Sr Agile Product Owner
Your Opportunity
Your opportunity
Your Opportunity:
At Schwab, you’re empowered to make an impact on your career. Here, innovative thought meets creative problem solving, helping us “challenge the status quo” and transform the finance industry together.
The Schwab Bank Platform Teamcreatesacollaborativeconnection between Business and Technologytoidentify,define, prioritize, and deliver high value Core Banking business capabilities and competitive bank features while optimizing for operations efficiency and scale.
As an Agile Product Owner, you will collaborate with key business and technology partners to define scope,managethescrumbacklog, interpret and refine requirements, develop Epics and Stories, and collaborate with other technology domains to help the team deliver technology solutions.The ideal candidate should possess an excellent understanding of Agilescrum and Agile SAFemethodology practicesand leadothers on the teamtoembrace the Agile discipline.
What you have
Required qualifications
- Bachelor’s degreein a technical discipline orequivalentexperience
- 5 years’ experience with Scaled Agile Framework and Agile Scrum methodology
- 5 years’ experience as an Agile Product Owner. Emphasis on business requirements development, technical systems and patterns, and scrum backlog management. Proven ability to create and refine Agile Epics and User Stories
- Deep understanding of Agile best practices and ability toeducate and influence others on the value of Agile
- Systems analysis skills including data mapping,interpreting code, understanding technical requirements, and analyzing the feasibility of proposed solutions
- Skilled at working with a technical scrum team to communicaterequirements and refine and sequence work to deliver technical solutions
- Ability to determine and document technical solutions to business problems
- Ability to analyze and communicate technology recommendations to business stakeholders
- Analyticalability to break down business requirements into technical work
- Confidence in presentingatactical vision to thescrumteam and management for both big-picture planning and day-to-daybacklog management
- Ability to align and unify stakeholders to a common goal
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, organizational and negotiation skills
- Stronginitiative tolead a technical team to success
- Extensive experience and commandof JIRA and Confluence
Preferred qualifications
- Experience withlendingbanking industry capabilities and technologies.
What’s in it for you
At Schwab, you’re empowered to shape your future. We champion your growth through meaningful work, continuous learning, and a culture of trust and collaboration—so you can build the skills to make a lasting impact. Our Hybrid Work and Flexibility approach balances our ongoing commitment to workplace flexibility, serving our clients, and our strong belief in the value of being together in person on a regular basis.
We offer a competitive benefits package that takes care of the whole you – both today and in the future:
- 401(k) with company match and Employee stock purchase plan
- Paid time for vacation, volunteering, and 28-day sabbatical after every 5 years of service for eligible positions
- Paid parental leave and family building benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
What you are good at
What you have
Required qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline or equivalent experience
- 5 years’ experience with Scaled Agile Framework and Agile Scrum methodology
- 5 years’ experience as an Agile Product Owner. Emphasis on business requirements development, technical systems and patterns, and scrum backlog management. Proven ability to create and refine Agile Epics and User Stories
- Deep understanding of Agile best practices and ability to educate and influence others on the value of Agile
- Systems analysis skills including data mapping, interpreting code, understanding technical requirements, and analyzing the feasibility of proposed solutions
- Skilled at working with a technical scrum team to communicate requirements and refine and sequence work to deliver technical solutions
- Ability to determine and document technical solutions to business problems
- Ability to analyze and communicate technology recommendations to business stakeholders
- Analytical ability to break down business requirements into technical work
- Confidence in presenting a tactical vision to the scrum team and management for both big-picture planning and day-to-day backlog management
- Ability to align and unify stakeholders to a common goal
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, organizational and negotiation skills
- Strong initiative to lead a technical team to success
- Extensive experience and command of JIRA and Confluence
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with lending banking industry capabilities and technologies.
Why Schwab?
At Schwab, “Own Your Tomorrow” embodies everything we do! We are committed to helping our employees unleash their potential and achieve their dreams. Our employees get to play a central role in disrupting a multi-trillion-dollar industry, creating a better, more modern way to build and manage wealth. We’re a modern financial services firm that stands apart from the industry, where you can go as far as your ambition takes you.
Hear from employees: What’s it like to work at Schwab!
The benefits of working at Schwab : a package designed to empower your health, wealth, career and life. Schwab is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued.
As an equal employment opportunity employer, our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to any status that is protected by law. (Please click here to see policy.)
Schwab is also an affirmative action employer, focused on advancing women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities in the workplace. We believe diversity and inclusion are part of our success as a company and our purpose of serving every client with passion and integrity.