Job description

At Silent Eight, we develop our own AI-based products to combat financial crimes that enable things like money laundering, the financing of terrorism, and systemic corruption. We’re a leading RegTech firm working with large international financial institutions such as Standard Chartered Bank and HSBC. Join us and help make the world a safer place!

Role summary:

As the Product Owner you will be responsible for working with customers to understand their business needs, refining and prioritizing the product backlog to ensure those needs are met, and helping drive the overall direction of the product. Your objective will be to maximize product value.

Key duties:

Utilize strong communication and influencing skills with internal stakeholders and customers to develop product roadmaps and ensure the product direction supports business objectives
Liaise with business stakeholders, sales representatives and technical development teams to communicate product vision and goals
Gather, analyze and document complex business requirements and translate them into clear and concise technical specifications
Ensure that development teams are working on the most important product features
Participate in backlog management activities: prioritization, technical refinement, iteration planning, and breaking down epics into manageable user stories
Define acceptance criteria and manage story acceptance
Communicate progress and status to stakeholders and customers, and escalate risks as needed
Conduct internal and external product trainings and support customer implementations
Build expertise in the sanction screening and financial crime surveillance domains.

Requirements:

5+ years of relevant work experience in technical product ownership
3+ years of experience with Scrum/Agile development methodologies
Experience in working with software development teams
Experience building product roadmaps and working in roadmap and requirements management systems such as Aha, Jira or Azure
Experience with sanctions screening or AML transaction monitoring preferred.

We offer

Engagement type: B2B contract
Competetive salary
Employee stock options
Paid days to balance your work and life in a way that suits you best
Location: Fully-remote, forever
Career growth: Promotion and great development opportunities within the organization
Passionate leadership
Collaborative team
The chance to be an integral part of an award-winning, fast growing rEGtech company that values a friendly working atmosphere.