API Technical Product Owner - VP

About the role

Barclays is hiring a BUK TESCO Bank IN- Platforms-API Technical Product Owner at Vice President level, based in its Bengaluru, India office. The role works with product owners and technical teams to turn the product roadmap into reality, bringing subject-matter expertise to the collaboration between product and technology, and supporting the development and implementation of the product strategy.

Key responsibilities

• Provide subject-matter expertise to support collaboration between the product owner and the technical side of product development.
• Support the development and implementation of the product strategy and vision, communicating it to stakeholders and the development team.
• Work with internal stakeholders to gather and prioritise product requirements and features based on business value and feasibility.
• Develop assessments to ensure continuous testing and improvement of product quality and performance.
• Monitor product performance to identify optimisation opportunities meeting the bank's performance standards.
• Stay up to date with industry technology trends and adopt new approaches to improve product development and delivery.

Required profile

• Experience delivering API/integration changes across the full lifecycle, working with engineering, architecture and third parties.
• Ability to read and translate Open API/Swagger specifications and UCRs into user stories, acceptance criteria and data models.
• Proven experience in process mapping, gap analysis, stakeholder management, retail and digital banking, payments and card processing.
• Good understanding of KYC/AML compliance, core banking systems, financial products and services, and risk and regulatory requirements.

Required skills

• Strong understanding of SDLC, Agile, Scrum and DevOps practices.
• Understanding of software engineering concepts and system architecture.
• Experience with Agile tools such as Jira, AWS, DevOps or Confluence.