Senior Agile Practitioner (Product Owner) - VP

Job Title: Senior Agile Practitioner (Product Owner)

Corporate Title: Vice President

Location: Pune, India

Role Description

Overview:

• Our technology teams are responsible for the bank's complete information technology infrastructure. They develop and maintain programs that are required for the bank's business. The teams work closely with the business units and other infrastructure units to modernize their IT systems to reduce complexity, minimize risk, and enable growth.

  
  
• Working in the Bank's Technology division means looking ahead and shaping the future. We rely on employees who derive economically viable ideas from technological trends and developments, who redesign our business and offer our customers added value. It is always about meeting the needs of customers, regulators and markets alike.
• Our Technology, Data and Innovation (TDI) strategy is focused on strengthening engineering expertise, introducing an agile delivery model, as well as modernizing the bank's IT infrastructure with long-term investments and taking advantage of cloud computing.
• For us this role requires hands on experience in Payments business and working with Agile teams– Aligned to the Agile SAFE Product owner definition,

The responsibilities include:

• Responsible for defining Stories and prioritizing the Team Backlog to streamline the execution of program priorities while maintaining the conceptual and technical integrity of the Features or components for the team.
• Maximizing the value produced by the team and ensuring stories meet the user’s needs and comply with the Definition of Done.
• Build sustainable relationships including working with Product Management, Customers, Business Owners, and other stakeholders.
• Delivering strategic change in line with Bank’s strategies and roadmap

The position is located in Corporate Bank – Instant Payments Technology team

As a Product Owner, you will be accountable for maximizing the value of the product resulting from the work of the Scrum Team to meet business needs. The role requires you to deliver effective Product Backlog management, which includes:

• Developing and explicitly communicating the Product Goal;
• Creating and clearly communicating Product Backlog items;
• Ordering Product Backlog items; and,
• Ensuring that the Product Backlog is transparent, visible and understood.

Further, this PO role will be part of the Instant payments scrum team comprising of engineers, functional analysts and test specialists. The team is responsible for developing and implementing micro-services and solutions around the Real-time Engine (RTE) product for the APAC instant payments implementations.

Deutsche Bank’s Corporate Bank division is a leading provider of cash management, trade finance and securities finance. We complete green-field projects that deliver the best Corporate Bank - Securities Services products in the world. Our team is diverse, international, and driven by shared focus on clean code and valued delivery.  At every level, agile minds are rewarded with competitive pay, support, and opportunities to excel. 
You will work as part of a cross-functional agile delivery team. You will bring an innovative approach to software development, focusing on using the latest technologies and practices, as part of a relentless focus on business value. You will be someone who sees engineering as team activity, with a predisposition to open code, open discussion and creating a supportive, collaborative environment. You will be ready to contribute to all stages of software delivery, from initial analysis right through to production support."

What we’ll offer you

As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you’ll enjoy,

• Best in class leave policy.
• Gender neutral parental leaves
• 100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral)
• Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education
• Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members
• Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents
• Accident and Term life Insurance
• Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above

Your key responsibilities

• Managing the product backlog (Capacity estimation and planning, L0 and L1 estimation of EPIC/Story level).
• Prioritizing needs (Clear categorization of an MVP and Book of Work definition/priority).
• Overseeing development stages.
• Anticipating client needs.
• An expert in flow of value of products through multiple systems.
• Evaluating product progress at each iteration.
• Expert in defining end to end business flow for payments– specifically instant or near real time payments.
• Motivate your team with proven leadership skills, making sure that the teams operate effective Agile methodologies.
• Managing RAIDs
• Go-to expert in a business flow for example in a P1 production issue or in major change initiative they will be lead for Investigation, analysis and requirements.

Your skills and experience

Must have skills

• Expert level understanding of Payments area e.g.  domestic/cross border payment processing, preferably Instant Payments

  
  
• Knowledge of ISO20022 financial service messages and / or MT, Clearing specific equivalents
• Experience of Agile software delivery methodology and tools/skills like specification by example and writing acceptance criteria.
• Experience leading virtual teams with a need to influence and direct people without direct line management responsibility.
• Experience organizing and leading workshops focused on requirements gathering, analysis and refinement.

Experience and qualifications

• 10+ years of experience as a hands-on Product Owner in Payments domain within a similar sized financial services organization.

  
  
• 5+ years in a senior / leadership capacity with ultimate responsibility for managing a product working with business and IT teams for a given initiative
• Bachelor of Science/Engineering degree from an accredited college or university with a concentration in Computer-Science or Software Engineering (or equivalent)

How we’ll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career.
• Coaching and support from experts in your team.
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression.
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs.

About us and our teams

Please visit our company website for further information:

https://www.db.com/company/company.htm

We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.

Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.

We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.