Product Owner - Payments SME (Director)

United by a sense of purpose towards our customers – to be a trusted partner for the long-term – and our universal banking platform in EMEA, SMBC Group has an international growth agenda and award-winning products, meaning we provide exciting opportunities to work on a diverse range of projects and initiatives. We deliver a full suite of corporate finance products and solutions to our customers as well as investment banking and advisory services, and a range of innovative solutions in global capital markets. Read on to find out how you could enhance your skills and gain valuable experience, by joining us to support our clients transition to a sustainable future.

Role Summary

• Lead the strategic direction, development, and implementation of the bank\’s payment systems and technologies. This role is responsible for ensuring the bank\’s payment solutions are innovative, secure, and efficient, aligning with overall business objectives and regulatory requirements.
• As the Product Owner for our Payments product, you will be responsible for creating the best-in-class payment functionality and platform to deliver the best outcomes for our customers.
• Leveraging your deep understanding of the business and engineering capabilities, you will take ownership of the product roadmap for our payment’s solution.
• You will take ownership of the features, product requirements, and the definition, management, and prioritisation of the backlog. This is a critical role, with exposure to senior management and real responsibility.
• Create and drive forward the evolution of our payments applications in line with significant business growth and expansion.

Business Area

Front, Middle and Back Office

Position Description

• Work closely with various stakeholders across the bank and vendors to enhance and improve the current route to live for payment systems.
• Collaborate with multi-regional teams to drive the adoption of new payment technologies and enhance existing systems to deliver exceptional customer experiences.
• Ensure that technology provides operational resilience and disaster recovery capabilities in the face of threats such as cybercrime and data breaches.
• Lead a team of fewer than 10 SME resources.
• Drive IT innovation and overall technology direction.
• Strengthen the IT governance model and ensure effective management of risk and compliance.
• End to end ownership over the delivery of new payments features and improvements to existing features.
• Taking responsibility and ownership for change initiatives; driving projects forward with focus on strategic goals.
• Translates product features and business needs into well-defined product requirements including epics, user stories, and acceptance test criteria.
• Providing clear communication outlining the impacts of changes in users of the systems you are responsible for.
• Prioritises and maintains the sprint backlog for assigned products, balancing the requirements of stakeholders.

Seniority level

Director

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Finance and Information Technology

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