Product Owner Associate (Digital Assets)

About the role

At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We're committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business users, domain experts, product, and technical teams to elicit, analyze, and document requirements for blockchain-based applications and workflows
• Conduct interviews, workshops, and document/process analysis to understand current-state processes and identify opportunities for improvement and automation
• Help clarify how requirements translate into application behavior, including interactions with smart contracts and supporting systems (on-chain/off-chain patterns)
• Produce detailed requirement artifacts such as use cases, user stories, process flows, data models, and (where relevant) smart contract event schemas
• Define acceptance criteria, testable outcomes, and edge cases, ensuring requirements are unambiguous and implementation-ready
• Maintain traceability from business goals → epics → user stories → test cases to support transparency and quality
• Transform requirements into an actionable Jira backlog; support grooming and ensure backlog items remain current and delivery-oriented
• Serve as a liaison across stakeholders (product, engineering, operations, and other partners), facilitating discussions and building alignment on scope, priorities, and tradeoffs
• Communicate status, risks, dependencies, and changes clearly, helping teams resolve conflicts and maintain momentum
• Work within an Agile development framework and actively participate in sprint ceremonies (planning, refinement, reviews, retrospectives, standups as needed)
• Support prioritization and maintain high-quality requirements entering the sprint
• Collaborate with engineers and product partners to translate business requirements into functional specifications, with attention to on-chain/off-chain integrations and compliance controls where applicable
• Support validation and acceptance testing by defining scenarios, reviewing outcomes against requirements, and helping collect audit-ready evidence when required
• Gather feedback from end users and stakeholders, evaluate solution performance against expected outcomes/KPIs and non-functional needs, and recommend iterative enhancements

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, Business Systems Analyst, or Product Owner working directly with engineering teams on blockchain or smart contract–based applications, including writing user stories, acceptance criteria, and managing Jira backlogs
• Bachelor’s degree (preferred) in business administration, finance, computer science, or a related field
• Strong collaboration skills across business and technology teams; able to build consensus among stakeholders with competing priorities
• Strong analytical and documentation skills able to write clear, testable requirements and acceptance criteria
• Working understanding of blockchain concepts and how applications integrate with smart contracts and on-chain/off-chain systems
• Experience with Agile delivery and backlog management (Scrum ceremonies, refinement, prioritization)

Benefits

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
• Pension / Retirement benefits
• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being

Pay and Schedule

• The salary range is indicative for roles at the same level within DTCC across all US locations. Actual salary is determined based on the role, location, individual experience, skills, and other considerations.
• We offer a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).