Associate Director, Treasury Product Owner - Advanced Analytics

About Standard Chartered

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Are you passionate about digital transformation in Treasury?

Join Standard Chartered' s Treasury Modelling and Platforms team in Warsaw to spearhead the digitization of Treasury globally. Power through challenging projects. Gain a 360° learning experience. Develop communication and collaboration skills in an international workplace. Learn how to monetize on technology investments. Work alongside best in class Haskell programming team on cutting edge solutions dedicated to balance sheet optimization, stress testing and forecasting.

Due to the innovative nature of your work you will be eligible for Intellectual Property tax benefits. We offer flexi working - 2 days in office, 3 days from home and option cater for special arrangements if required.

Treasury Modelling and Platforms journey started 10 years ago in Singapore and Hong Kong, we then rapidly expanded to the Western hemisphere with successful build-up of the Warsaw Hub. Warsaw has recently become our new headquarters housing 90% of the team including management roles relocated from Singapore. Our team is truly diversified, English speaking and closely collaborates with teams globally.

Key Responsibilities

As a Product Owner in the cross-functional Advanced Analytic squad, you will drive the outcomes of the squad to deliver on their objectives and key results. You will build and prioritise the product backlog to achieve business goals and manage stakeholder relationships to align expectation, prioritisation, and overall product roadmap.

• Responsible for defining the product vision with stakeholders and the prioritization of the product backlog to achieve business goals, working closely with the Deputy Chief Product Owner (Deputy CPO).
• Build strong, trusted relationships with business and stakeholder groups.
• Align expectation, prioritisation and overall product roadmap within the Tribe and ensure these are aligned with business value and benefits.
• Communicates updated product roadmap regularly with Deputy CPO, stakeholders and understands their needs and manage their expectations via the relevant forums e.g. PSC, sprint reviews.
• Validates roadmap prepared by Scrum Master on the base of the vision to ensure it's the most optimal in terms of productivity and business value it brings to the company.
• Balance stakeholder expectations with the Squad possibilities to ensure time is allocated for innovation and improvement of delivery capabilities that brings value to the company.
• Reviews user stories so that they meet the definition of done i.e. includes description of deliverables, business benefits, acceptance criteria, value and effort estimates.
• Prioritizes BAU, production issues, defect or bug resolution.
• Presents to CPO / Deputy CPOs the high-level development plan, deliverables planned for the next sprints, and recently accomplished deliverables.
• Takes on any actions assigned to them and ensures feedback is shared with Scrum Master so this can be properly tracked and / or update shared with Deputy CPO if required.

Requirements

• 5+ year experience and proven knowledge in Treasury / Liquidity in top-tier banks / large corporations.
• Working knowledge of Capital / RWA / forecasting is highly beneficial.
• Strong understanding of balance sheet structure, financial data, liquidity metrics.
• Experiences navigating through complex system setup / data sources reconciliation to perform business analytics.
• Deep understanding of industry trends / client needs, ability to create value proposition and squad vision.
• Experiences defining product requirements and develop roadmap based on functional expertise.
• Ability to synthesis complex facts / details into short and precise information, with the right balance of technical vs business communication.
• Demonstrated track record of leading teams to deliver objectives.
• Experience in working in multicultural teams, mentoring team members and providing regular feedbacks.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with excellent command of English language.
• Strong communication skills to clarify requirements, synchronize tasks, prioritize backlogs, and manage stakeholder expectations.
• Good knowledge of design thinking frameworks, user stories and customer journeys.
• Ability to handle challenging conversations with stakeholders on scope / timeline / resourcing constraints.
• Confident and skilled at identifying and navigating through road-blocks and impediments.
• Stakeholder management and communication skills covering both senior and operational levels.

Preferred:

• 3+ years experience in Agile delivery (preferably as Product Owner)
• Scrum Master, Product Owner certification (or equivalent) is a plus.
• CFA / FRM / equivalent designation is a plus.
• Exposure to business / data architecture principles and methods