Product Owner (Business Connectivity) (m/f/diverse)

The company

Commerzbank is a leading international commercial bank with branches and offices in almost 50 countries. The world is changing, becoming digital, and so are we. We are leaving the traditional bank behind us and we are choosing to move forward as a digital enterprise.

As part of this strategy, Commerzbank continues the expansion of its Digital Technology Center in Sofia, Bulgaria. We need motivated people who will join us on this journey, and we are looking for a Product Owner in our Business Connectivity team.

Business Connectivity cluster accelerates the transformation of Commerzbank into a digital technology company by developing and promoting internal and external APIs, Kafka technology, MFT that are an integral part of our digital infrastructure, positioning Commerzbank in the German market as the first port of call for simple and innovative customer solutions.

Your tasks:

• Developing and processing vision in accordance with the objectives of the bank strategy;
• Creating and be responsible for the product backlog, determine the sprint backlog prior to every sprint through prioritization by business value and/or customer benefit;
• Managing the relationship with customers/stakeholders;
• Early recognition of impending problems, gaining an understanding of overall context and consequences above and beyond the urgent problem; developing new and innovative problem-solving approaches;
• Organizing and being responsible for a meaningful assessment of the user stories, defining clear acceptance criteria for user stories prior to sprint planning and obtain commitment of the team for the sprint backlog;
• Being responsible for ROI of the product or process, budget planning, PI Planning, QBRs, OKRs;
• Working in an Agile team setup;

Your profile:

• Previous experience as a Product Owner;
• Experience in Scrum and Kanban;
• Experience in IT project and/or IT operation;
• Good understanding of banking processes, risk management processes, ensuring that technical solutions are simple, reliable, and cost effective.
• Solid experience in definition, coordination and communication of tasks and requirements towards team and stakeholders;
• Ability to analyze processes and requirements;
• Excellent communication skills;
• Good analytic thinking with attention to details to solve problems;
• University degree in IT or relevant;

In return, we offer:

• Good work-life balance, including 25 days annual paid leave (increasing with 1 day per year up to 31 in total), flexible working hours, work from abroad and work-from-home opportunities;
• Luxury package of additional health and dental insurance;
• Food vouchers in the amount of 128 BGN monthly;
• 6 additional annual days off for exceptional circumstances;
• Employee assistance program for psychological, financial and legal consultations;
• Multisport card;
• Annual contribution of 300 BGN net per child for a summer camp/school/kindergarten for children up to age of 15;
• Possibilities for building career-advancing skills by covering training/certification courses and conferences based on individual learning and development needs, access to an online learning platform;
• Opportunities for long-term professional development in a stable, 150-year-old company while contributing to the vision of a new, just starting Digital Technology Center;
• Friendly and supportive multicultural environment, open to new opinions and ideas.

Commerzbank is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating a diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, color, national origin, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, genetics, disability, age, or any other characteristics.

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