Product Owner - Russell, Tobin & Associates

Russell Tobin's client, an American banking company, is hiring a Product Owner at Fargo, ND

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Employment Type: Contract
Location: Fargo, ND
Duration: 03+ months with possible extension or conversion
Pay range: $29/hr - $34/hr

Job Summary
This role at the largest commercial bank in the United States and a multinational financial services company is responsible for driving operational platform management across products and related ecosystems. The position operates within an agile model to deliver innovation, efficiency, scalability, and regulatory compliance while ensuring alignment with business strategies. Acting as the liaison between business lines, customers, and Agile teams, this role manages product backlogs, user stories, prioritization, and release timelines to maximize business value.

Responsibilities

• Partners closely with customers (internal and external), the business line(s) and Agile teams to drive the evolution of the assigned product(s).
• Maintains and refines product backlog; creates user stories and acceptance criteria and prioritizes all stories to ensure work focuses on those with maximum business value that align with product strategy.
• Acts as primary liaison between the business and Agile teams, ensuring the teams understand vision for the products.
• Works closely in a hands-on style with development team including addressing daily prioritization needs, providing real-time feedback and answering questions on an ongoing basis.

• Works with Product Management to set release dates, determine when sufficient value has been delivered to release to market, understand tradeoffs between schedule, scope and budget and communicates this information to the organization.
• Employs product management practices and tactics including customer research, data and analytics, and market research.
• Demonstrated leadership and interpersonal skills including ability to collaborate with and empower teams.
• Well-developed verbal and written communication skills.

• Well-developed ability to collaboratively develop and evolve a product backlog.
• Well-developed ability to develop and articulate a product vision that supports outcomes, value and prioritization of work.
• Thorough understanding of the Lean/Agile mindset.
• Proficient computer navigation skills.

Benefits that Russell Tobin offers:
Russell Tobin offers eligible employee s comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), a 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, identity theft protection, legal support, auto and home insurance, pet insurance, and employee discounts with some preferred vendors.