Digital Product Owner

Overview

Aquent is partnering with a leading organization in the financial services industry, a firm renowned for its commitment to client success and innovative digital solutions. This company is at the forefront of transforming how clients interact with their finances, driven by a mission to empower individuals through exceptional digital experiences. Join a team that values forward-thinking, client advocacy, and the continuous evolution of technology to deliver impactful results.

About the Role: Drive Digital Innovation as a Product Leader

Are you a visionary product leader passionate about shaping the future of digital experiences? This is an extraordinary opportunity to significantly impact how millions of clients manage their financial lives. As a key player in our agile environment, you will be instrumental in defining, developing, and delivering cutting-edge digital solutions. Your work will directly influence client satisfaction, drive strategic growth, and elevate our platform’s capabilities, making a tangible difference in the daily lives of our users.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the strategic vision and technical execution for our platform and cross-enterprise digital experiences.
• Translate product vision into specific, actionable deliverables, meticulously managing the product backlog with rigor and attention to detail.
• Guide and empower an agile development scrum team towards achieving key objectives and measurable results.
• Pioneer the evolution of our work culture by championing design thinking, outcome-orientation, data-driven decision-making, and product experimentation.
• Frame complex challenges as problems to be solved through critical thinking and collaborative efforts.
• Focus intensely on business impact, delivering actionable recommendations informed by high-quality data analysis and metrics.
• Cultivate essential relationships, effectively leading your development scrum team and influencing cross-enterprise teams to drive scale and achieve shared outcomes.
• Take accountability for the discovery phase and the development of comprehensive client experience requirements.
• Prioritize work effectively through robust opportunity validation and building consensus among stakeholders.
• Collaborate with technical teams to develop implementation plans, determining technical feasibility and sequencing dependencies.
• Lead the generation of innovative ideas, leveraging market analytics and insights from stakeholders, clients, and prospects.
• Champion Agile methodologies, actively participating in daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog prioritization, user story preparation, and demos.
• Work cross-functionally with technical, design, business, and compliance counterparts to define product release requirements and investigate production issues.
• Develop a deep understanding of the backend architecture supporting your digital experiences.
• Lead data analysis efforts, utilizing advanced tools to extract insights and inform decisions.

What You’ll Bring (Required Qualifications)

• 3-5 years of proven experience as an Agile Product Owner or leading scrum teams, demonstrating a deep understanding of agile methodologies and outcome-driven roadmaps.
• 3-5 years of digital Product Ownership experience.
• Strong digital product management skills, including experience with enterprise platforms and a demonstrated ability to synthesize qualitative and quantitative data from multiple sources.
• Strong knowledge base and experience developing or managing digital experiences, coupled with an understanding of underlying current and emerging technology.
• Skilled at working cross-functionally with technology, service, marketing, and product teams to design, develop, and launch complex digital experiences.
• Expert listening skills with the demonstrated ability to understand and refine the business intent behind stated requirements.
• High emotional intelligence, embodying a ‘through the client’s eyes’ mindset and the ability to lead people through challenging projects and initiatives.
• Curiosity, a proactive “can-do” attitude, and the ability to learn quickly and thrive in a complex, dynamic environment.
• Self-starter with outstanding organizational skills and the ability to track multiple parallel projects (3-4) with minimal direction.
• Experience working in a large organization with many stakeholders.
• Effective relationship builder – ability to partner cross-functionally and work effectively with diverse personality types at all levels of the organization.
• Superior communication skills, capable of conveying complex messages, explaining trade-offs, and telling a compelling story.
• Experience with responsive web and mobile app development.
• Proficiency with Jira and Confluence applications.
• Bachelor’s degree required.

What Will Set You Apart (Preferred Qualifications)

• Good understanding and/or experience with financial services regulations.
• Experience with digital analytics, with Adobe Analytics experience highly preferred.