Associate Director, Product Owner, Data & Platform Solutions (Chicago)

Fitch Group; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

Leadership development

Tuition reimbursement

Healthcare offerings

Parental leave

Volunteer days

Job summary

Fitch Solutions is seeking an Associate Director, Product Owner for the Chicago office to lead platform product delivery. You will own product backlogs, translate strategy into user stories, and collaborate with engineering, data and AI teams to deliver scalable platform capabilities.

The role emphasizes agile leadership, stakeholder communication and continuous improvement within a hybrid in-office/remote environment in Chicago.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in financial services or similar environment.
• 2+ years of experience in Product Ownership or Product Management.
• Familiarity with Agile principles; experience in Agile teams; JIRA experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage product backlogs for platform capabilities, aligning priorities with business objectives.
• Translate strategic goals into actionable user stories, epics and feature requirements.
• Run agile ceremonies: backlog grooming, sprint planning, sprint reviews and retrospectives.
• Collaborate with engineering, architecture, data, AI and business teams to deliver platform solutions.
• Validate functionality, coordinate user acceptance testing, and ensure capabilities meet business needs.
• Identify and manage dependencies, risks and blockers across teams.

Skills

Product Ownership

Agile experience

Communication skills

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

JIRA

Job description

Location: Chicago, IL, US

Associate Director, Product Owner, Data & Platform Solutions (Chicago)

Fitch Solutions is seeking an Associate Director Product Owner for our Chicago office.

Fitch Solutions is a leading provider of insights, data and analytics. It informs investment strategies, strengthens risk management capabilities and helps identify strategic opportunities. Its analysts, lawyers, journalists and economists offer in-depth views on credit markets/risk and individual credits, ESG, developed and emerging markets, and industry sectors. Fitch Solutions is part of Fitch Group, a global leader in financial information services with operations in over 30 countries. Fitch Group is owned by Hearst.

By becoming a part of the Fitch Solutions team, you will join a group of colleagues delivering critical data, insightful research, and comprehensive analytics that empower clients to make informed decisions. You'll work in a dynamic environment where innovation is encouraged, and collaboration is key to developing solutions that address the evolving needs of global markets. With a portfolio of best-in-class, award winning brands, we offer you the opportunity to advance your career while contributing to a company known for its expertise and commitment to excellence.

Fitch Solutions Product Owner Platform Products

About the Team:

Platform Products is responsible for building shared capabilities that can be leveraged across the organization. We operate a product-led model focused on identifying common business needs, building reusable solutions once, and enabling business units to adopt them at scale.

Our mission is to accelerate innovation, improve consistency, and reduce duplication by delivering platform capabilities across areas of Fitch Solutions. While Business Units focus on their domain expertise and commercial differentiation, Platform Products focuses on the foundational capabilities that support them all. As a Product Owner, you will play a key role in defining, prioritizing, and delivering platform capabilities that create value across multiple business areas.

How You’ll Make an Impact:

• Build deep expertise in Fitch’s data and products, underlying architecture, and integration points to effectively support platform delivery and client needs.
• Own and manage product backlogs for one or more platform capabilities, ensuring priorities align with business objectives and product roadmaps.
• Partner closely with Product Managers to translate strategic goals into actionable user stories, epics, and feature requirements.
• Run agile ceremonies, including backlog grooming, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Collaborate with engineering, architecture, data, AI, and business teams to deliver high-quality platform solutions.
• Validate completed functionality, coordinate user acceptance testing, and ensure delivered capabilities meet business needs.
• Identify and manage dependencies, risks, and delivery blockers across multiple teams and initiatives.
• Work with stakeholders across business domains to understand requirements and drive alignment.
• Help establish success metrics and monitor product performance, adoption, and business outcomes.
• Maintain product documentation, process flows, release notes, and knowledge assets to support transparency and scalability.
• Drive effective communication across business and technology stakeholders, ensuring shared understanding of priorities, timelines, and outcomes.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen our product management and delivery practices

You May be a Good Fit if:

• You have 2+ years of experience in financial services
• You have 2+ years of experience in Product Ownership or Product Management
• Familiarity with Agile principles and experience working in Agile teams (JIRA experience is a plus)
• You have strong communication skills, enjoy collaboration and can effectively engage both technical and business audiences
• You have exposure to AI-enabled products, data platforms, or technology-driven solutions.
• You have a Bachelor’s degree

What Would Make You Stand Out:

• Ability to translate strategic vision into tangible outcomes
• Customer-centric mindset
• Knowledge of Fitch systems
• Demonstrated initiative and continuous learning

Why Choose Fitch:

• Hybrid Work Environment:3 days a week in office required based on your line of business and location
• A Culture of Learning & Mobility: Dedicated trainings, leadership development and mentorship programs designed to ensure that your time at Fitch will be a continuous learning opportunity
• Investing in Your Future: Retirement planning and tuition reimbursement programs that empower you to achieve your short and long-term goals
• Promoting Health & Wellbeing: Comprehensive healthcare offerings that enable physical, mental, financial, social, and occupational wellbeing
• Supportive Parenting Policies: Family-friendly policies, including a generous global parental leave plan, designed to help you balance career and family life effectively
• Inclusive Work Environment: A collaborative workplace where all voices are valued, with Employee Resource Groups that unite and empower our colleagues around the globe
• Dedication to Giving Back: Paid volunteer days, matched funding for donations and ample opportunities to volunteer in your community

Fitch is committed to providing global securities markets with objective, timely, independent and forward-looking credit opinions. To protect Fitch’s credibility and reputation, our employees must take every precaution to avoid conflicts of interest or any appearance of a conflict of interest. Should you be successful in the recruitment process at Fitch Ratings you will be asked to declare any securities holdings and other potential conflicts prior to commencing employment. If you, or your immediate family, have any holdings that may conflict with your work responsibilities, you may be asked to divest yourself of them before beginning work.

Fitch is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluatequalified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, and other statuses protected by law.

Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $110,000 and $125,000 per year. Actual salaries will be determined on an individualized basis and may vary based on factors including but not limited to education, training, experience, past performance, and other job-related factors. Base pay is one part of Fitch’s total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, discretionary bonuses, long-term incentives, and other benefits sponsored by Fitch.