Principal - Agile Product Owner

Auto & Leasing are the rapid growing and innovative business unit within FIS, a Fortune 500 company. We deliver FIS Asset Finance solutions to big businesses around the globe, and we are looking for a strong Product Owner for our Asset Finance Product. If you have the experience in Auto, Leasing & Lending (Commercial, Retail, Auto Finance, Asset Finance), coming from FinTech, Banking & Finance, Auto & Leasing Finance domain and if you would like to grow further – this could be a job of your dream.

About the team

• Our Leasing Solutions comes with cutting edge feature rich offerings, Enterprise Solution offers the capability for end-to-end processing of contracts, all through from originations, credit underwriting, approvals through to servicing and closure, live and running at 50+ clients across 60 countries 
• Highly configurable and flexible solution offers to configure the business processes quickly
• Our in-house low-code, no-code rule engine offers the flexibility to design business rules on the fly
• Teams helps the financial institutions in business processes analysis, identify pain points, recommend best practice digitizing their business processes by way of designing workflows host of APIs for quick integrations with 3rd party systems, be it portals, or other systems

About the role

As a Product Owner you will work closely with Product Managers, Developers, DevOps, Architects to design, build, implement and test quality technical or functional solutions. As part of the delivery team you will work closely with clients and internal teams to deliver innovative, new solutions that meet their needs and help advance the way the world pays, banks and invests.

What you will be doing

• Play a pivotal role in implementing Asset Finance (AAF) Solution and its various modules
• Perform client requirements gathering workshops, put together statements of work (SoWs) and project plans, perform data mapping /requirements workshops, assist clients in performing data validation and reconciliation testing, system integration testing and UAT
• Deliver training and presentations and create bespoke custom documentation to suit the client’s needs
• Assist pre-sales in preparing and delivering product presentations and demos to prospective clients
• Support sales organization and process with specific market/domain expertise and product knowledge
• Research client needs, analyzing trends and best practices and creating detailed program specifications
• Gain a thorough understanding of product strategy, market, industry, and client goals.
• Work with stakeholders to understand business problem statements and convert them into user stories.
• Maintain a product roadmap and prioritize development initiatives
• Articulate product vision and user stories in a manner clearly understandable to development teams.
• Manage backlog of user stories for one or more projects/features.
• Establish user story acceptance criteria, accepts user stories, refines stories with Scrum teams.
• Review and provide feedback on test plans to ensure application changes meet acceptance criteria.
• Create Sprint Release Plans with input from development teams.
• Monitor the development progress and provides updates to stakeholders as requested.
• Lead planning and review meetings to communicate feedback on development achievements.
• Interact with product owners and product managers to define/translate requirements and modifications into product designs
• Maintain and develop knowledge of Auto & Leasing Finance requirements and current regulations that apply to our current and prospective clients

What you will bring

• At least 15 plus years of experience in product management, design and/or development of software products and services for the Auto, Leasing & Lending (Commercial, Retail, Auto Finance, Asset Finance) domain with strong track record of progressive experience and responsibility. 
• Experience with product management principles and methodologies; experience in software development lifecycle, release management and change management.
• Experience with agile delivery approaches including Kanban, SCRUM, and SAFe.
• Advanced knowledge of multiple end-to-end systems as well as application development. 
• Acumen in business, technology, and analytical capabilities.
• Strong written & verbal communication skills and the ability to work effectively across a variety of levels within the organization.
• Ability to work under pressure in fast-paced and challenging environment.
• Hands-on experience with Jira and TestRail.
• Positive team-oriented attitude.

What we offer you

• Working in the innovative and entrepreneurial environment of a growing international company
• Joining a team of talented experts in Capital Markets
• Delivering projects for biggest companies in the world – sizeable part of Fortune 500 companies run our software

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Sourcing Model

Recruitment at FIS works primarily on a direct sourcing model; a relatively small portion of our hiring is through recruitment agencies. FIS does not accept resumes from recruitment agencies which are not on the preferred supplier list and is not responsible for any related fees for resumes submitted to job postings, our employees, or any other part of our company.

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