Associate Principal Engineer, Technical Product Owner (Banking)

- Total Experience 10+ years
- Strong experience in Business Banking and Banking / Financial Services applications
- Hands-on experience as a Technical Product Owner / Proxy Product Owner with strong SDLC exposure
- Strong experience in Agile delivery, project scoping, backlog management and prioritization
- Experience with customer-facing Mobile / Digital Banking applications
- Strong understanding of User Stories, acceptance criteria, Agile ceremonies and squad delivery
- Strong experience in software releases, deployments, UAT and production rollouts
- Experience coordinating Development, QA, DevOps, Infrastructure and Business stakeholders
- Experience with release calendars, dependencies, change management, governance and audit requirements
- Strong risk, issue, dependency and stakeholder management experience
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to drive initiatives independently
- Experience defining KPIs, monitoring delivery performance and driving continuous improvement

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Act as the Proxy Product Owner between the Channel Product Owner and development squad
- Translate product vision and requirements into actionable user stories and backlog items
- Maintain, prioritize and manage the channel development backlog
- Facilitate Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, stand-ups, reviews and retrospectives
- Act as the primary point of contact for the development team on backlog and product-related queries
- Collaborate with UX/UI, Engineering and QA teams to ensure high-quality feature delivery
- Monitor sprint progress, manage changes and communicate delivery status to stakeholders
- Plan and oversee software releases, deployments and production rollouts
- Coordinate release readiness across Development, QA, DevOps, Infrastructure and Business teams
- Manage release calendars, dependencies, UAT, production validation and rollback plans
- Ensure compliance with change management, governance and audit requirements
- Identify and mitigate release risks, issues and dependencies
- Monitor release performance and drive post-release reviews and continuous improvement Qualifications

Bachelor s or master s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.