Product Owner

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the team backlog, ensuring alignment with customer, stakeholder, and business needs
• Prioritize backlog items based on business value, strategic objectives, and delivery readiness
• Translate complex business needs into clear, actionable user stories for the Agile team
• Serve as the voice of the customer, representing end-user requirements within the development lifecycle
• Partner with Product Management to ensure team execution aligns with the broader solution vision
• Support the operations and maintenance of client portal solutions, including eBIP, eTCC, and TREMS
• Collaborate with geographically distributed and virtual teams to drive continuous improvements

Requirements

• Master's degree with 5 years of experience or a Bachelor's degree with 7 years of relevant experience
• 10+ years of experience developing, operating, and maintaining complex financial applications
• Proven experience working in a Scaled Agile (SAFe) product team, including PI planning and execution
• Demonstrated experience working effectively with virtual, multi-cultural teams across multiple time zones
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to bridge business and technical stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in financial services or other highly regulated environments
• Familiarity with SAFe Agile or similar scaled delivery frameworks
• Experience supporting enterprise platforms requiring coordination across compliance, operations, and technology teams

About the Company

The World Bank Group is a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity, and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and over 130 offices worldwide, we invest in groundbreaking projects and use data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges.