Product Owner

Commerzbank AG; Łódź; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international bank is seeking a Product Owner to oversee the development of financial applications in Łódź. You will manage the product backlog, engage with various stakeholders, and ensure compliance with IT security guidelines. Ideal candidates should have strong market data knowledge, be fluent in German, and have experience with Agile methodologies. This hybrid role offers flexibility and involves working with cross-functional teams.

Benefits

Development Plans

Life insurance

Flexible working hours

Integration events

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of market data and financial markets required.
• Fluency in German is essential.
• Good understanding of Agile methodology preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop product vision and manage backlog.
• Ensure compliance with service and IT security agreements.
• Engage with stakeholders across multiple business areas.

Skills

Process analysis

Market Data knowledge

Financial markets understanding

Microsoft Excel

Audit and regulatory knowledge

German language fluency

Agile methodology knowledge

Job description

📢 Join our team as a Product Owner! 📢

In your role as a Product Owner at Market Data, you will be responsible for the development of several applications from the financial and market data sectors. You will plan the development of these applications in direct cooperation with stakeholders in multiple areas (Sales / Trade, Risk, Finance, Treasury, etc.). Moreover, you will be responsible for budget and resource planning and development strategies, including migration of applications to the Cloud.

What you will be doing? 👇

• Develops a product and/or process vision
• Creates and takes responsibility for the product backlog, determines the sprint backlog before every sprint through prioritization by business value and/or customer benefit
• Ensures stable operations as per the service level agreements, IT security guidelines, user privilege management policy, and the regulatory requirements, e.g. in connection with the backlog
• Stakeholder (business) interaction: multiple areas (Sales/Trading, Risk, Finance, Treasury, etc.), interaction with Cloud/Tech Foundation/Infrastructure departments
• Early recognition of impending problems; gaining an understanding of overall context and consequences above and beyond the urgent problem; development of new and innovative problem‑solving approaches. The developed solutions can serve as templates for standard processes
• Reporting the progress of the tasks to the management
• Sharing of expert knowledge with colleagues and other (departments), including outside the cluster.
• Organizes and takes responsibility for a meaningful assessment of the user stories, conducts acceptance of the sprint result before presentation in the review meeting, defines acceptance criteria for user stories before sprint planning, and obtains commitment of the team for the sprint backlog
• Improvements to products, services, processes, and/or systems must take into account the requirements of barrier‑free IT access/software ergonomics by the objectives of the Commerzbank action plan "Inclusion"

Which technology & skills are important for us? 👌

• Ability to analyze processes and requirements
• Strong knowledge of Market Data and a solid understanding of financial markets to effectively guide product development and align with industry needs and trends
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Excel
• Good knowledge of audit and regulatory requirements
• Fluent in German
• Good knowledge of Agile methodology

Nice to have:

• FinancialService Experience
• Experience with Cloud technology (GCP / Azure)
• Architecture understanding (Linux / Unix, Windows server, networks, databases, application servers)
• Experience in advanced database technologies, time‑series data

How?

📌 Hybrid on Wersalska Office (Łódź)

Below you can find more information about Commerzbank

Commerzbank is a leading international commercial bank with branches and offices in almost 50 countries. The world is changing, becoming digital, and so are we. We are leaving the traditional bank behind us and are choosing to move forward as a digital enterprise. This is exactly why we need talented people who will join us on this journey. We work in inter‑locational and international teamwork in agile methodologies.

What we offer?

Of course, we offer Development Plans for employees, Life insurance, flexible working hours, integration events and much more 😎

Important! Please add the clause to your CV. 📑 You can find it on the end of the advert.

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🚩Please add the following clause to your application:

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