Emi

Product Owner

Emi

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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SDLCSwift

About the role

  • Own the end-to-end lifecycle of product initiatives from idea to production rollout.
  • Translate business goals into clear product requirements, epics, and user stories.
  • Prioritize the backlog using impact-based frameworks (value, effort, compliance, risks).
  • Define acceptance criteria, ensure requirement clarity, and maintain a clean, structured backlog.
  • Work closely with Compliance, Operations, Engineering, Finance, and Customer Support teams.
  • Gather business requirements, negotiate priorities, and align expectations across departments.
  • Facilitate cross-functional workshops, discovery sessions, and status reviews.
  • Clearly communicate product decisions, timelines, and trade-offs to internal and external stakeholders.
  • Collaborate daily with engineering teams to clarify scope, manage dependencies, and unblock delivery.
  • Maintain deep understanding of SDLC stages and ensure requirements are properly groomed before development.
  • Validate technical feasibility with architects and developers; manage risks and constraints.
  • Support QA in test case preparation and participate in UAT to ensure product quality.
  • Advocate for user-centric product design across customer journeys and internal workflows.
  • Review wireframes, prototypes, and UI designs to ensure clarity, usability, and consistency.
  • Use UX analytics tools (heatmaps, session recordings, funnel analysis) to identify pain points.
  • Translate insights into actionable product improvements and measurable UX outcomes.
  • Support integrations with payment schemes such as SEPA, SWIFT, Faster Payments, ACH, etc., or support integrations with acquiring, card processing, merchant onboarding, and chargeback flows.
  • Participate in discussions with banking partners, PSPs, and technical vendors.
  • Understand regulatory impacts (PSD2, AML/CTF, KYC, VoP/CoP, reporting).

Requirements

  • Minimum 3 years of experience as a Product Owner or in a similar product management role.
  • Experience in fintech (checkout or banking) is a strong advantage.
  • Solid understanding of the fintech ecosystem, industry trends, competitive landscape, and emerging payment technologies.
  • Experience in fintech, EMI, PSP, or banking. Understanding of payment schemes and banking integrations.
  • Experience with acquiring, card processing, merchant onboarding, and chargeback flows.
  • API familiarity (basic ability to read API docs, understand request-response flows).
  • Strong experience in stakeholder management and cross-department alignment.
  • Solid background in UX principles, journey mapping, and usability best practices.
  • Hands-on experience with UX analytics.
  • Deep understanding of SDLC, including discovery, refinement, development, QA, release, and post-release monitoring.
  • Ability to write clear and structured documentation – BRD, PRD, acceptance criteria, use-cases, flow diagrams.
  • Experience working with engineering teams using Scrum/Kanban.
  • Analytical thinking and ability to make decisions based on data, constraints, and risk assessment.
  • Ownership mindset with proactive problem-solving.
  • Strong communication skills and ability to simplify complex concepts.
  • High attention to detail and ability to structure ambiguous inputs.
  • Empathy, user-centric mindset, and ability to balance business and tech perspectives.
Benefits
  • Annual Learning & Development Budget – invest in your growth with dedicated funds for courses, training, and certifications.
  • Regular Performance Reviews Based on KPIs – for your professional growth.
  • Transparent career growth – with opportunities to achieve Lead roles within 1 year, Head roles in 2 years, and even C-level within 4 years, based on exceptional performance.
  • Innovation Financial Rewards – share your ideas through our Ideas Hub and earn extra bonuses.
  • Paid Vacation – with the flexibility to transfer unused days to the next year or receive compensation.
  • Paid Sick Leave – available to cover medical needs and emergencies.
  • Public Holidays tailored to your country’s calendar.
  • Flexible Payout Options – PE accounts or popular e-wallets.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
product managementstakeholder managementUX principlesjourney mappingAPI familiaritySDLCScrumKanbanUX analyticsacceptance criteria
Soft Skills
analytical thinkingstrong communicationownership mindsetproactive problem-solvinghigh attention to detailempathyuser-centric mindsetcross-department alignmentnegotiationclarity in documentation