Product Owner Credit & Data Platforms (New York)

About the role

CreditSights is searching for a Product Owner who will play a crucial role in the development and success of our product offerings. This role involves working closely with the Product Manager and cross-functional teams to drive the product lifecycle from ideation to launch.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the development and execution of the product roadmap, ensuring alignment with business goals and customer needs.
• Work closely with engineering, design, marketing, and sales teams to ensure successful product delivery.
• Maintain and prioritize the product backlog, ensuring that it is up-to-date and reflects the current business priorities.
• Develop detailed user stories and establish acceptance criteria to ensure stories are ready for development.
• Run agile ceremonies, including backlog grooming, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Feature Validation: Conduct User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to validate that stories meet the definition of done and acceptance criteria.
• User Interaction: Discuss features with customers, focusing on usability, time to value, feature completeness, and the overall user journey.
• Prototyping and Testing: Collaborate with engineering and design to prototype features, conduct A/B testing, and validate designs with end users.
• Issue Resolution: Handle issues with current features and provide solutions based on customer feedback.
• Performance Monitoring: Track and analyze product performance metrics, e.g., team productivity, product adoption, feature performance.

Requirements

• Educational Background: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Experience: 4+ years of experience in product management, product development, or a related role.
• Technical Skills: Familiarity with Agile methodologies, experience with product management tools (e.g., Jira, Trello), basic understanding of software development, and working knowledge of APIs and how systems integrate. Experience with AI technologies is a plus.
• Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to make data-driven decisions, e.g., familiarity with performance metrics like DORA.
• Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex ideas clearly.
• Team Player: Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.
• Customer-Centric: Passion for understanding and addressing customer needs.

Qualifications

• Preferred Experience: Experience in financial information services industry, familiarity with UX/UI principles and design thinking, and APIs (RESTful services).
• MBA is a plus.

Benefits

• Fitch Hybrid Work Environment: 2 to 3 days a week in office required based on your line of business and location.
• Culture of Learning & Mobility: Dedicated trainings, leadership development and mentorship programs designed to ensure that your time at Fitch will be a continuous learning opportunity.
• Investing in Your Future: Retirement planning and tuition reimbursement programs that empower you to achieve your short and long-term goals.
• Promoting Health & Wellbeing: Comprehensive healthcare offerings that enable physical, mental, financial, social, and occupational wellbeing.
• Supportive Parenting Policies: Family-friendly policies, including a generous global parental leave plan, designed to help you balance career and family life effectively.
• Inclusive Work Environment: A collaborative workplace where all voices are valued, with Employee Resource Groups that unite and empower our colleagues around the globe.
• Dedication to Giving Back: Paid volunteer days, matched funding for donations and ample opportunities to volunteer in your community.

Schedule

Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $100,000 and $120,000 per year. Actual salaries will be determined on an individualized basis and may vary based on factors including but not limited to education, training, experience, past performance, and other job-related factors.