Senior Specialist, POM Product Owner

We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President, POM Product Owner to join our Custody, Trustee & Depositary Centre of Excellence team. This role is located in Pune. In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways: • Collaborate with the Business, SMEs, and End Users to gather and develop story level requirements in JIRA that allows the Development Team to deliver consistent level of high-quality code. • Participate in all agile/sprint activities (planning, backlog refinement, retrospective, standups, and design). • Create and maintain story level functional, non-functional requirements and Acceptance Criteria in JIRA (excluding technical tasks). • Write and elaborate stories to align with Product definition of “Ready for Development.” • Validate stories with cross functional stakeholders, including Business, SMEs, and End Users to gather requirements and desired outcomes. • Review test cases with testers to ensure test results meet expected outcomes as defined in acceptance criteria. • Review testing failures to identify potential missed/new requirements or defects. • Prepare and circulate release notes as part of operational readiness. • Support other Ops readiness activities as required. To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following: • Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent practical experience; advanced degree preferred. • Agile methodology expertise. • Project Management experience using JIRA & Confluence. • Advanced knowledge in Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint. • Business Analytics skills using Microsoft Power BI & Tableau. • Understanding of Investment Banking: Subsidiaries, CSDs and different organizations contributing to investment banking business. • Knowledge of Asset Servicing business. • Custody Product Knowledge, specifically: Corporate Action and Income product from Custody business perspective, Proxy product from Custody business perspective, Class Action product from Custody business perspective • Bachelor’s or post graduate degree or the equivalent combination of education and experience in business management or related field. • 5 plus years of total work experience in Project / Product delivery (Agile delivery preferred). • No direct reports, provides guidance to less experienced colleagues. Leads projects and allocates work accordingly. • Relevant market / industry certifications – e.g., AAC, CCBA, CBAP.