Alliance Access Product Owner

About the RoleAs Product Owner within the Alliance Access cluster, part of the Journey to Cloud Tribe you are responsible for defining, producing, releasing and maintaining business critical software deliverables
to serve our worldwide customer base. You become energized by creating an environment in which people excel and can take responsibility of their own mission with confidence. The commercial success of SWIFT’s product and service portfolio combined with a high customer satisfaction is your overall ambition. You closely collaborate with the customers of our product to understand the customer needs. You are responsible for defining and prioritizing functional and non-functional requirements (stories) in the Squad Backlog, you accept requirements (stories) as completed and act as owner of technical product escalations. Education

University degree

Experience

At least 5+ years of relevant experience in the following areas or a combination of those; product owner, senior business analyst, developer, development manager, delivery manager in a Banking/Telecom/IT/ICT environment (not exhaustive)

Key Responsibilities

• Develop product vision and synchronize it with the Tribe Lead and the other Product Owners in the Alliance Access Cluster

• Scope the minimum viable product (MVP) taking into account existing resource constraints and sustained development of the product

• Act as owner of technical/product escalation

• Act as an ambassador of your squad towards both the internal stakeholders as well as the customers

• Interact and collaborate with the customers of the squad to understand the customer needs related to the products / solutions provided by the squad

• Define commercial and technical product specification, including performance / compliance / security requirements

• Define functional and non-functional product requirements; make sure they are complete, integral and consistent; the sole source of requirements for the Squad

• Make sure the product adheres to the highest quality standards, including releasing security patches not linked to customers

• Build the squad backlog in terms of user stories, prioritize its items to achieve business goals and continuously keep the backlog up to date

• Participate in sprint planning, squad & product backlog refinement meetings and planning of the cluster deliverables

• Accept sprint results at demonstration

• Take the lead for your squad and participate in the preparation for the quarterly held tribe ceremonies: QBR, BRP & OKR’s to reaffirm priorities and clarify the requirements

• Interact with other squads of the Alliance Access cluster as part of squad synchronization ceremonies to implement cross-squad tasks and activities

• Monitor overall squad performance and issue performance report

• Participate in squad development

• Responsible for defining the set of necessary competences in the squad, in cooperation with the chapter leads

• Support chapter leads in determining the resource allocation

• Provide regular feedback on squad members performances

Competency Profile

• Highly customer oriented

• Ability to communicate effectively in multiple business areas (e.g., marketing, sales, finance, operations, technology)

• You are an inspiration and you show energy & passion

• You think big (but you also appreciate small improvements)

• You achieve the best result by empowering and given teams responsibility, but at the same time you know how to "excite", challenge and keep the team on their toes

• You stimulate people to really achieve propositions

What we offer

We put you in control of your career
We give you a competitive package
We help you perform at your best
We help you make a difference
We give you the freedom to be yourself

About SWIFT

SWIFT does not stand still. We are constantly evolving and tirelessly innovating. Working at the intersection of finance and technology is a very exciting place to be right now.

SWIFT is transforming cross-border payments, making them faster and more transparent than ever before. We are the way the world moves value — every instant of every day, in almost every country.

We are proud that what we do has a critical impact on the global financial community and touches almost every aspect of the financial world. So, what you do at SWIFT has real impact too — an impact that matters every day. Which is why you matter to us.

Joining SWIFT gives you unparalleled exposure to knowledge, expertise and technologies. If you have what it takes, you’ll be able to take on different career paths and have the opportunity to work in teams, departments and disciplines in countries around the world.

SWIFT is unique. There is no other organisation like ours in the world driving the long-term future of the financial ecosystem. You’ll be surrounded by bright, customer-focused and intellectually curious people in a collaborative, friendly, open and inclusive environment.

At SWIFT we are trusted every instant. Everything we do has an impact that matters. And as a member of our team, you are trusted to make your impact every day.

What we offer

We put you in control of career

We give you a competitive package

We help you perform at your best

We help you make a difference

We give you the freedom to be yourself

We give you the freedom to be yourself. We are creating an environment of unique individuals – like you – with different perspectives on the financial industry and the world. An environment in which everyone’s voice counts and where you can reach your full potential regardless ofage, background, culture, colour, disability, gender, nationality, race, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran/military status.