Product Owner

Product Owner – Digital Channels – EasyWay Settlement and Depot (Brussels)

Division

By joining the Group Strategy & Product Expansion Division, you will be joining an international and geographically spread team that, through strong collaboration, articulates the business strategy and engages the company to deliver and grow profitable products & services. You will contribute to growing our relevance in post trade by realizing the regulatory agenda in strengthening the financial industry, leveraging our franchise to expand globally and re-architecting the post trade landscape.

Role

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Core Product department, where you will be responsible for managing the product evolutions, defining and designing the required changes/ solution and for co-ordinating the related implementation.

You are motivated to work in a challenging environment, committed to results, while preserving a highly collaborative and supportive work environment.

You will be part of the Digital Channels tribe and be a product owner (PO) of EasyWay’s settlement and depot modules.

EasyWay is the client facing interface and a key element in the Euroclear service delivery. We therefore need to ensure its evolution is in line with market and technology changes. You will have a central role in defining this product evolution and will manage relationships with a large range of stakeholders (business and IT). You will have the opportunity to work with an agile methodology which is the trend triggered by the current company transformation. You will be facing clients when relevant. We will help you develop further business knowledge and further maturity/ experience in the definition of solutions and soft skills (out of the box thinking, work in dynamic teams, transversal overview, agile way of working).

The Product owner is the bridge between the business stakeholders and IT to understand, define and prioritise business requirements in line with the defined business vision and strategy. As PO, you define the demand aspect of initiatives which entails:

• understanding the clients’ needs
• in collaboration with the Group Digital Capabilities and Architects defining the most optimal scope and solution to deliver focusing on the true client’s demand
• creating and maintaining the product backlog, documenting and prioritising requirements and ensuring alignment and understanding by the different business stakeholders of the scope evolution and solution
• Supporting the scrum team during the development and refinement sessions
• Preparing the client’s documentation and roll -out

As a Product Owner, you will have other responsibilities:

• Plans, monitors and manages internal projects for initiation and scope
• Ensures project results meet requirements regarding solutions, schedule, cost and expected Business value
• Develops effective relationships with business units, divisions or groups of users
• Ensures required services are identified, developed and supported to the satisfaction of the business unit/division
• Actively contributes to the Customer Digital Experience strategy execution
• Prepares communications and makes presentations on product enhancements

Profile:

• Master Degree and have at least 5 years of experience in a similar role and/or as Product Manager in the banking and/or financial services sector, with a focus on client communication and interaction channels.
• Excellent spoken and written English is required.
• Analytical, methodical and results oriented are key skills
• You are client focus and you have strong team spirit
• Strong inter-personal skills and good presentation skills
• Planning/organizational skills and autonomy: able to organize and prioritize
• Accomplish work by yourself
• Experience in Agile way of working or in Settlement is required. Having both would be an advantage
• Experience in Digital Transformation would be an advantage

We offer an excellent opportunity to practice and develop your talents leading a highly professional and motivated team, dealing with multi-domains and getting involved in some of the most strategic files for the company.

Euroclear recruits people from all walks of life. Our 4,000 employees represent 89 nationalities, of which over 50% are women. We are deeply convinced that diversity of talents, backgrounds and opinions is a key to success, by fostering engagement, energy and innovation. We are committed to promoting diversity within the organisation, as well as an inclusive environment where everyone can be themselves, feels valued and respected, regardless of their background.