Product Owner II — Customer Experience & Enablement

M&T Bank; Bridgeport (CT); Hybrid; USD 136,000 - 226,600; Full time

Job summary

M&T Bank is seeking a Product Owner II within the Enterprise Platforms organization to lead customer and employee research and manage portfolio products. You will define the product vision, roadmap, and backlog while aligning with senior leadership and an agile team to deliver value across the enterprise portfolio management tools.

This hybrid role requires on-site presence four days per week at a regional office; candidates should reside within commuting distance to Wilmington, DE or other

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree plus 6 years of business, analytical, technical and/or product experience, or 10 years’ combined education and/or work experience.
• Experience prioritizing across competing priorities in a rapidly changing landscape.
• Experience actively seeking multiple opinions, yet making independent decisions and influencing positive outcomes.
• Understanding of Design Thinking principles.
• Knowledge of product design and development best practices.
• Knowledge of Agile and Lean principles and practices.
• Experience working in partnership with user experience teams on product design.
• Experience developing/managing digital capabilities.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Specific subject matter expertise as required by assigned product.

Responsibilities

• Build and own the vision, roadmap, and backlog of the Qualtrics, User Zoom, User Research, and User Interviews customer/employee research suite and Service Now SPM, the enterprise portfolio management tool.
• Represent the voice of the customer within the team and convey story details to the team; make autonomous decisions, quickly and thoughtfully, to move delivery forward in alignment with overall product vision and strategy.
• Work directly with the delivery team to create appropriate analytics and other communication tools for internal team and stakeholder use to show progress.
• Participate in all team activities and ceremonies.
• Use a matrixed influencing approach to work with essential business partners throughout the organization, often at a more senior level and irrespective of hierarchy or divisions, advocating for the benefit of the customer.
• Understand and engage with your customers.
• Focus on outcomes over outputs, incorporating design thinking methods and analytics to inform product design.
• May act on behalf of the Senior Product Owner during absences.
• Promote an environment that supports belonging and reflects the M&T Bank brand.
• Maintain M&T internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.
• Complete other related duties as assigned.

Skills

Design Thinking

Agile/Lean

Communication skills

Product design knowledge

Stakeholder influence

Analytical thinking

UX collaboration

Digital capabilities

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Job description

M&T Bank is seeking a Product Owner II within the Enterprise Platforms organization to lead customer and employee research and manage portfolio products. You will define the product vision, roadmap, and backlog while aligning with senior leadership and an agile team to deliver value across the enterprise portfolio management tools.

This hybrid role requires on-site presence four days per week at a regional office; candidates should reside within commuting distance to Wilmington, DE or other