Product Owner / Delivery Manager, Budapest

Lab49 seeks a

hybrid Product Owner & Delivery Manager to spearhead transformative projects across the Financial Services sector for our elite clients. In this pivotal role, you'll drive innovation, deliver high-impact solutions in a cross-functional agile environment, and play a key role in expanding our client relationships and identifying new business opportunities. Your ability to balance product excellence with strategic business growth will be crucial to our continued success.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead lean product discoveries and development for complex financial products

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and execute product roadmaps

Engage with stakeholders, presenting insights, strategies, and progress updates

Bridge the business and end-user needs with development capabilities,

Transform requirements into well-defined user stories aligned with the development team

Collaborate with product UX/UI design to prioritize and detail product definition needs and provide feedback

Technical fluency to ensure feasibility

Identify and manage technical dependencies between development teams

Manage the overall delivery of t product, facilitate agile ceremonies, track progress, manage delivery timelines and expectations, and support the team in resolving impediments

Own the scrum delivery process, continuously improve and adapt

Define, schedule and coordinate software releases with key stakeholders

Track budget, costs, allocations to different workstreams and update forecasts

Cultivate strong client relationships to ensure project success and identify new opportunities

Translate intricate financial concepts into tangible artifacts and actionable product strategies

Qualifications:

Extensive experience in the financial sector and product management

Deep understanding of financial services landscape and trends

Demonstrated experience in product development

Proven ability to manage full product lifecycles from discovery to delivery

Strong communication skills, adept at stakeholder management

Analytical mindset with a focus on user-centric approaches

Good understanding of technical aspects, experience with frontend related development, and data heavy platforms

We work across various financial services domains. For this role, experience in Trading, Portfolio Management, and Risk Managementis a plus

Core Product and Delivery Skills:

Strong product mindset including hypothesis driven development and data-driven results

User-centered thinking and ability to collaborate with UX teams

Strategic road mapping and prioritization

Agile methodologies and practices

Day-to-day backlog management

Data-driven decision making

Stakeholder management and communication

Delivery and Project management

Leadership and Relationship Building:

Ability to mobilize cross-functional teams towards achieving key business outcomes

Driving and demonstrating business value

Expertise in navigating complex client ecosystems and building long-term partnerships

Skill in identifying and capitalizing on new business opportunities within existing client relationships

Capacity to influence and gain buy-in from both internal stakeholders and client executives

Additional Information

Lab49/ION is committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive environment for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We respect the varied identities, abilities, cultures, and traditions of the individuals who comprise our organization and recognize the value that different backgrounds and points of view bring to our business.

Lab49/ION adheres to an equal employment opportunity policy that prohibits discriminatory practices or harassment against applicants or employees based on any legally impermissible factor.

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