Product Owner

$100,000 - $139,600/Yr

Discover Financial Services - Houston, TX

Full-time - Mid Level

Houston, TX

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About the position

The Product Owner at Discover Financial Services is responsible for maximizing the value of products through effective management of the product backlog and collaboration with cross-functional teams. This role focuses on delivering new products, driving innovation, and ensuring that product features align with customer needs and regulatory standards. The Product Owner acts as a servant leader, guiding the team in Agile practices and maintaining key product documentation to support the development process.

Responsibilities

• Builds and prioritizes the product backlog to achieve Objectives and Key Results (OKRs).
• Maintains key product documentation including customer journey maps and technical specifications.
• Ensures product features align with regulatory, compliance, and risk management standards.
• Articulates requirements into use cases, agile stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Creates and validates user story acceptance criteria.
• Leads Agile practices including sprints, planning, execution, and retrospectives.
• Defines functional and non-functional product requirements and ensures completeness.
• Executes appropriate testing frameworks for product features.
• Collaborates with business technology to optimize system components and infrastructure maintenance.
• Manages and communicates project scope, deliverables, and timelines.
• Contributes to product development by connecting customer solutions to business goals.
• Responsible for delivering Minimum Viable Product (MVP).
• Empowers the product team to make decisions and fosters a culture of accountability.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Engineering, Business Administration, Finance, Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, or related field.
• 4+ years of experience in Product Management or Engineering in Financial Services or Tech Industry.
• In lieu of a degree, 6+ years of relevant experience in Product Management or Engineering.

Nice-to-haves

• Agile Certification - Certified Scrum Master

Benefits

• Commuter assistance
• Paid parental leave
• Health savings account
• AD&D insurance
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Disability insurance
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance