Product Owner III

Job Title

This role is responsible for supporting the Product Manager in the execution and delivery of CoBank's capabilities, customer and associate experiences.

You will partner and develop relationships with stakeholders to align with business strategy and quickly respond to opportunities. Effectively prioritizes the Agile Team backlog, within the SAFe Agile framework, to deliver the most valuable initiatives for the Bank and its customers. In this position, you will be responsible for building the backlog of work deliverables in Azure Dev Ops by decomposing prioritized Features into the detailed User Stories for their Agile delivery team. In partnership with the Product Manager and Scrum Master, identifies, assesses, arbitrates and resolves conflicts and/or variances between functional group sub-processes and customer requirements. Oversees work process standardization, documentation, optimization and scalability.

Essential Functions

Manages planning and delivery of key themes, through translating and decomposing Features and User Stories. Works with Agile Delivery teams to organize and prioritize work efforts through Planning Intervals (PI).

Serves as a strategic thought leader and drives Agile team PI objectives with business outcomes and success metrics, design thinking, customer feedback and competitive analysis.

Works with and assists Product Manager in the identification and establishment of the desired future state, development of a strategic roadmap relating to EE processes, data, supporting features & functionality, controls required to ensure dependability, scalability and defensibility. Works with Leadership to communicate desired future state across relevant CoBank departments, functional and sub-process groups.

Crafts user stories for the enterprise capability, working directly with the delivery teams to deliver value.

Works across team to ascertain, review and address the effectiveness and optimization challenges, and works with Leadership and across the governance structure to mitigate and resolve risks and issues relating to: associate engagement, behaviors, knowledge and skills, organizational priorities and/or dependencies, change and process improvement challenges.

Interfaces with 3rd party vendors and contractors, where required, to deliver necessary pieces of our technical product with time-to-market excellence.

Collaborates cross-functionally to coordinate and manage resources and activities maximizing impact and overall return on investment.

Maintains awareness and understanding the market and farm credit's niche landscape in order to maintain competitiveness. Ensures product compliance with bank policies and regulatory standards. Maintains expertise regarding competition, best practices and benchmarks.

Education

Bachelor's Degree required

Work Experience

5 years of experience in financial industry, required

5 years of experience with Platform/ Program/ Product Management/Consulting, required

SAFe POPM and SAFe APM certification

Deep experience working with Technology, Data, UX/UI

Using narratives to convey complex ideas and inspire action.

Applies deep experience with collecting and analyzing data through user research, usability testing, and other quantitative and qualitative approaches.

Proficiency in using analytics tools to measure key performance indicators (KPIs) related to user engagement, conversion rates, and overall product success.

Strong experience with conversion rates, bounce rates, engagement metrics, and more.

Strong experience with conducting A/B tests to compare different design versions with user groups and determine which performs better.

About CoBank

The typical base pay range for this role is between $119,200 - $146,640. Compensation may vary based on individual job-related knowledge, skills, expertise, and experience. This position is eligible for a discretionary annual incentive program driven by organization and individual performance.

The listed salary, other compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. This job will be posted for a minimum of five (5) business days or until the position is filled. CoBank reserves the right to adjust compensation for all positions and to modify or discontinue benefits programs at any time in its sole discretion, subject to applicable law.

CoBank is a cooperative bank serving vital industries across rural America. The bank provides loans, leases, export financing and other financial services to agribusinesses and rural power, water and communications providers in all 50 states. The bank also provides wholesale loans and other financial services to affiliated Farm Credit associations serving more than 76,000 farmers, ranchers and other rural borrowers in 23 states around the country. CoBank is a member of the Farm Credit System, a nationwide network of banks and retail lending associations chartered to support the borrowing needs of U.S. agriculture, rural infrastructure and rural communities. Headquartered outside Denver, Colorado, CoBank serves customers from regional banking centers across the U.S. and also maintains an international representative office in Singapore.

CoBank is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.