(senior) Product Owner - Core-banking/accounts & Interest Products Job in Contis Group Ltd

(senior) Product Owner - Core-banking/accounts & Interest Products :

Company Details

Contis is the Banking-as-a-Service provider spearheading the digital payments revolution. We re on a huge growth path and have rapidly doubled our payments volume while supporting 1.5m end-customers via over 200 clients. Contis is proud to be a European fintech success story looking for the best talent to drive our explosive growth.

Job Overview:

The team is responsible for a major part of a classical core-banking domain within a bank: payment accounts subledger and payment processing. This means we are a team of experts in how payment processing flows internally (within the bank) and externally (inter-bank payments and integration with clearing houses), as well as the lifecycle of the payment accounts maintained within the bank.

We collaborate closelywith domain experts (banking operations, compliance, risk, finance, external providers) and other teams working in core-banking domain on a daily basis, to make sure that our systems meet the high operational standards our company sets. We are proud to be a tech voice in the heart of the modern bank!

Responsibilities & Duties:

• You own and drive the vision, strategy and priorities of your part of the Core-Banking domain and define its value proposition in tight collaboration with the engineering and domain experts
• The domain in focus is accounts (restrictions, limits and other parametrization) and interest products connected to accounts (overdrafts on checking account, term deposits, call money, for example)
• You bring together the interests of a multitude of stakeholders like engineering, operational risk, compliance and banking operations. You negotiate priorities, scope and schedule of all features implemented by your team
• You are in charge of keeping the backlog prioritized, transparent to all stakeholders and well understood by the development team so they can deliver effectively
• You coordinate technical and business requirements with third-party providers like payment gateways
• You are part of the product team and improve the company's product process through regular exchange and cooperation

Skills & Knowledge Required:

• You have at least 2 years of experience as a Product Owner or a similar profession in a tech-driven environment
• Experience of managing products or services in the finance-related or payment-related sphere (banking, debt collection, payments, loan origination as examples) is a strong plus, especially fields involving interest earning or accrual (deposits, loans, overdrafts)
• You have a strong interest in how the inside of the bank functions and organizing a smooth collaboration between technology and business
• You are keen to learn. A lot. Your team works on one of the central pieces of a bank, crucial for the success of a company and important and exciting for a vast majority of stakeholders within the company
• You can manage a diverse group of stakeholders and their requirements and interests
• You have a keen interest in enhancing developers' efficiency and like having an enjoyable working environment in a team
• You bring the analytical mindset to crack organizational and processual challenges
• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills
• You see yourself as a team player and have knowledge of agile methodologies such as SCRUM and Kanban
• A Bachelor's degree
• You are fluent in English, ability to read German is a plus

Why Work at Contis?

• We seek out and hire only exceptional talent, and therefore recognise that each individual brings value and contribution which has made us who we are today.
• We have a tech stack to be proud of and a working environment framed by our Contis values and behaviours.
• We are passionate people who share a common vision, can think big, and thrive on delivering results.
• We value diversity of thought and expect that you bring all of you to work; your passion, creativity and ideas on how we can be the best in the space that we operate in.
• In return we will help you to be the very best that you can, we will support with development, give you opportunities to get involved in key projects and offer exposure to challenges that you may not get in a larger organisation.

The benefits on offer:

• 5 days a week
  
• 18 days annual Leave
  
• Birthday Policy
  
• Yearly Bonus
  
• Employee Term Insurance
  
• Employee Referral Bonus
  
• No Sandwich Leave Policy
  
• Personal Accident Policy
  
• Relocation Benefit

Contis is an equal opportunity employer, embraces diversity and builds an inclusive environment for its employees and customers.We consider all applicants for employment regardless of age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.