Digital Product Manager Product Owner

Location: Columbus, OH (3 days hybrid) – local candidates only.

About the role

In this 5-month contract (with possible extension), the contractor will act as a Feature Product Owner responsible for writing feature-level acceptance criteria, anchoring stakeholder communications, and refining business requirements for the core banking platform team.

Responsibilities

• Utilize user stories and business requirements to refine functional requirements.
• Analyze partnerships and engagements to host refinement sessions with partners (JAD sessions).
• Manage stakeholders, perform conflict resolution, escalations, and act as the anchor for stakeholders on technical requirements.
• Lead the development and execution of product plans and initiatives supporting modernization of core banking capabilities.
• Serve as a key contributor in large-scale planning and delivery efforts for core banking transformation initiatives.
• Review and assess digital strategy for account ledger and transaction processing to inform foundational product definitions.
• Influence product direction and cross-functional strategy by evaluating technical, business, and regulatory considerations.
• Drive product decisions that balance customer impact, operational efficiency, and policy or compliance requirements.
• Partner closely with senior leadership to support roadmap development and execution of modernization priorities.
• Translate complex business needs into clear, actionable product requirements and user stories.
• Collaborate with engineering, architecture, and risk/control partners to ensure solutions are scalable, compliant, and well-documented.
• Engage business stakeholders to define future-state requirements aligned to enterprise strategy.

Requirements

• 5+ years of digital product management experience, or equivalent demonstrated through work experience, training, military experience, or education.
• Digital Product Ownership Experience.
• Knowledge of account ledger platforms, posting logic, transaction flows, and/or ledger system architecture.
• Experience delivering complex initiatives within Agile frameworks, including hands-on use of tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• Experience working with real-time processing systems, microservices architectures, and event-driven solutions.
• Experience within financial services or highly regulated environments with an understanding of risk, control, and compliance considerations.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products and Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence).
• Strong technical knowledge (microservices, banking technology nuances).

Desired Skills

• Executive presence.
• Agile methodologies.
• Adaptability and resilience.
• Customer-centric mindset.
• Knowledge of consumer banking and/or core banking (desired but not required).