Lab49 seeks a hybrid Product Owner & Delivery Manager to spearhead transformative projects across the Financial Services sector for our elite clients. In this pivotal role, you'll drive innovation, deliver high-impact solutions in a cross-functional agile environment, and play a key role in expanding our client relationships and identifying new business opportunities. Your ability to balance product excellence with strategic business growth will be crucial to our continued success.
Responsibilities :
- Building out a set of user journeys and designs for a new commercial banking portal.
- Working closely with Design and with another Lab49 team responsible for developing a technology and strategy and architecture for the new portal
- The portal will enable commercial banking customer to engage digitally end to end.
- From onboarding and KYC through to cash and liquidity management to product enablement
- Consultant will be able to provide the Design team with guidance around best practices and constraints from a business perspective.
- Consultant will be required to work alongside the UX lead to define a set of best practice customer journeys.
- Define customer requirements whilst understanding commercial and regulatory constraints.
- Provide input into defining innovative new digital features with the design team.
- Understanding the technology strategy and enable the design team to reflect this accurately.
- Collaboratingwith the technology strategy team to further elaborate or influence the technology strategy from a customer experience perspective.
Key Responsibilities :
Lead lean product discoveries and development for complex financial productsCollaborate with cross-functional teams to define and execute product roadmapsEngage withstakeholders, presenting insights, strategies, and progress updatesBridge the business and end-user needs with development capabilities,Transform requirements into well-defined user stories aligned with the development teamCollaborate with product UX / UI design to prioritize and detail product definition needs and provide feedbackTechnical fluency to ensure feasibilityIdentify and manage technical dependencies between development teamsManage the overall delivery of t product, facilitate agile ceremonies, track progress, manage delivery timelines and expectations, and support the team in resolving impedimentsOwn the scrum delivery process, continuously improve and adaptDefine, schedule and coordinate software releases with key stakeholdersTrack budget, costs, allocations to different workstreams and update forecastsCultivate strong client relationships to ensure project success and identify new opportunitiesTranslate intricate financial concepts into tangible artifacts and actionable product strategiesQualifications :
Extensive experience in the financial sector and product managementDeep understanding of financial services landscape and trendsDemonstrated experience in product developmentProven ability to manage full product lifecycles from discovery to deliveryStrong communication skills, adept at stakeholder managementAnalytical mindset with a focus on user-centric approachesGood understanding of technical aspects, experience with frontend related development, and data heavy platformsCore Product and Delivery Skills :
Strong product mindset including hypothesis driven development and data-driven resultsUser-centered thinking and ability to collaborate with UX teamsStrategic road mapping and prioritizationAgile methodologies and practicesDay-to-day backlog managementData-driven decision makingStakeholder management and communicationDelivery and Project managementLeadership and Relationship Building :
Ability to mobilize cross-functional teams towards achieving key business outcomesDriving and demonstrating business valueExpertise in navigating complex client ecosystems and building long-term partnershipsSkill in identifying and capitalizing on new business opportunities within existing client relationshipsCapacity to influence and gain buy-in from both internal stakeholders and client executivesLab49 /