owner or Technical Business Analyst.
• Experience designing user experiences for financial products.
• Excellent presentation skills to communicate delivery progress.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end product delivery focusing on customer experiences.
• Translate business requirements into product specifications.
• Manage technical product backlog and prioritise tasks.

Skills

Product ownership

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder management

Technical writing

Communication skills

Cloud infrastructure

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Figma

Miro

Job description

Overview

We’re looking for an experienced Product Owner to shape and deliver an exceptional customer experience for our financial products. In this high-impact role, reporting to the Chief Product Officer, you’ll optimise the product development lifecycle through close collaboration with product and development teams.

Our commitments to each other

We have each other’s backs

There when we need each other most

We challenge each other

Be more creative, more curious, more bold

We thrive together

Taking our work to the next level

We form strong bonds

Through team building and social events

We don’t judge

Instead, we teach and are open to learning

We step up

Taking ownership and we are supporting each other to do the same

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end product delivery, focusing on high-quality customer experiences and operational solutions.
• Translate complex business requirements into clear product specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Collaborate closely with engineering and architecture to understand the technology stack, influence architectural decisions, and ensure scalability.
• Manage the technical product backlog, prioritising tasks, guiding estimation, identifying dependencies, and addressing technical debt.
• Lead Agile ceremonies and foster a collaborative culture within development teams and engagement with the wider business community and strategy.
• Oversee release management with your QA, SRE and engineering team to ensure smooth and predictable deployments.
• Act as the primary point of contact for development squads and communicate effectively with all stakeholders on roadmap delivery and technical concepts.

Requirements

• 3-5+ years of proven success as a Product Owner, Technical Product Owner or Technical Business Analyst.
• Experience working in JIRA, Confluence, Figma, Miro (or similar tools) in a masterful way.
• Experience designing and delivering exceptional user experiences for financial products and understanding the underlying product platforms.
• Experience working with a range of financial products, including investment, banking, and digital finance solutions.
• Proficiency in discussing and understanding APIs, microservices, databases, cloud infrastructure, and distributed systems.
• Knowledge of common architectural patterns and trade-offs - including scalability, reliability, security, performance.
• Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills to clearly communicate delivery progress and timelines in different ways.
• Strong project and cross-functional stakeholder management skills.
• Experience cooperating with Engineering Leads to get the most out of development teams.
• Strong technical writing ability with experience co-creating and reviewing technical specifications and tasks.
• Experience managing and communicating releases to customers and internal stakeholders.
• Experience implementing agile processes and being able to adapt to the needs and capabilities of the business.

Preferred requirements

• Direct experience in financial product or investment products.
• Awareness of server-side languages, databases, APIs, and how data flows through the system.
• Experience working with hybrid, remote, in-house, outsourced, and mixed-capability development teams.
• Experience working with tech stacks - such as C#, Python, JavaScript / TypeScript.