Agile Product Owner

Our values define us and our culture inspires us to change lives for the better. Our employees are the heart and soul of our company, and every success we experience begins with them. Together we are committed to making a positive impact in our local communities. We champion a culture of continuous learning, work-life integration, and inclusion. We promote a digitally enabled work environment to continuously enhance the experience of our employees and customers.

This role is primarily responsible for maximizing the value delivered by the team through the Salesforce Financial Services cloud platform, by ensuring the team backlog is aligned with customer and stakeholder needs. The role guides and influences a team to envision, prioritize, and build digital products and solutions and is responsible for working with multiple stakeholders across the company to drive value through those technology solutions. Incumbents must build and manage key relationships, synthesize information from multiple sources, maintain business alignment in the team backlog, and communicate effectively with various audiences, all with a bias toward delivering activity aligned to Objective and Key Results (OKRs).

 

*Hybrid flexibility or remote work is available for this opportunity. Applicant must be willing to travel within the 5 state footprint (PA, MD, NJ, DE, VA) as needed. 

• Has end-to-end ownership of the entire value chain from ideation to lifecycle management. Makes data-driven decisions based on key performance indicators, user feedback, and market research to optimize product features and drive continuous improvement. Decides what work gets prioritized in the backlog, what work gets declined, and what work is moved forward. Builds requirements when work items get prioritized. Once an item is prioritized for a sprint, this role oversees the team’s activities to develop/test/implement the item. Is accountable for delivering stated value and benefits of all prioritized work.
• Uses OKRs as a cornerstone for team focus and manages the agile team’s product backlog and prioritizes based on changing requirements. Defines Minimal Viable Products and strategically de-scopes to achieve goals.
• Plays a key role in sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives and participates in scrum meetings. Works closely with others to develop and decide which user stories will be in the next sprints. Translates business requirements into clear and detailed user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Works closely with the agile team members to define and drive product vision and distill a product roadmap while guiding cross-functional focus to understand what to solution. Needs to have the ability to influence quantity and quality of work.
• Sets goals for the aligned team around productivity, effectiveness, quality, and speed of the delivery team, while aligning team activities to achieve LOB OKRs. Is accountable for goal achievement and team performance.
• Responsible for stakeholder communication and alignment and manages expectations with business sponsors and executives.
• Monitors industry trends, competitive landscape, and existing product or process pain points in order to refine existing and/or new product portfolio to derive maximum value for the organization. Decides how to address pain points and puts fixes into sprint work.

 

Education

Bachelor's degree or the equivalent experience in Business and Technology. (Required)

Master's degree or the equivalent experience in Business or Technology. (Preferred)

Required Experience

• Previous Salesforce platform experience.
• 2 or more years agile/DevSecOps experience. 
• 5 or more years demonstrated experience in independently influencing and engaging employees across all levels of the organization. 
• 5 or more years successfully leading a team, with or without direct reporting relationships. 
• 5 or more years resenting ideas and discussions with confidence and poise and to audiences at various levels of an organization, effectively engaging senior leaders and stakeholders. 
• 5 or more years experience enabling business capability and objectives through technology.

Preferred Experience

• 5 or more years financial institution experience. 

Preferred Certifications

• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or related. 

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to think critically and provide insights that influence decision-making reflecting a deep understanding of business objectives
• Ability to prioritize backlogs effectively 
• Ability to guide, inspire, and influence cross-functional teams 
• Team player with a professional presence able to influence all levels of the organization 
• Financial Institution Business acumen 
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with stakeholders and agile development teams

 

This role may perform other job duties as assigned by the manager. Each employee of the Organization, regardless of position, is accountable for reading, understanding and acting on the contents of all Company-assigned and/or job related Compliance Programs, regulations and policies and procedures, as well as ensure that all Compliance Training assignments are completed by established due dates. This includes but is not limited to, understanding and identifying compliance risks impacting their department(s), ensuring compliance with applicable laws or regulations, and escalating compliance risks to the appropriate level of management.

To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base salary ranges on all job postings regardless of state. We set standard salary ranges for our roles based on the position, function, and responsibilities, as benchmarked against similarly sized companies in our industry. Specific compensation offered will be determined based on a combination of factors including the candidate’s knowledge, skills, depth of work experience, and relevant licenses/credentials. The salary range may vary based on geographic location.

 

The salary range for this position is $118,200.00 - $197,000.00 annually.

Additional Compensation Components

 

This job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units. This job is eligible to participate in a short-term incentive compensation plan subject to individual and company performance.

Additionally, as part of our Total Rewards program, Fulton Bank offers a comprehensive benefits package to those who qualify. This includes medical plans with prescription drug coverage; flexible spending account or health savings account depending on the medical plan chosen; dental and vision insurance; life insurance; 401(k) program with employer match and Employee Stock Purchase Plan; paid time off programs including holiday pay and paid volunteer time; disability insurance coverage and maternity and parental leave; adoption assistance; educational assistance and a robust wellness program with financial incentives. To learn more about your potential eligibility for these programs, please visit Benefits & Wellness | Fulton Bank.

Fulton Bank (“Fulton”) is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all qualified persons. Fulton will recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job titles, and ensure that all other personnel actions are administered, without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, gender, gender identity, age, genetic information, marital status, disability, covered veteran status, or any other legally protected status.

As a condition of employment, individuals must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship for a work visa by Fulton Bank currently or in the future.