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M&T Bank · 3 days ago

Product Owner I - Consumer Capital Markets

Buffalo, NY

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid Level

$103K/yr - $172K/yr

4+ years exp

M&T Bank is a financial institution seeking a Product Owner I for their Consumer Capital Markets division. The role involves defining the product vision and roadmap, prioritizing the product backlog, and ensuring alignment with customer needs and business strategy while collaborating with various stakeholders.

Financial Services

H1B Sponsor Likely

Hiring Manager

Alex Shupe

Responsibilities

Build and own the product vision and roadmap that aligns with the overall strategic intent and communicate them with the team and all stakeholders

Prioritize the backlog based on the overall product vision and strategy

Represent the voice of the customer within the team and convey story details to the team; make autonomous decisions, quickly and thoughtfully, to move delivery forward in alignment with overall product vision and strategy

Write user stories and groom the backlog in partnership with the team

Specify acceptance criteria for each user story in support of moving the team to Acceptance Test-Driven Development (ATDD)

Work directly with the delivery team to create appropriate information radiators and other communication tools for internal team and stakeholder use

Participate in all team activities and ceremonies

Use a matrixed influencing approach to work with essential business partners throughout the organization irrespective of hierarchy or divisions, advocating for the benefit of the customer

Understand and engage with your customers

Focus on outcomes over outputs, incorporating design thinking methods and analytics to inform product design

Collaborate across teams and with other Product Owners to align the customer journey and dependent backlogs

Understand and adhere to the Company’s risk and regulatory standards, policies and controls in accordance with the Company’s Risk Appetite

Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management

Promote an environment that supports belonging and reflects the M&T Bank brand

Maintain M&T internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable

Complete other related duties as assigned

Qualification

Product visionAgile principlesDesign ThinkingUser experience collaborationBusiness acumenTechnical experienceProduct design best practicesMortgage knowledgeAnalytics implementationCommunication skills

Required

Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 4 years' business, analytical, technical and/or product experience, or in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 8 years' higher education and/or work experience, including a minimum of 4 years' business, analytical, technical and/or product experience

Preferred

Prior experience prioritizing across competing priorities and quickly-changing landscape

Prior experience actively seeking out multiple opinions, yet making independent decisions and influencing positive outcomes

Understanding of Design Thinking principles

Knowledge of basic product design and development best practices

Knowledge of Agile and Lean principles and practices

Experience working in partnership with user experience teams on product design

Experience developing/managing digital capabilities

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Specific subject matter expertise as required by assigned product

Ideal candidate will have Mortgage Originations/Secondary Marketing exposure (or Treasury background)

Strong business and financial acumen

Ability to work with SMEs on implementing complex analytics and technical system implementations

Familiarity with MSR Hedging and Originations Pipeline Hedging Platforms (QRM)

Familiarity with mortgage pricing concepts

Company

M&T Bank

Glassdoor3.6

Great companies have an enduring sense of purpose.

Founded in 1856

Buffalo, New York, US

10001+ employees

http://www.mtb.com

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