Product Owner
Key Responsibilities
- Direct Developer Collaboration: Act as the primary bridge between business and tech, working directly with developers and vendors to build financial applications without a Business Analyst.
- AI-Driven Scoping & Mockups: Utilize AI tools to rapidly generate complex fintech product flows (e.g., payment journeys, onboarding, transaction ledgers), scope statements, technical documentation, and visual POCs before development.
- Fintech UX Strategy: Design seamless UX/UI for high-friction financial journeys, analyzing market trends, user feedback, and transaction data to drive post-launch iterations.
- Stakeholder Management: Manage business relationships, enriching internal financial initiatives with IT expertise, security standards, and market insights.
- Financial Quality Focus: Oversee all testing phases and User Acceptance Testing (UAT), ensuring strict data accuracy, security, and compliance standards are met prior to release.
- AI-Assisted QA: Leverage AI to brainstorm critical financial edge cases (e.g., failed transactions, concurrent processing, timeouts), generate comprehensive test cases, and streamline QA documentation.
- Defect & Vendor Management: Troubleshoot transaction failures, perform root-cause analysis, and hold IT teams/vendors accountable for delivering bug-free, secure financial code.
Skills and qualifications
- Independent Execution: Proven ability to independently analyze complex financial business requirements and convert them into technical transaction flows and visual POCs.
- Applied AI Skills: Hands-on experience (or strong willingness to learn) using modern AI tools to accelerate documentation, create fintech mockups, and streamline financial testing scenarios.
- Financial QA Expertise: Strong background in software quality control, writing test plans, and executing UAT for high-stakes financial web/mobile products.
- Fintech Domain Knowledge: deep understanding of financial user needs, transaction processing, competitor practices, and basic financial regulatory/security concepts.
Experience required
- 3 to 5 years of experience in Product Development, Technical Product Management, or Quality Assurance specifically for Fintech, Banking, or Financial Applications.