As a Strategic Initiatives Delivery Product Owner within the Acquiring Platform and Rails (APR) team, you will be responsible for overseeing the development and enhancement of data and reporting solutions to cater to the needs of both existing and potential clients. You will keep up with market trends and manage both short-term and long-term investments to boost competitiveness and profitability. Utilizing your advanced skills, you will challenge traditional methods, remove barriers to success, and foster a culture of ongoing innovation. You will balance the needs of different regions, segments, and lines of business against limited resources, while promoting an operating model focused on end-to-end client value. This approach will motivate cross-functional teams to develop scalable solutions that increase operating leverage and effectively meet customer needs.
Job responsibilities
- Leads a Strategic Initiative into delivery including development, execution, risk management, in coordination of business growth targets, clients and regional segments.
- Coordinates with global stakeholders inside and outside of the product organization to: 1) complete detailed designs and arrive into an implementation sized; 2) sequence deliveries against overall solution; 3) deliver a solution that can be tested and scaled globally; 4) successfully transfer solution to platform leaders to operate and scale.
- Leads the relevant PDLC process sections in the creation of solutions, with a focus on disciplined planning and delivery.
- Owns solution performance as aggregated against the activities of the client and regional segments and is responsible for investing in enhancements to achieve business objectives
- Establishes and monitors key performance indicators (KPIs) to assess the success of global initiatives.
- Provide regular updates and strategic insights to senior management and stakeholders on global progress and challenges.
- Facilitate global meetings and presentations to drive consensus and alignment on strategies and solutions, including last mile differences by region.
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- 5+ years of experience within merchant acquiring in product roles in a global matrixed organization
- Expertise on the extensive usage and application of data, data management and reporting
- Expertise on UX and UI design
- Extensive knowledge of the product development life cycle, technical design, and data analytics
- Proven ability to influence the adoption of key product life cycle activities including discovery, ideation, strategic development, requirements definition, and value management
- Experience driving change within organizations and managing stakeholders across multiple functions
- Product management experience, including strategy, market analysis, synthesis of client feedback, needs analysis, communication, reporting, performance monitoring/metrics, risk/compliance management.
- Executive presence and impeccable communication skills – written and oral