Fintech Innovation Product Owner - Discovery to Pilot

UFCU Main; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

UFCU is seeking an Innovation Product Owner to lead fintech initiatives within the fintech strategy pod. You will translate strategy into executable work, manage the pod backlog, and drive discovery through pilots, ultimately guiding pilots to production when ready.

The role requires operating in a high-ambiguity environment, defining scope and success criteria, and coordinating cross-pod dependencies to keep work moving. Reports to the Director, Fintech Strategy and Partnerships.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, or related field
• 3-5 years of product management, fintech operations, or roles requiring structured execution in ambiguous environments
• 2+ years of defining and tracking success metrics for experimental or pilot initiatives, with demonstrated ability to translate outcomes into actionable recommendations

Responsibilities

• Manages and maintains the pod backlog, ensuring work is clearly defined, properly sequenced, and aligned with the strategic priorities set.
• Runs day-to-day delivery operations including standups, backlog refinement, sprint planning, and reviews.
• Translates ambiguous, early-stage ideas into testable hypotheses with clear scope, success criteria, and integration approach.
• Drives initiatives through time-boxed discovery and pilot cycles, ensuring each phase produces measurable learning that informs the decision to scale, pivot, or sunset.
• Defines and tracks success metrics for each initiative, grounded in speed of learning, decision quality, and validated member and business impact.
• Manages the discovery-oriented intake process, working with the Fintech Partnership Lead and Director to determine which opportunities enter the pod's pipeline.

Skills

Product management

Fintech operations

Cross-functional leadership

Hypothesis-driven development

Agile delivery

Metrics & analytics

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, or related field

Master’s degree or MBA

Tools

Jira

DevOps

Job description

UFCU is seeking an Innovation Product Owner to lead fintech initiatives within the fintech strategy pod. You will translate strategy into executable work, manage the pod backlog, and drive discovery through pilots, ultimately guiding pilots to production when ready.

The role requires operating in a high-ambiguity environment, defining scope and success criteria, and coordinating cross-pod dependencies to keep work moving. Reports to the Director, Fintech Strategy and Partnerships.