Role

This is a Sr. Specialist (Product Owner) role for the Corporate Data-as-a-Service program within the suite of Corporate products, based out of Pune. The team supports the delivery of Corporate solution in a fast-paced Agile environment.

The nature of our projects is centered on back end system interactions, it's highly database centric and involves file based communication with 3rd party data providers and issuers/processors. To achieve this, the focus of the Product Owner is to work within the detail of system interface specs, database research and gap analysis.

Understanding of customer needs and expertise in product platform to develop new products and influence overall product strategy
CDaaS roadmap in collaboration with Global and Regional Product teams, as well as Engineering team members
Manage a suite of Data products currently supporting both internal and external customers
Design and develop requirements for our cross-functional teams. Maintain a Product Backlog, creation and elaboration and Features and Stories for Engineering teams
Drive research efforts to understand customer needs and inform priorities and product decisions
Measure the impact of new data features and functionality and make changes as necessary
Lead the full product cycle from ideation to user research, design, development, launch and monitoring for product features
Take ownership of issues, develop recommendations and execute on proposal
Provide oversight and Product engagement of the commercial platform testing and release process to ensure product quality

This Role Requires The Successful Candidate To

Demonstrate energy and a desire to succeed, follow through on commitments and push self and others to deliver exceptional results
Proven track record of successful product development
Have engagement experience with a scaled agile methodology
Maintain a Product Backlog, create Features and Stories and perform Elaborations with Engineering partners
Interact successfully with clients, MasterCard Account Managers, Product, Technology and Operations support staff to meet the needs of our customers
Develop deep knowledge of MasterCard Smart Data suite and the entire commercial transaction flow
Translate product requirements into technical specifications, ensuring mutual understanding and minimizing time to market
Validate technical delivery and ensure that delivered functionality is fit-for-purpose

All About You

Highly proactive with strong coordination and organization skills – This is important for this role.
Knowledge and experience of working with JIRA/Rally and Aha will be preferred
Understanding of and experience with following technology aspects will be preferred and stand you in good stead –
MVC framework like Spring (batch, boot) and ORM framework like Hibernate
JMS/Messaging and middleware like WebSphere MQ/ Apache Kafka is a MUST
Oracle database and ability to write SQL queries
Solid analytical skills are essential, i.e. the ability to take high level requirements and drill these down into detailed functional and non functional requirements under your own initiative.
Comfortable working at a detailed level with interface specifications, running queries, doing high level technical analysis (to be able to facilitate and drive conversations)
Empowerment and accountability.
Committed to deliver on time and to quality.
Willingness to learn and get stuck in
Experience working with multiple global stakeholders
Desire to stay abreast with technology, new development tools and methods
Excellent written and verbal communication skills – clear and concise
Understanding of Payment domain, PCI, PII and other financial security requirements will be preferred

Senior Specialist, Product Management