Washington Trust Bank · 4 days ago
Product Owner
Spokane, WA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
$36.52/hr - $54.78/hrWashington Trust Bank is seeking a Product Owner to provide leadership and services to manage and deploy product releases. The role involves coordinating release activities, managing product backlogs, and ensuring quality assurance across multiple teams and products.
FinanceFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Plan release window(s) and cycle(s) across a portfolio of applications
Coordinate release content and effort based on the service request backlog, pending service requests, third party applications, or operating system updates
Act as Product Owner on teams to manage Product Backlog and ensure timely releases and quality assurance
Develop user stories and define user acceptance criteria
Sets goals and write acceptance tests with stakeholders
Conduct release readiness reviews, milestone reviews and business Go/No-Go reviews
Manage risks and resolves issues that affect release scope, schedule and quality
Maintains the release schedule for all assigned products and services, and ensures alignment across key partners and vendors
Inform Change Management Committee or equivalent forum of release timing, scope and/or roadblocks
Implements new procedures to improve product release process
Maintains a release repository and manages key information such as build and release procedures, dependencies, and notification lists
Identify and resolve issues that may impede a product release
Lead and coordinate the production implementation activities including the execution of the deployment plans, run books and checklists
Negotiate, plan, and manage all release activities across projects, teams and business units
Interface and communicate regularly with PMO, Customer Experience, Project Managers, Test Managers, and IT
Manage relationships and coordinate work between different teams
Communicate release details and schedules to the line of business teams as required
Regular (ad-hoc) release plan and production release status reporting
Manage retrospective meeting post release and incorporate lessons learned into the next release cycle
Research new tools and technologies, configuration management methodologies and analyze latest market trends to make agile release process future-state
Performs compliance and risk management duties as required or assigned
Regular, reliable attendance is required
Qualification
Required
Associates or bachelor's degree in business administration or related field with product experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Prior experience in managing releases for application updates, operating system patches, security improvements, and/or hardware upgrades
Expertise in information systems operations environment in systems analysis or development
Knowledge, experience, or exposure to a process framework or methodology that supports teams in organizing work
Demonstrated organizational and analytical skills, strategic thinking and ability to work collaboratively and independently
Ability to complete goals, deadlines and reporting in a timely and accurate manner
Ability to delegate tasks as needed or required to ensure department objectives are met
Strong system and process analysis skills of bank products, services and systems
Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to coordinate and direct the work of others
Strong knowledge of Federal and State laws, regulations, and requirements as applicable
Proficient PC skills to navigate Bank software, including Microsoft Suite, and related applications
Preferred
Procedure documentation experience preferred
Benefits
Health
Financial
Retirement
Work/Life Benefits
Company
Washington Trust Bank
Washington Trust Bank is an banking, money, advice, financial, wealth, and investment provider.
Founded in 1902
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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