Product Owner - Banking Sector (Senior)

SquareDev; Kentucky; On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

SquareDev seeks a Senior Product Owner to drive vision, roadmap and delivery of digital banking products. You will own the backlog for one or more digital banking initiatives, working with engineering, UX, compliance and senior stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable, user-centric solutions.

Key responsibilities include refining the product strategy, writing detailed user stories and criteria, leading agile ceremonies, and monitoring performance post-launch to iterate with data-driven decisions.

Qualifications

• Experience in Retail or Business Digital Banking.
• Translate business goals into detailed product requirements.
• Strong collaboration with engineering, UX, compliance, and risk teams.

Responsibilities

• Own and refine product vision, roadmap, and backlog for digital banking products.
• Write user stories and acceptance criteria for delivery teams.
• Coordinate with stakeholders, engineering, UX/UI, and compliance.
• Lead sprint planning, backlog grooming, and reviews in Agile/Scrum.
• Monitor KPIs and iterate based on data and feedback.
• Communicate roadmap changes and delivery timelines clearly.
• Review features and support UAT and business acceptance.

Skills

Retail Digital Banking

Product Owner

Stakeholder management

Agile/Scrum

User stories

Data-driven decisions

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

SquareDev?

We use state-of-the-art technology to build solutions for our customers and our partners' customers. We make sure we stay best-in-class by participating in research projects across Europe, collaborating with top universities and enterprises on AI, Data, and Cloud.

About QnR Group

SquareDev is a member of the QnR Group, a leading technology organization specializing in end-to-end custom software solutions, Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, SAP, ServiceNow and FinTech solutions.

As part of QnR Group's ongoing expansion - both in Greece and internationally - we are continuously hiring across a wide range of tech roles. Successful candidates may be hired by QnR Group, or another company within the Group, depending on the role and project.

Role overview

We are looking for a Senior Product Owner to drive the vision, roadmap, and delivery of digital banking products for our customers and partners' customers. You will own the product backlog for one or more digital banking initiatives working closely with engineering, UX, compliance, and senior stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable, and user-centric solutions that go directly into production.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for:

• Owning and continuously refining the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for digital banking products
• Translating business goals and customer needs into a clear, prioritized product backlog
• Writing detailed user stories, acceptance criteria, and functional specifications for the development team
• Acting as the primary point of contact between business stakeholders, engineering teams, UX/UI designers, and compliance/risk functions
• Leading sprint planning, backlog grooming, and sprint reviews in an Agile/Scrum environment
• Prepare user stories and acceptance criteria that can be directly used by design, development and QA teams
• Monitoring product performance post-launch using KPIs and customer feedback, iterating based on data
• Managing stakeholder expectations and communicating roadmap changes, trade-offs, and delivery timelines clearly
• Review delivered functionality and support UAT and business acceptance

To excel in this role, you'll need:

• Solid track record in Retail or Business Digital Banking
• Background as a Product Owner, Business Product Manager, Senior Business Analyst, or Banking Subject Matter Expert
• Working knowledge of core digital banking domains, including payments and transfers, accounts and deposits, cards, customer onboarding, lending, authentication and security, corporate/business banking services, and self-service banking journeys
• Skilled at translating a high-level business need into a fully detailed functional specification the delivery team can build from
• Comfortable pushing back on requirements, spotting gaps or edge cases, and making pragmatic product trade-offs
• Confident communicator, equally at ease working with business stakeholders, designers, and engineers