Product Owner

This role must be filled on-site 5 days a week at the client site in either New York, NY; Pittsburgh, PA; or Philadelphia, PA.

About the role

CGI is seeking a Product Owner in the Lending domain who will define user stories and prioritize the team backlog to streamline program execution while maintaining the conceptual and technical integrity of features or components. This highly skilled, dynamic, and supportive team works on fast-paced projects using innovative technologies or methodologies to build new products or initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Participate as a member of the agile squad, focusing on user story generation, business analysis, testing, and validation.
• Serve as the primary source of external information for Scrum teams, providing clear definitions of targeted capabilities, intended customer value, and functional/non-functional requirements.
• Lead the Scrum team to ensure capabilities are in scope, on time, and of high quality by directing or participating in all team ceremonies, including stand-ups, planning, review, and retrospectives.
• Develop, analyze, and lead use case delivery in support of multiple backlogs and work streams.
• Translate product directives into backlog items, effectively representing customer needs.
• Author, refine, and approve backlog items with clearly articulated acceptance criteria.
• Manage backlog contents and priority, ensuring sufficient depth of groomed items for development.
• Document intended product behavior and user experience in detail for downstream activities.
• Work closely with the development team on implementation issues.
• Facilitate successful delivery for assigned releases.
• Ensure internal IT and business needs are clearly identified, designed, and constructed to meet quality standards.

Requirements

• Minimum 5+ years of experience as a Business Systems Analyst.
• Minimum 2+ years of experience as a Product Owner.
• 2+ years of experience in Digital API portals and API enablement initiatives.
• Experience building strong dependency relationships.
• Ability to interpret requirements into technical needs and perform technical analysis to validate system functionality.
• Experience in research, analysis, and end-to-end customer mapping.
• Experience working in Agile and/or Scrum development environments.
• Preferred experience in integration-based projects.
• Lending domain experience with basic knowledge of system architecture and application portfolio.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation.
• Comprehensive insurance options.
• Matching contributions through the 401(k) plan and share purchase plan.
• Paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick time.
• Paid parental leave.
• Learning opportunities and tuition assistance.
• Wellness and well-being programs.

Pay

A reasonable estimate of the current compensation range for this role in the U.S. is $89,600.00 – $194,000.00.