Senior Product Owner - Payments Services Platform

Federal Reserve Bank of New York; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City is seeking a Sr. Product Owner to translate business needs into prioritized requirements and drive an Agile team to deliver critical payment solutions.

The role requires collaboration with architecture, engineering, and QA to ensure solutions meet customer outcomes and acceptance criteria. You will work with business stakeholders to refine the product vision, communicate roadmaps, and support governance forums.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Strong understanding of business requirement development and analysis including use cases and functional specifications.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Agile team to deliver important customer outcomes by maintaining and prioritizing the backlog.
• Communicate vision, goals, and roadmap to stakeholders and translate into features/stories.
• Collaborate with architecture, engineering, and QA to ensure the right problems are solved and acceptance criteria met.
• Support product proposal development and governance forums; monitor OKRs with stakeholders.

Skills

Business-IT bridging

Agile leadership

Stakeholder communication

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT or related field

Tools

JIRA

Job description

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City is seeking a Sr. Product Owner to translate business needs into prioritized requirements and drive an Agile team to deliver critical payment solutions.

The role requires collaboration with architecture, engineering, and QA to ensure solutions meet customer outcomes and acceptance criteria. You will work with business stakeholders to refine the product vision, communicate roadmaps, and support governance forums.