Job Description
The Area Product Owner is responsible for maximizing the value delivered by one or more engineering squads by understanding business needs and translating them into well-defined product capabilities and functional solutions.
Working closely with Product Managers, Architects, Engineering teams, and Customer Success teams, the Area Product Owner is responsible for product discovery, functional solution design, backlog management, prioritization, and iterative delivery. This role requires strong collaboration, analytical thinking, user focus, and the ability to make informed decisions.
While experience in Banking, and Cash Management is preferred, we are looking for someone with strong Product Ownership skills who can quickly learn new business domains and effectively partner with subject matter experts.
The Expertise We're Looking For
Must Have
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5–8 years of experience as a Product Owner.
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Strong experience working in Agile environments with cross-functional engineering teams.
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Demonstrated ability to translate business problems into well solutioned capabilities.
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Experience managing and prioritizing product backlogs based on customer value, business priorities, and delivery objectives.
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Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across Product, Engineering, Architecture, Design, and Customer Success teams
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Excellent analytical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
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Customer-centric mindset with a passion for delivering valuable product outcomes.
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Experience using Agile collaboration tools such as JIRA and Confluence.
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
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Good technical acumen, with the ability to collaborate effectively with engineering teams and participate in architectural discussions.
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Ability to understand and review API specifications (REST/JSON), system integrations, and data flows.
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Basic understanding of databases and data models, including the ability to interpret simple SQL queries to validate business scenarios and support product decisions.
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Ability to understand technical dependencies, constraints, and solution trade-offs while working closely with engineers and architects.
Preferred
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Experience in Banking, Financial Services, Payments, or Cash Management domains.
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Familiarity with Corporate Banking concepts such as Liquidity Management, Virtual Accounts, Cash Pooling, or Payments.
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Exposure to product discovery practices such as Design Thinking and customer-centric product development.
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Experience working with distributed teams in an Agile environment.
Responsibilities
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Collaborate with Product Managers and business stakeholders to understand business objectives and translate them into actionable product requirements.
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Own and manage the squad backlog, ensuring work is prioritized to maximize customer and business value.
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Break down features and epics into well-defined user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
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Collaborate closely with Engineering and Architecture teams to understand solution options, technical dependencies, and implementation approaches.
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Participate in technical discussions by reviewing APIs, integrations, data flows, and functional solution designs to ensure they align with business requirements.
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Work with engineering teams throughout development to clarify requirements, answer functional questions, and remove ambiguities.
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Partner with QA to ensure acceptance criteria are testable and delivered functionality meets business expectations.
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Validate completed features through sprint reviews and demonstrations, providing timely feedback and ensuring alignment with customer and business needs.
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Contribute to product discovery by understanding customer problems, analysing business opportunities, and recommending improvements.
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Collaborate with fellow Product Owners to maximise product value and support roadmap execution.
The Value This Role Delivers
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Maintains a healthy, well-prioritized product backlog that enables predictable and efficient delivery.
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Enables engineering teams to build products that solve meaningful customer and business problems.
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Strengthens collaboration between Product, Engineering, Architecture, and Testing.
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Promotes Agile best practices and continuous improvement across the product development lifecycle.
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Ensures product decisions are informed by customer needs, business goals, and technical feasibility.
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Contributes to the successful delivery of high-quality, scalable, and customer-focused products.
Is This You?
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You enjoy understanding customer problems and turning them into simple, valuable product solutions.
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You are naturally curious and enjoy learning new business domains and technologies.
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You communicate effectively with both business and technical stakeholders.
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You are comfortable working in a technical environment and enjoy collaborating with engineers to understand APIs, integrations, data models, and system behaviour without needing to be a software developer.
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You are organised, proactive, and comfortable balancing multiple priorities in a fast-paced Agile environment.
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You take ownership, make informed decisions, and are comfortable navigating ambiguity.
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You thrive in collaborative teams and enjoy continuously improving how products are built and delivered.
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You have a growth mindset and are passionate about learning, solving problems, and delivering value to customers.
We offer
We offer you professional growth, meaningful projects, open culture and an outstanding work-life balance! We offer you an opportunity to create the future of a growing, fast-developing and important sector. We believe that our organizational culture is an important part of enabling you to be successful. We provide a flexible hybrid work model as part of our culture and way of working. Finally, we also believe in curiosity and learning as a lifestyle where you need to unlearn and relearn every day as new possibilities emerge.
Did we get you inspired?
We look forward to your application! Interviews will be held continuously, so we encourage you to apply today! For more information or questions, please contact [email protected]
Hope to hear from you soon!
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Additional Information
At Tieto, we believe in the power of diversity, equity, and inclusion. We encourage applicants of all backgrounds, genders (m/f/d), and walks of life to join our team, as we believe that this fosters an inspiring workplace and fuels innovation. Our commitment to openness, trust, and diversity is at the heart of our mission to create digital futures that benefit businesses, societies, and humanity.
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