Technical Product Owner

Job title:

Technical Product Owner

Company:

Fexco

Job description

Recognised as one of the world’s original and most established Fintech organisations, headquartered in Kerry, Southwest Ireland. We operate in 29 countries across Europe, the Middle East, Asia-Pacific, North America and Latin America and we are growing! We pride ourselves in delivering an exceptional experience for each of our customers.We are seeking an experienced product owner to join our Innovation and Ventures Team through the next phase of growth as our customer base expands and our strategy evolves to meet the market opportunities in this rapidly evolving market.This exciting role is being offered on a full time, permanent basis. As part of the I&V team this role will focus on Dynamic Currency Conversion (DCC). DCC allows customers the benefit of paying for goods and services in their own currency when travelling abroad or shopping in foreign currencies. As the payments industry continues to evolve there is a growing need for new product features to support our clients across the globe. This is a technical role giving the successful candidate the opportunity to work very closely with our engineers to solve complex technical challenges and opportunities.The role is being offered on a full time basis with the opportunity to work from our offices based in Dublin or Kerry with flexibility to work a hybrid model.JOB PURPOSEAs a Product Owner, you will play a key role in providing strategic solutions to maximise the benefit of our DCC products. You will bring a keen understanding of the business value of technology, and you will help to create a culture where the focus always begins with customer challenges, and not simply technology for its own sake.As Product Owner, you will create and maintain the product backlog, prioritise work based on internal and external demand, and become a subject matter expert for the DCC businesses.MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Working with Product Management to drive and deliver product and service improvements for the DCC product suite.
• Translate the product roadmap into well-defined product requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Work with commercial teams and other stakeholders to refine requirements and ensure delivery on time and in budget
• Take ownership for Backlog, ensuring user stories are sprint ready.
• Prioritise and maintain the backlog, ensuring the delivery of requirements to the relevant stakeholders.
• Maintain documentation relating to existing and new product features
• Set and prioritise the work for the development team and review progress at the end of every sprint.
• Drive the collaboration between engineering, UX, and business users and other teams to refine and deliver the product backlog.
• Continuously review the backlog, refining priorities, outlining roadmap milestones and deliverables, and managing opportunities and risks.
• Liaise with Business and other stakeholders to refine requirements

EXPERIENCE & COMPETENCIES REQUIRED

• 3 years+ Product Owner experience, ideally in financial services, with experience working in an agile scrum.
• Strong technical acumen and experience in working on technical solutions
• Academic qualifications, with a bachelors’ degree or higher in computer science, software engineering, information systems, business analysis or equivalents
• Experience translating complex features and deliverables into Epics and user stories.
• Excellent problem solving, communication, collaboration, influencing, and interpersonal skills
• A multidisciplinary approach to thinking, combining market, business, and technical insights to identify opportunities.
• Be able to work under pressure and deliver a varied and busy workload to deadline
• Demonstrable personal organisation, including the ability to work autonomously and prioritise tasks accordingly whilst keeping the business up to date on project developments
• Passion and drive to understand, envisage and deliver customer needs in partnership with the Business.
• A high degree of self-motivation and curiosity
• Must be accurate, with excellent attention to detail
• Must be flexible and have a ‘can-do’ attitude and approach
• Has the ability to develop new ideas and improve ways of working

Fexco is an equal opportunities employer and is proud to foster a work environment where our people are supported and encouraged to be themselves. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and sections of society and each application is given fair consideration.LocationIreland – Dublin, Ireland – KerryLocation (postcode)V93 WN9TClosing Date16/05/2025Fexco is an equal opportunities employer and is proud to foster a work environment where our people are supported and encouraged to be themselves. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and sections of society and each application is given fair consideration.

Expected salary

Location

Dublin

Job date

Fri, 09 May 2025 03:17:12 GMT

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