Product Owner (Catalogue Application) (m/f/diverse)

Your tasks

• Defining, maintaining and communicating the product and process vision for the catalogue application in line with the Bank’s strategic objectives;
• Creating, owning and prioritizing the product backlog according to business value, customer benefit, technical requirements and operational needs;
• Defining clear user stories and acceptance criteria before sprint planning, organizing meaningful estimations, and obtaining team commitment for the sprint backlog;
• Acting as the main interface between stakeholders, users and the delivery team; managing stakeholder relationships and ensuring transparency on priorities, deliverables and product progress;
• Driving a user-centric catalogue experience, including the provision of clear documentation, guidance and best practices for the use of integration technologies;
• Identifying process bottlenecks and improvement opportunities and initiating solutions that improve efficiency, reliability and user experience;
• Ensuring stable product operations in line with applicable service-level agreements, IT security guidelines and regulatory requirements;
• Taking responsibility for the product’s return on investment, budget planning, PI Planning, QBRs and OKRs;
• Recognizing risks and upcoming issues early, assess their wider impact, and developing sustainable and innovative solutions together with the team and stakeholders;
• Supporting organizational enablement activities such as training materials, workshops and communication for teams using the catalogue application.

Your Profile

• Experience in agile methods Scrum and Kanban, incl. the jobs and responsibilities for the different roles in an agile organization;
• Ability to develop product vision and roadmap, managing and prioritizing backlogs, and making product decisions based on business value;
• Ability to set priorities and balance customer needs, business value, technical constraints and operational requirements;
• Strong coordination skills in cross-functional and international team environments. Excellent written and verbal communication;
• Ability to analyze processes, identifying improvement opportunities and defining clear, actionable requirements and acceptance criteria;
• Experience in IT projects and/or IT operations management in complex IT environments;
• Ability to drive user-centric design and clear presentation of integration technologies; familiarity with Figma is an advantage.
• General understanding of software-development processes and architectural concepts.
• Understanding of integration concepts, knowledge of APIs, Kafka and related integration technologies will be an advantage;
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities;
• University degree in IT or relevant.

In return, we offer:

• Good work-life balance, including 25 days annual paid leave (increasing with 1 day per year up to 31 in total), flexible working hours, work-from-home and work from abroad opportunities;
• Luxury package of additional health and dental insurance;
• Food vouchers in the amount of EUR 80 monthly;
• 6 additional annual days off for exceptional circumstances;
• Employee assistance program for psychological, financial, and legal consultations;
• Multisport card;
• Annual contribution of EUR 153 net per child for a summer camp/school/kindergarten for children up to age of 15;
• Possibilities for building career-advancing skills by covering training/certification courses and conferences based on individual learning and development needs, access to an online learning platform;
• Opportunities for long-term professional development in a stable, 150-year-old company while contributing to the vision of a new, just starting Digital Technology Center;
• Friendly and supportive multicultural environment, open to new opinions and ideas.

Commerzbank is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating a diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, color, national origin, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, genetics, disability, age, or any other characteristics.

The company

Commerzbank is a leading international commercial bank with branches and offices in almost 50 countries. The world is changing, becoming digital, and so are we. We are leaving the traditional bank behind us and we are choosing to move forward as a digital enterprise.

As part of this strategy, Commerzbank continues the expansion of its Digital Technology Center in Sofia, Bulgaria. We need motivated people who will join us on this journey, and we are looking for an Product Owner in our Business Connectivity team.

Business Connectivity Cluster accelerates the transformation of Commerzbank into a digital technology company by developing and promoting AI-based solutions, internal and external APIs, Kafka technology, MQ service, and MFT, that are an integral part of our digital infrastructure. The cluster develops and operates integration-related platforms and products together with a catalogue application for them.

We are seeking a motivated Product Owner for an application serving as a centralized catalogue for existing integration technologies. The catalogue application enables developers and teams across the organization to discover, consume and provide integration technologies, supporting the delivery of robust, efficient and governed integrations.

Contact

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