Remote ML Product Owner for Payment Optimization

Eliassen Group; Olympia (WA); Remote; USD 130,000 - 156,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

401k match

Life insurance

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Senior ML Product Owner / Business Analyst to lead cross-functional agile efforts focused on payment optimization. You will own end-to-end development of ML/AI products, translating strategy into actionable delivery and aligning stakeholders to ensure measurable outcomes.

This one-year contract-to-hire role offers a path to full-time employment and a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as a Business Analyst, Product Owner, Technical Product Manager, or related role.
• Ability to convert ambiguous problems into structured product initiatives with clear business value.
• Track record delivering real-time, customer-facing ML products.
• Understanding of modern data ecosystems, pipelines, and ML lifecycle concepts.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical mindset.
• Ability to draw statistically valid conclusions; proficiency in SQL and at least one analytical tool.
• Excellent cross-functional collaboration and communication skills with leadership in agile or iterative environments.
• Ability to mentor teams and influence without direct authority.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, resolve blockers, and deliver results with urgency.
• Bonus: Experience in merchant acquiring, payment service provider, or card network environments.
• Bonus: Familiarity with tokenization, real-time payments, and the authorization lifecycle.
• Bonus: Experience in large, complex, highly regulated organizations.

Responsibilities

• Analyze product requests and translate them into high-level requirements.
• Prepare detailed user stories and functional specifications.
• Identify product opportunities and inform go-to-market strategy through data analysis and payment domain understanding.
• Evaluate data availability, quality, and sourcing to inform solution design.
• Conduct cross-product orchestration analysis to inform cross-system solution design.
• Own and manage ML product roadmaps.
• Define and prioritize objectives with Product Management and business stakeholders.
• Translate strategic objectives into clear, actionable deliverables.
• Drive quarterly and sprint-level delivery planning, including prioritization and sequencing.
• Adapt plans based on changing business needs and execution constraints.
• Oversee execution by monitoring delivery of features, stories, and tasks.
• Review and validate completed work against acceptance criteria and business intent.
• Represent the team in cross-team project meetings.
• Drive collaboration across teams for aligned delivery of business objectives.
• Identify and manage dependencies, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
• Communicate progress, challenges, and outcomes to stakeholders.

Skills

Business Analysis

Product Owner

Cross-functional Collaboration

Data-driven Decision Making

ML/AI Product Understanding

Tools

SQL

Analytics Tools

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a Senior ML Product Owner / Business Analyst to lead cross-functional agile efforts focused on payment optimization. You will own end-to-end development of ML/AI products, translating strategy into actionable delivery and aligning stakeholders to ensure measurable outcomes.

This one-year contract-to-hire role offers a path to full-time employment and a comprehensive benefits package.