Bank Agile Product Owner Senior

USAA • San Antonio, TX

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

At USAA, our mission is to empower our members to achieve financial security through highly competitive products, exceptional service and trusted advice. We seek to be the #1 choice for the military community and their families. Embrace a fulfilling career at USAA, where our core values – honesty, integrity, loyalty and service – define how we treat each other and our members. Be part of what truly makes us special and impactful. The Opportunity Are you a detail-oriented IT professional skilled in backend systems and dedicated to ensuring operational efficiency and regulatory compliance? Join our team to execute critical IT initiatives, focusing on backend file structures, accurate agency reporting, and system support for consumer fulfillment processes, including SCRA compliance. You'll play a key role in streamlining back-office operations and, long-term, contribute to refining business processes and documenting requirements that enhance member value and IT execution. This role is pivotal in ensuring the accurate and efficient flow of information behind the scenes, laying the groundwork for future member-facing enhancements. We offer a flexible work environment that requires an individual to be in the office 4 days per week. This position can be based in one of the following locations: San Antonio, TX or Plano, TX. Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree: OR 4 years of related experience (in addition to the minimum years of experience required) may be substituted in lieu of degree.
• Minimum 6 years’ experience in process improvement, project delivery, business/requirements analysis or directly related to supported business operations/product line.
• Knowledge of multiple technical software delivery methodologies (i.e., Agile, Waterfall, SAFe).
• Advanced experience analyzing business requirements, process flows and use cases to identify opportunities to streamline business processes in accordance with risk management framework and regulatory requirements.
• Advanced knowledge and demonstrated use of Process Engineering methodologies.
• Working knowledge of applicable banking, regulatory, compliance policies including applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
• Communicates difficult concepts and negotiates with others to adopt a different point of view.

Nice To Haves

• Proven ability to execute IT projects, ensuring successful delivery of requested scope and achievement of expected outcomes, with a focus on backend systems and accurate reporting to agencies.
• Experience in back-office IT operations, including managing file structures, ensuring accurate bank and consumer reporting, and supporting regulatory and compliance requirements, with a capacity to contribute to process refinement and detailed documentation for IT execution.
• Experience in designing, developing, and maintaining automated test suites and proficiency in API testing tools.
• High adaptability to change in highly regulated environments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present to all levels of management.
• Strong ability to build and maintain cross functional relationships (e.g. with enterprise partners, product management, operations, legal and compliance teams).

Responsibilities

• Accountable for communicating and driving the vision and strategy effectively to key stakeholders and bank agile team members.
• Ensures delivery of quality product and member experience solutions through collaboration with stakeholders to determine business needs.
• Responsible for working closely with the Team-of-Teams Lead to assist in clarifying and driving alignment on the business strategy, goals, and objectives.
• Translates this understanding into a clear vision for the Bank agile team to inform the creation and prioritization of the Bank agile team’s backlog of work.
• Partner with Team-of-Teams Lead to define and clearly communicate acceptance criteria for output based on business requirements and customer needs.
• Anticipate and solve complex issues using a data-driven approach to decision making including allocating funds and developing and tracking Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) that drive Bank product success.
• Delivers against Bank agile team level OKRs.
• Acts as “voice of the end-user”.
• Proactively seek customer feedback to learn and better understand their needs and requirements to ensure end user value is delivered to the marketplace.
• Own Bank agile team backlog (grooming, prioritization, and refinement).
• Responsible for maintaining a groomed backlog of user stories; works with the Agile Bank agile team to estimate story size and complexity.
• Optimize the flow of value through the multi-bank agile team agile environment and progresses towards objectives, goals, and commitments, while removing impediments, resolving conflicts, and managing risks and issues.
• Begin to take a strategic view and think proactively about the right way to meet objectives.
• Act in service of the bank agile team's needs and goals; offer feedback on work-in-progress, clarifies requirements, anticipates and removes roadblocks or impediments that may prevent the Bank agile team from progressing on objectives and answers questions.
• Look for opportunities for continuous Bank agile team and process improvement.
• Makes recommendations to leadership.
• May lead functional bank agile teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity.

Benefits

• At USAA our employees enjoy best-in-class benefits to support their physical, financial, and emotional wellness.
• These benefits include comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans, 401(k), pension, life insurance, parental benefits, adoption assistance, paid time off program with paid holidays plus 16 paid volunteer hours, and various wellness programs.
• Additionally, our career path planning and continuing education assists employees with their professional goals.
• For more details on our outstanding benefits, visit our benefits page on USAAjobs.com.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level