Product Owner - Tech Delivery

Bank of America; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 89,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus program

Benefits eligible

Job summary

Bank of America is seeking a Product Manager/Technology Governance Lead in Jersey City, NJ to define the product vision, roadmap, and strategic direction across business and technology domains.

You will collaborate with stakeholders, manage governance and risk, and drive lifecycle decisions to deliver value while reducing tech risk in a large enterprise.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of program or project management experience.
• 3+ years in technology environments.
• Proven ability to work effectively across global, cross-functional teams.
• Strong influencer and collaborator capable of driving alignment across stakeholders without direct authority.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented with the ability to manage complex governance and remediation initiatives.
• Demonstrated ownership and accountability for delivering business outcomes.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
• Ability to navigate ambiguous situations and develop practical, risk-based solutions.
• Experience facilitating governance forums, working sessions, executive reviews, and remediation discussions.

Responsibilities

• Generates the vision and roadmap for the product to align with strategic direction for the business or technology domain.
• Communicates the product vision and roadmap to stakeholders and the team.
• Collaborates with stakeholders to understand their needs and problems.
• Prioritizes and creates work for a team, learning to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Creates, prioritizes and refines stories in the product backlog.
• Reviews and accepts stories and makes decisions regarding scope and requirements.
• Partners with the team to ensure that optimum value is obtained through technology and through subject-matter expertise of the business.
• Product Management and Delivery
• Technology Lifecycle and Currency Management
• Stakeholder Management and Communication
• Governance and Risk Management
• Strategic and Analytical Thinking

Skills

Product management

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Strategic thinking

Influence without authority

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

ServiceNow

Job description

Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being an inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve.

Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations.

Job Description:

This job is responsible for maximizing the value for one or more products. Key responsibilities include working with stakeholders to understand their needs, and with product managers or specialists to ensure they are aligning on priorities and creating the vision and roadmap for the product to align with strategic direction for the business or technology domain. Job expectations include ensuring delivery of products that meet the expectations of our clients, including features, security, availability, resiliency, timelines and costs.

• Working closely with stakeholders, Product Managers, Engineering teams, and Governance partners, this individual will drive alignment across strategic priorities, product investments, and lifecycle decisions. The role is instrumental in evaluating product applicability, managing risk, and developing retirement, remediation, modernization, or ownership strategies that support CTI’s transition from a reactive End of Life model to a proactive Technology Currency program. Success in this position will help establish accountability for previously unmanaged products, reduce technology risk, and enable sustainable lifecycle management across the enterprise.

Responsibilities:

• Generates the vision and roadmap for the product to align with strategic direction for the business or technology domain
• Communicates the product vision and roadmap to stakeholders and the team
• Collaborates with stakeholders to understand their needs and problems
• Prioritizes and creates work for a team, learning to collaborate with cross-functional teams
• Creates, prioritizes and refines stories in the product backlog
• Reviews and accepts stories and makes decisions regarding scope and requirements
• Partners with the team to ensure that optimum value is obtained through technology and through subject-matter expertise of the business
• Product Management and Delivery
• Technology Lifecycle and Currency Management
• Stakeholder Management and Communication
• Governance and Risk Management
• Strategic and Analytical Thinking

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in program or project management
• 3+ years of experience in technology environments
• Proven ability to work effectively across global, cross-functional teams.
• Strong influencer and collaborator capable of driving alignment across stakeholders without direct authority.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage complex governance and remediation initiatives.
• Demonstrated ownership and accountability for delivering business outcomes.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
• Ability to navigate ambiguous situations and develop practical, risk-based solutions.
• Experience facilitating governance forums, working sessions, executive reviews, and remediation discussions.
• Product Management and Delivery
• Technology Lifecycle and Currency Management
• Stakeholder Management and Communication
• Governance and Risk Management
• Strategic and Analytical Thinking

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager, Technology Manager, or Technology Governance Lead.
• Knowledge of Technology Currency, End of Life (EOL), Asset Management, or Infrastructure Lifecycle programs.
• Experience working within large-scale enterprise technology organizations.
• Familiarity with Jira, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow, or similar product management tools
• Experience leading operating model transformations, process redesign efforts, or enterprise risk reduction programs.

Skills:

• Agile Practices
• Analytical Thinking
• Collaboration
• Result Orientation
• Solution Delivery Process
• Influence
• Risk Management
• Solution Design
• Stakeholder Management
• Technical Strategy Development
• Business Acumen
• Other

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week:

40

Pay Transparency details

US - NJ - Jersey City - 101 Hudson St - 101 Hudson (NJ2101)

Pay and benefits information

Pay range

$89,200.00 - $154,600.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set.

Discretionary incentive eligible

This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.

Benefits

This role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.