Product Owner

Western Union

Key Responsibilities

• Organize and effectively run the daily activities of Western Union’s List Processing and Screening Portfolio for Agent and Account Based Relationships.
• Build and maintain relationships with leaders and key stakeholders to understand, articulate, and communicate strategic priorities.
• Collaborate with various groups globally to become a SME for key workstreams.
• Effectively communicate enhancements, issues, and updates to leaders and stakeholders in both small and large forums.
• Manage features and enhancements for the program to support product or regulatory needs.
• Manage features, develop business requirements, create user stories, define acceptance criteria, and manage the backlog.
• Prioritize and maintain close alignment with development of Scrum teams.
• Function as a core member of an enterprise team, consisting of product managers, analysts, scrum masters, application developers, testers, and business owners/stakeholders.
• Key components of job performance are quality, productivity, and effective communication.
• May participate on project teams representing AML Compliance.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Demonstrated knowledge of Sanctions and AML/Banking Regulations strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills.
• Detail oriented.
• Well-developed interpersonal skills and ability to function well within a team-oriented environment.
• Ability to perform independently with minimal supervision and a high level of autonomy.
• Ability to take a lead role and provide leadership to others.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with both technical and business partners.
• Capable of balancing pressure and deadlines with changing priorities.
• Demonstrated experience in delivering well-documented user stories and requirements.
• Working knowledge of MS Suite is preferred.
• Familiarity with Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, XP, etc.) and tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Figma.

Qualifications

• Prefer experience in compliance including knowledge and understanding of anti-money laundering acts, laws, and regulations as well as anti-money laundering issues and trends.