AVP Product Owner

Job Description

Purpose of the role

To deliver business value & backlog prioritisation for customer journeys or business capabilities used by customer, clients and colleagues. 

Accountabilities

• Alignment of Propositional and Commercial outcomes to the wider Business Agenda and Strategy and ratifies the Benefits Cases from both a cost to deliver and achievability perspective.
• Prioritisation and management of the backlog of requirements both at Journey/capability level and within the scope of the defined Projects/Releases.
• Planning of ‘show & tell’ sessions, engagement with stakeholders throughout the development process.
• Collaboration with the delivery & release team on planning based on release scope, budget & team velocity and accountable for ‘Product’ related LCP governance & engagement with business control tribes.
• Review and acceptance of user stories, with final recommendation of what is being released to customers and definition of UAT/E2E testing scope and scenarios.
• Implementation of go live business readiness activities including training, live proving & operational engagement.
• Post release Business Outcome closure, including residual stories/defects for prioritisation into small change and the on-going performance of delivered capabilities.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

Join us as a Product Owner at Barclays where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You'll harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionise our banking platforms and digital offerings, ensuring unapparelled customer experiences. As a part of team of developers, you will deliver technology stack, using strong analytical and problem solving skills to understand the business requirements and deliver quality solutions.

To be successful as a Product Owner you should have experience with:

• Business or Technical graduate with at least 5 years of engineering and/or product experience. Has the technical knowledge to assess build options and make recommendations.

• Experience of making strategic changes to the journey so that products and services from Barclays is more accessible for customers with a simpler end to end journey. The initiatives will improve journeys across all channels with a heightened focus in digital.

• Experience of Product Owner/Management skills.

• Experience leading and delivering a strategic technical change programme. 
  articulate technology requirements for a feature/API. Ask the right technical questions; can identify risks in technology design choices.

• Experience of Problem-Solving. Being able to tackle complex tasks and find appropriate solutions.

• Have prior Market Knowledge: market trends and competitive landscape to make informed decisions within hiring department is a plus.

• Business Acumen and Risk Management: Understanding of the broader business strategies to align transformation decisions with Barclays objectives and risk appetite. A consistently excellent way of working against the 4 pillars.

• Knowledge of the Enterprise Risk Management Framework, ensuring risk and control are at the heart of all our change delivery.

Some other highly valued skills includes:

• Provides oversite on effort estimation, funding, effort burn rate to help project managers in execution of projects.

• Works closely with project managers for timely delivery of features mostly part of large flagship programmes.

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is based out of Pune.