Sr. Product Owner

mfs; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 159,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement match: 15% of base salary

Education assistance: $100 monthly up 

Tuition reimbursement: up to $8,000/yr

Generous time off including maternity,

Job summary

MFS is hiring a Sr. Product Owner to shape the vision for departmental technology products and guide an Agile team toward a unified roadmap. You will translate business needs and lead the team to create valuable, releasable increments.

You will collaborate with stakeholders to validate features, establish release plans, and maintain clear acceptance criteria while navigating dependencies and Scrum ceremonies. A strong communicator with leadership sensibility thrives here.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required.
• 6-8+ years of experience in the financial services or technology industry.
• Strong understanding of the product and the needs of the business.
• Knowledge of and/or experience with writing effective user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Outstanding communication, presentation and leadership skills.
• Ability to interact and influence at all levels of the organization.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop product vision and convey to the Agile team and organization.
• Execute the product roadmap for mid to long term.
• Build alignment with stakeholders to secure support for roadmap.
• Establish release plans and set delivery expectations.
• Ensure backlog items are understood and meet standards.
• Maintain a uniform definition of done and acceptance criteria.
• Manage external dependencies and impediments impacting sprint goals.
• Participate in Scrum ceremonies and long-term planning exercises.
• Continuously enhance knowledge of systems and products.
• Collaborate with Product Owner Community to share knowledge and ideas.
• Partner with Scrum Master to manage within budget.
• Assume additional responsibilities as requested.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Time management

User stories

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Master’s degree or equivalent preferred

CSPO certification preferred

Seismic Certification Administrator

Workfront System Administrator Certification

Tools

Workfront

Seismic

Job description

At MFS, you will find a culture that supports you in doing what you do best. Our employees work together to reach better outcomes, favoring the strongest idea over the strongest individual. We put people first and demonstrate care and compassion for our community and each other. Because what we do matters - to us as valued professionals and to the millions of people and institutions who rely on us to help them build more secure and prosperous futures.

THE ROLE

The Sr. Product Owner works with key stakeholders to develop the departmental technology product(s) vision. Works as part of an Agile team to develop a roadmap for the product(s), translates business needs and requirements, and directs the agile team to the product vision. The individual is an expert in their respective domain and utilizes complex judgment to drive productive outcomes.

• Requires specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise in own job discipline or field
• Leads others to solve complex problems
• Works independently, requiring guidance in only the most complex situations
• May lead functional teams or projects

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Works with key stakeholders to develop product vision and convey the vision to the Agile team and the organization. Serves as primary communicator between stakeholders and the team, utilizing feedback loops to ensure continuous sharing of information.
• Executes the product roadmap where the product is headed over the mid to long term.
• Build alignment with key stakeholders to secure support for product roadmap and ensure continuous validation of features and stories.
• Establish product release plans and set expectation for delivery of new functionalities.
• Ensure the development team understands items in the backlog to the level needed, plan iterations, and ensure user stories meet standards.
• Uphold clear acceptance criteria that guide the team to producing "done" increments. Maintain a uniform definition of "done".
• Actively manages external dependencies and impediments that could impact the team's completion of Release/Sprint Goals.
• Participates in scrum ceremonies (Scrum, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, and Retrospective) and longer‑term planning exercises (Road Mapping, Release Planning).
• Continually enhances knowledge of systems, products, and industry.
• Participates in the internal Product Owner Community of Practice to exchange knowledge, skills and ideas with people across the organization.
• Partners with the Scrum Master to manage within the confines of the budget.
• Assumes additional responsibilities as requested.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent required.
• 6-8+ years of experience in the financial services or technology industry.
• Strong understanding of the product and the needs of the business.
• Knowledge of and/or experience with writing effective user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Outstanding communication, presentation and leadership skills.
• Ability to interact and influence at all levels of the organization.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.

PREFERRED SKILLS, QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Master's degree or equivalent preferred.
• Experience as a Product Owner on an Agile team preferred.
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) preferred
• Seismic Certified Administrator and/or Workfront System Administrator Certification

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. This position is not eligible for sponsorship.

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Base Salary Range: $110,000.00 - $158,500.00

This position is eligible for competitive incentive bonus.

At MFS, we believe in fair and transparent compensation. For that reason, we're including the salary range for this position. This range reflects our good‑faith expectation for what we'll pay depending on the candidate's experience, training and education. In addition to the salary, we also offer significant and competitive incentive compensation based on both individual and company performance. Other components of our Total Rewards Package include:

• MFS contributes an amount equal to 15% of your base salary to your retirement account that is separate from the company-sponsored 401(k)
• Education Assistance: MFS contributes $100 monthly up to $10,000 lifetime maximum directly to loan provider
• Education Assistance: Tuition reimbursement up to $8,000 annuallyEducation Assistance: Access to discounted tutors and college coaches
• Generous time off and fully paid leaves including 20-weeks for maternity, 12-weeks for parental and caregiver leaves
• Choice of medical and dental plans and an and an employer contribution into the Health Savings Account
• Tax deferred commuter benefits & flexible spending accounts (medical & dependent care)
• Wellness Programs: Robust wellness webinars, employee assistance program with a focus on mental health, subsidized fitness benefit via Wellhub (formerly Gympass), where you can workout at gyms, studios and boutique fitness locations near you, join virtual pe