Product Owner - Remote

Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN); United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN) seeks a Product Owner to join their Product Management Team. This role involves gathering product requirements, writing user stories, and driving the development of their virtual dataroom application. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in financial services and a strong understanding of the software development life cycle, along with excellent analytical and communication skills.

Benefits

Flexible workplace

Comprehensive benefits

Opportunities for professional growth

Qualifications

• 8+ years' workforce experience with 3+ years in financial services.
• Experience as a business analyst or product owner for technology or SaaS companies.
• Understanding of the product life cycle and Agile methodology.

Responsibilities

• Lead the elicitation of requirements using customer interviews and analysis.
• Write clear and concise user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Perform User Acceptance Testing to validate user stories.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving techniques

Communication skills

Collaboration techniques

Detail-oriented

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Office suite

Job description

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Join a dynamic team at the pulse of global markets, where we deliver innovative software and service solutions for essential financial reporting and capital markets transactions. At DFIN, we are a values-driven organization that empowers you to build a fulfilling career while bringing your authentic self to work every day. Our “Win as One” mentality ensures that our team’s success is directly linked to Client, Shareholder and Employee Satisfaction.

Recognized by Newsweek as one of AMERICA’S MOST LOVED WORKPLACES for three consecutive years and a Built In Best Places to Work for six years, we are committed to our employees’ total wellbeing. Enjoy competitive compensation, a flexible workplace, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for professional growth. Bring your passion and talents to DFIN – because being YOU thrives here.

Summary

As a key member of the Product Management Team, the Product Owner is responsible for gathering and eliciting product requirements, writing user stories, and helping to drive the iterative development of DFIN's virtual dataroom application. The ideal candidate will have a customer/user-centric approach to analysis, have strong analytical skills, an eagerness to collaborate with different teams, and a clear understanding of the software development life cycle.

Responsibilities

• Lead the elicitation of requirements using customer interviews, document and data analysis, business case descriptions, use cases, scenarios, and/or workflow analysis.
• Responsible for writing clear and concise user stories and acceptance criteria in adherence of Agile methodology that clearly captures what our customers want and help engineering bring them to life in software.
• Perform and facilitate User Acceptance Testing to validate if user stories meet the Definition of Done and accept stories as 'Done'.
• Work as Product Owner with an Agile Team.
• Work with the Product Analyst and Managers to plan the release of new features and gather metrics to demonstrate impacts to the business and our customers.
• Triage internal and external feedback and work with the product team to prioritize feedback.
• Work with the Product analysts and Managers to prioritize and resolve any issues arising from released products and features.
• Prioritize and manage Product Backlog Items.
• Proactively explore data and identify opportunities to improve existing products and features.
• Oversee multiple project timelines and efforts.
• Collaborate with services and service operations and functions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years' workforce experience and at least 3+ years in financial services as a business analyst, product owner, or equivalent experience for technology or SaaS companies.
• A clear understanding of the product life cycle (elicitation, analysis, documentation, validation, and management).
• Uses problem-solving techniques such as process mapping, 5-Whys, Root Cause Analysis, etc.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office suite (Visio, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, along with facilitation, organizational, and collaboration techniques.
• Detail-oriented with the ability to communicate findings clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience with Agile methodology and tools is a plus.
• Financial Services industry experience related to M&A deals, transactional deals, virtual datarooms is a plus.

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Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Product Management and Marketing