Senior Product Owner — Payments Platform & Agile Leader

Federal Reserve System; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City is seeking a Product Owner to lead backlog management, translate business needs into actionable user stories, and align product goals with the enterprise roadmap. You will collaborate with architecture, engineering, and QA to deliver high-value features with clear acceptance criteria.

The role requires extensive Agile experience, a certified Product Owner, and strong communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 7–10 years experience required.
• Strong ability to bridge business and IT and analyze requirements.
• Experience writing functional UI specs and use cases.
• Independent, collaborative, and delivery-focused in a matrixed org.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and prioritize the team backlog with the Agile team.
• Communicate vision, goals, and product roadmap to stakeholders.
• Define detailed acceptance criteria and translate requirements into specs.
• Support architecture, engineering, QA to solve customer problems.
• Present working software to governance forums and stakeholders.

Skills

Communication skills

Leadership

Critical thinking

Time management

JIRA experience

Certified Product Owner

Agile/Scrum/SAFe

Business/IT alignment

Cloud services familiarity

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT or related field

Tools

JIRA

Job description

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City is seeking a Product Owner to lead backlog management, translate business needs into actionable user stories, and align product goals with the enterprise roadmap. You will collaborate with architecture, engineering, and QA to deliver high-value features with clear acceptance criteria.

The role requires extensive Agile experience, a certified Product Owner, and strong communication.