Product Owner

The Senior Associate Product Owner plays a critical role in shaping and delivering the Client Lifecycle Management Platform by translating the product vision into clear, actionable deliverables. This role requires deep collaboration with internal partners-including Operations, UX, and Technology-to ensure the product strategy reflects user needs, operational realities, and technical capabilities. The Product Owner manages and prioritizes the product backlog, establishes acceptance criteria, and guides the squad through the development lifecycle using Agile principles. They actively engage cross-functional partners to gather insights, validate requirements, and drive alignment on design, process improvements, and technical implementation. Success in this role requires strong analytical and communication skills, the ability to influence and build relationships across the organization, and comfort challenging existing processes. The Product Owner ensures strategic alignment, identifies risks and dependencies, and brings the voice of the client into every phase of product development.

Your Primary Responsibilities:

• Translate the product vision and roadmap into clear squad deliverables and release plans.
• Create, refine, and prioritize the backlog of user stories with the squad to ensure the right level of detail at the right time and achieve Definition of Ready.
• Define story acceptance criteria and lead backlog management by accepting or rejecting items during each sprint based on those criteria.
• Seek and incorporate feedback from partners and clients into future backlog items.
• Represent and advocate for the voice of the client (internal and external) within the squad.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key partners to identify risks, dependencies, and alignment needs in support of product strategy.
• Incorporate and prioritize technical work required to meet release objectives.
• Enhance product value by evaluating implementation alternatives and assessing scope changes against budget and estimates.
• Actively participate in all squad ceremonies, including sprint and release events.
• Mitigate risk by following established procedures, monitoring controls, identifying issues early, and demonstrating strong ethical judgment.
• Maintain a client-centric and operationally efficient mindset, bringing clarity of the end-to-end client journey vision to the squad.
• Aligns risk and control processes into day to day responsibilities to monitor and mitigate risk; escalates appropriately

• Minimum of 6 years of related experience
• Bachelor’’s degree preferred or equivalent experience

Talents Needed for Success:

• Experience in Agile/scrum methodology desired, Agile Programming Methodologies, Analysis Skills, Asset Management, Backlog Prioritization, Bank Management, Best Practices, Brokerage, Budgeting, Business Architecture, Business Operations, Business Strategy, Communication Skills, Customer Support/Service, Data Analysis, Develop and Maintain Customers, Diversity, Ecosystems, Establish Priorities, Financial Services, Financial Transactions, Global Financial Markets, Identify Issues, International Business, Multiplatform/Cross-Platform, Procedure Development, Process Improvement, Product Backlog, Product Development, Product Lifecycle, Product Planning, Product Strategy, Product Support, Requirements Validation/Verification, Risk, Risk Analysis, Risk Management, Scrum Project Management and Software Development, Securities, Stock Market, Strategic Analysis, Thought Leadership, Transaction Processing/Management, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX)

• 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.
• DTCC offers 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).

The Impact you will have in this role

Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC?

Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We are 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.

Enterprise Services comprises of multiple business platforms including Client Services, Global Business Operations, Business Architecture, Data Strategy and Analytics, and Digital Services, which report into the Chief of Enterprise Services. These grouped platforms enable the business to optimize delivery for clients, generate efficiencies and resilience, and enable consistency in the business digitization strategy, processes and end-to-end best practices., With over 50 years of experience, DTCC is the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry. From 20 locations around the world, DTCC, through its subsidiaries, automates, centralizes, and standardizes the processing of financial transactions, mitigating risk, increasing transparency, enhancing performance and driving efficiency for thousands of broker/dealers, custodian banks and asset managers. Industry owned and governed, the firm innovates purposefully, simplifying the complexities of clearing, settlement, asset servicing, transaction processing, trade reporting and data services across asset classes, bringing enhanced resilience and soundness to existing financial markets while advancing the digital asset ecosystem. In 2024, DTCC’s subsidiaries processed securities transactions valued at U.S. $3.7 quadrillion and its depository subsidiary provided custody and asset servicing for securities issues from over 150 countries and territories valued at U.S. $99 trillion. DTCC’s Global Trade Repository service, through locally registered, licensed, or approved trade repositories, processes more than 25 billion messages annually. To learn more, please visit us at www.dtcc.com or connect with us on LinkedIn, X, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram.

DTCC proudly supports Flexible Work Arrangements favoring openness and gives people freedom to do their jobs well, by encouraging diverse opinions and emphasizing teamwork. When you join our team, you’ll have an opportunity to make meaningful contributions at a company that is recognized as a thought leader in both the financial services and technology industries. A DTCC career is more than a good way to earn a living. It’s the chance to make a difference at a company that’s truly one of a kind.