Fitch Group, Inc.

Director – Structured Finance Product Owner, Agile Product Lead

Fitch Group, Inc.

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: New York City • New York • United States

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Salary

💰 $130,000 - $170,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Define overall strategy and direction of the applications covered based on understanding of organizational goals and analytical groups’ needs.
  • Own the backlog, feature prioritization, roadmap, and the MVP in support of business objectives.
  • Communicate and align with stakeholders to prioritize features and ensure a shared vision of sprint goals and backlogs.
  • Lead the Agile squad to define and align sprint goals, ensuring "ready" user stories and supporting the squad to deliver on sprint commitments.
  • Supports squad in identifying dependencies and other execution risks.
  • Work closely with the squad to provide timely feedback and answers to their questions; ultimately accept or reject the product increments of the sprint.
  • Oversee the overall squad’s quarterly delivery, ensuring that the squad meets their goals and deliver business value.
  • Identify opportunities for process improvements and drive initiatives to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the Ratings business.
  • Enhance and automate processes to improve data quality, standardize workflows, and integrate key systems.
  • Analyze and break down complex workflows and system processes for both current (As-Is) and future (To-Be) states in support of automation and standardization.
  • Oversee and guide user training, rollout, and change management processes.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of product ownership experience
  • Agile practitioner capabilities & experience working with or in Agile teams.
  • Proven track record of delivering workflow and data-driven solutions with a customer-first mindset.
  • See the business as a customer and translate requirements into technical solutions.
  • Ability to create and maintain a backlog and roadmap, and to prioritize that backlog based on business value and technical feasibility.
  • Track record of delivering results in a high-demand, matrixed organization.
  • Strong interpersonal and organizational skills, demonstrating an ability to work well with teams and stakeholders.
  • Proficiency in Jira, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
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Hard Skills & Tools
product ownershipbacklog managementroadmap creationAgile methodologiesworkflow analysisdata-driven solutionsprocess improvementautomationuser story definitionchange management
Soft Skills
interpersonal skillsorganizational skillsstakeholder communicationteam collaborationcustomer-first mindsetprioritizationfeedback provisionrisk identificationgoal alignmenttraining oversight