BUK TESCO Bank IN- Platforms-API Technical Product Owner - VP

Overview

Act as the technical bridge between product owners and engineering for Barclays' API and platform products, turning the product roadmap into delivered features in the Bengaluru office.

What you'll do

• Provide subject matter expertise to support collaboration between the product owner and the technical side of product development.
• Support the development and implementation of the product strategy and vision defined in the product roadmap, and communicate it to relevant stakeholders and the development team.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to gather and prioritise product requirements and features based on business value and feasibility that are well defined, measurable and secure.
• Develop and implement assessments to ensure continuous testing and improvement of product quality and performance.
• Monitor product performance to identify opportunities for optimisation that meet the bank's performance standards.
• Stay abreast of the latest industry technology trends, and evaluate and adopt new approaches to improve product development and delivery.
• Contribute to or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change.
• Plan resources, budgets and policies; manage and maintain policies and processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies or procedures.
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management, on functional and cross-functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda, and demonstrate accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought, comparing and selecting complex alternatives, with in-depth analysis and interpretative thinking to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

What you'll need

• Experience with SDLC, Agile, Scrum and DevOps practices.
• Understanding of software engineering concepts and system architecture.
• Experience with Agile tools such as Jira, AWS, DevOps or Confluence.
• Understanding of API integration.
• Proven experience in process mapping, gap analysis, stakeholder management, retail and digital banking, payments and card processing.
• Good understanding of KYC / AML compliance, core banking systems, financial products and services, and risk and regulatory requirements.
• Proven ability to read and translate Open API/Swagger specs and UCRs to define and document API requirements (user stories, acceptance criteria, data models).
• Experience delivering API/integration change across the full lifecycle, working with engineering, architecture and 3rd parties.

Nice to have

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong facilitation and negotiation skills.
• Attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru, India office (Maruthi Onyx, TESCO TSA).
• You may be assessed on risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, and job-specific technical skills.