Associate Principal Engineer, Technical Product Owner

About The Role

Total Experience 10+ years
Strong experience in Business Banking and Banking / Financial Services applications
Hands-on experience as a Technical Product Owner / Proxy Product Owner with strong SDLC exposure
Strong experience in Agile delivery, project scoping, backlog management and prioritization
Experience with customer-facing Mobile / Digital Banking applications
Strong understanding of User Stories, acceptance criteria, Agile ceremonies and squad delivery
Strong experience in software releases, deployments, UAT and production rollouts
Experience coordinating Development, QA, DevOps, Infrastructure and Business stakeholders
Experience with release calendars, dependencies, change management, governance and audit requirements
Strong risk, issue, dependency and stakeholder management experience
Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to drive initiatives independently
Experience defining KPIs, monitoring delivery performance and driving continuous improvement

Act as the Proxy Product Owner between the Channel Product Owner and development squad
Translate product vision and requirements into actionable user stories and backlog items
Maintain, prioritize and manage the channel development backlog
Facilitate Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, stand-ups, reviews and retrospectives
Act as the primary point of contact for the development team on backlog and product-related queries
Collaborate with UX/UI, Engineering and QA teams to ensure high-quality feature delivery
Monitor sprint progress, manage changes and communicate delivery status to stakeholders
Plan and oversee software releases, deployments and production rollouts
Coordinate release readiness across Development, QA, DevOps, Infrastructure and Business teams
Manage release calendars, dependencies, UAT, production validation and rollback plans
Ensure compliance with change management, governance and audit requirements
Identify and mitigate release risks, issues and dependencies
Monitor release performance and drive post-release reviews and continuous improvement

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.