Federal Reserve Bank of St. LouisThe St Louis Fed is one of 12 Reserve Banks serving all or parts of Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas with branches in Little Rock, Louisville, and Memphis. The St. Louis Fed’s most critical functions include promoting stable prices and economic growth, fostering a sound financial system, providing payment services to financial institutions, supporting the U.S. Treasury's financial operations, and advancing economic education, community development and fair access to credit. The Bank strives to maintain an engaging and exciting work environment that is both inviting and collegial.
The IT Division is looking for a Technical Platform Product Owner for one of FRB St. Louis’ core cloud platforms used to host internally and externally facing applications. You will be responsible for the product development and operational activities related to the build out, adoption, and ongoing maintenance of a cloud platform. In your role, you will work with a dedicated product team to manage the product lifecycle by writing user stories, defining clear acceptance criteria to address the needs of the customer. You will also be responsible for building and maintaining partnerships with application product team’s and help supporting the platform roadmap. This role is regularly in-office work requirement (onsite 3 days/week).
Responsibilities
Work with business and IT partners to develop inspiring product visions, derived from business needs into product roadmaps that are in alignment with business and IT strategies.
Interpret requirements, write user stories and work with technical teams, developers, business analysts, and internal constituents to determine the details.
Be the voice of the business customer, identifying gaps and opportunities for new capabilities, manages backlog, and prioritizes work within sprints.
Partner with Scrum master and technical teams to participate in agile ceremonies (sprint demos, retrospectives, sprint planning).
Make use of documentation, user studies, customer feedback, and operational metrics to identify opportunities for process and product improvement.
Maintain clear and consistent communication with relevant stakeholders.
Implement the product roadmap by assisting the team to deliver working software by gathering and understanding requirements.
Work with the cloud platform product manager to create a vision for the platform.
Coordinate release activities and monitor product performance, adoption and operational health.
Manage product documentation.
Participate in testing as needed.
Support overall activities and responsibilities of Product Management team.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree or commensurate experience.
3+ years relevant experience as a product owner within an agile team environment.
Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
You have curiosity and love solving problems using your creative and critical thinking skills.
Experience with a hybrid work environment; proficient in online collaboration tools like Jira, Confluence, Teams, or similar tools.
Must exhibit strong interpersonal skills and a collaborative style and can share technical ideas and approaches with others.
Familiarity with Kanban or Scrum Agile methodologies.
Can manage numerous programs and work processes simultaneously.
Experience using GitLab or Jira is a plus.
Certified Scrum Product Owner certification is a plus.
Travel (5%)
Total Rewards
Bring your passion and expertise, and we'll provide the opportunities that will challenge you and propel your growth—along with a wide range of benefits and perks that support your health, wealth, and life.
Salary: $88,600-113,000
In addition to competitive compensation, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that all brought together in a flexible work environment where you can truly find balance:
Generous paid time off
Tuition & Training assistance/reimbursement
401(k) match & Annuity/Pension fund
Top-notch health care benefits
Child and family care leave
Professional development opportunities
And more...
At the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, we believe the Federal Reserve most effectively serves the American public by building a more diverse and inclusive economy. Our commitment to diversity and inclusion, at all levels of the organization, has been one of our core values for many years and remains strong as we continue enhancing our efforts. Learn more about Bank’s culture.
The Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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Full Time / Part Time
Full time
Regular / Temporary
Regular
Job Exempt (Yes / No)
Yes
Job Category
Other
Work Shift
First (United States of America)
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