Senior Technical Product Owner
About the role
The Senior Technical Product Owner will collaborate with Product Managers or the enablement team to define a clear tactical vision for product development or implementation. This role will focus on end-user experience and maintain clarity for the team to ensure successful delivery or client implementation of new and existing digital capabilities. Additionally, this role will align to a delivery team and drive the feature backlog. Lastly, this role may drive BAU support post enablement, including analysis on reported production issues, influencing correction, and optimizing processes in addressing changes to in-market requirement changes.
Responsibilities
- Influence the technical roadmap by identifying new features and adding to the backlog.
- Stay updated with industry developments, analyze market data, and use insights for technical decisions.
- Aid in breaking down initiatives into Epics and supporting Feature creation sessions.
- Identify and lead optimization opportunities, increasing initiative throughput.
- Prioritize and maintain product backlog.
- Lead multiple agile teams while managing relationships with key stakeholders and leadership.
- Present product updates, gather feedback, and ensure alignment with the overall business strategy.
- Manage activities for requirements documentation, risk identification, and mitigation.
- Identify and implement process improvements to enhance product development, enablement, and/or BAU support efficiency.
- Streamline workflows, adopt new tools and methodologies, and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
- Build partnerships within the Scrum team, ensure stable and operational capabilities, and manage cross-functional team dependencies.
- Build partnerships across enablement and cross-functional teams, maintaining adherence to implementation timelines and standards.
- Continually look to optimize processes and the customer experience.
- Train and mentor product owners, offering advice, sharing best practices, and helping them develop their skills and knowledge.
- Participate in recruitment and associate engagement efforts.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or GED.
- 5+ years of experience as a Scrum master, project manager, business/systems/QA analyst, or software engineer.
- 5+ years of experience in a technology field and with agile and scrum principles.
- Bachelor’s Degree in information technology or business analysis or related field of study or equivalent, relevant work experience.
- Related field certifications.
- 7+ years of experience in product management, business analysis, information technology, financial services, payment, online and mobile platforms, or digital and tech platforms.
Qualifications
- High School Diploma or GED.
- 5+ years of experience as a Scrum master, project manager, business/systems/QA analyst, or software engineer.
- 5+ years of experience in a technology field and with agile and scrum principles.
- Bachelor’s Degree in information technology or business analysis or related field of study or equivalent, relevant work experience.
- Related field certifications.
- 7+ years of experience in product management, business analysis, information technology, financial services, payment, online and mobile platforms, or digital and tech platforms.
Skills
- Agile Delivery
- Backlog Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Agile Product Management
- Product Management
- Financial Services
- JIRA Tool
- Planview Agile
- Place Reports
Benefits
Not specified.
Pay
$97,900.00 - $177,400.00
Schedule
Normal office environment. (Remote or Hybrid), 3 to 4 days per month are required in office if within 60 miles of a posted Bread Financial location.
Physical And Mental Requirements
- Communicate/Hearing
- Communicate/Talking
- Stationary Position/Seated
- Typing/Writing
- Maintain focus in high pressure or fast-paced work environment
Other Duties
- Not specified.
About Bread Financial®
Bread Financial is a tech-forward financial services company that provides simple, personalized payment, lending and saving solutions to millions of U.S. consumers. Our payment solutions deliver growth for some of the most recognized brands in travel & entertainment, health & beauty, technology, electronics, jewelry, home and specialty apparel through our co-brand and private label credit cards and pay-over-time products providing choice and value to our shared customers. Additionally, we offer Bread Financial general purpose credit cards and saving products that empower our customers and their passions for a better life. Bread Financial proudly marks 30 years of success in 2026.