Product Owner - Banking & Financial Consulting Services

Product Owner - Banking & Financial Consulting Services

Location: Atlanta, Georgia

ABOUT US

Cognizant is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating, and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build, and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com .

COGNIZANT CONSULTING

Within Cognizant is Cognizant Consulting, a global consulting organization delivering strategic and domain consulting through industry and technology expertise. With over 6,000 consultants worldwide, Cognizant offers high-value consulting services that improve business performance and operational productivity, lower operational expenses and enhance overall performance. Clients draw upon our deep industry expertise, program, and change management capabilities, and analytical objectivity to help improve business productivity, drive technology-enabled business transformation and increase shareholder value. We provide a number of Business/IT Consulting Services including Business Strategy, IT Strategy & Roadmap Development, Process Re-Engineering & Transformation, Enterprise Architecture & Technology Selection, and Domain Solutions. The Cognizant Consulting team is a high performing organization that is continually expanding our client base and increasingly being recommended by analysts such as Forrester and Gartner. And we are growing!

The Role

Our Banking and Financial Services (BFS) Consulting practice is looking for Consultant to join our growing practice.

As a Business Analyst / Product Owner (PO) for the Zelle Disbursements program, play a pivotal role in defining requirements for this program. The PO will be responsible for defining, prioritizing, and managing the product roadmap in collaboration with the client Product owner. Document the requirements and groom them with the scrum teams and participate in the solution discussions and support the team in successful delivery of the program by providing subject matter expertise

We're looking for Consultant who can deliver within Cognizant's Five Pillars of Consulting: 1) Project Execution, 2) Expertise, 3) Business Development, 4) Practice Development, & 5) People Development. As a Consultant, this means creating high-quality client deliverables and taking ownership (with supervision) of producing client content and meeting client expectations; developing an expertise in your functional area, including obtaining certifications; contributing to Client Satisfaction and/or RFPs; supporting leadership and contributing to content development for service offerings; and participating in People Care initiatives and exhibiting personal leadership at all times. In addition to enabling consulting excellence through the Five Pillars of Consulting, the specific requirements for this position are below.

Our solutions are in demand and we're passionate about making a difference. If you have experience with the above, are a selfless leader, and are committed to client-facing environment; if you want to grow your career with a team that wants to build something great together, we want to hear from you! Apply now!

Responsibilities

• Clearly communicate business priorities to partners in tech, design, and controls

• Translate complex business needs into technical solution requirements and interact with the Software developers, architects, and other technical team members to build the payment systems.
• Work through System Integrated Testing (SIT) and API Testing to validate end-to-end system functionality using software tools.
• Analyze data to identify trends, patterns, and insights that inform business decisions using software programming languages.

• Develop and manage the product roadmap and drive prioritization of features while balancing customer and business impacts

• Lead product development by working with Engineering and Design to drive team ceremonies, such as refinement, sprint planning, and product reviews

• Leverage data to understand user behavior and shape your product roadmap

Qualification

• A minimum of 5 - 7 years of Product Owner experience in Banking & Financial services
• Bachelor's or master's degree from an accredited college or university, or equivalent relevant experience

• Proven experience as a Product Owner in the B2B payments industry, with a strong understanding of RTP, ACH, and FedNow systems.

• Deep knowledge of Agile methodologies and Scrum framework.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

• Experience with Zelle or other real-time payment systems.

• Familiarity with payment hub integration with other backend systems for payment processing.

• Translate complex business needs into technical solution requirements and interact with the Software developers, architects, and other technical team members to build the payment systems.

• Having solid understanding of software development practices, system design & architecture, API development, cloud and database concepts, and ability to analyze software code.

• Experienced in System Integrated Testing (SIT) and API Testing

• Experienced in data analysis to identify trends, patterns, and insights that inform business decisions using software programming languages.

• Ability to travel as per business requirments

• The embodiment of Cognizant's Core Values of: Start with a point of view; Seek data, build knowledge; Always strive, never settle; Work as one; Create conditions for everyone to thrive; Do the right thing, the right way

Work Authorization

• Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship (H-1B, L-1B, L-1A, etc.)

The Cognizant community:
We are a high caliber team who appreciate and support one another. Our people uphold an energetic, collaborative and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

• Cognizant is a global community with more than 345,000 associates around the world.
• We don't just dream of a better way - we make it happen.
• We take care of our people, clients, company, communities and climate by doing what's right.
• We foster an innovative environment where you can build the career path that's right for you.

About us:
Cognizant (Nasdaq-100: CTSH) is one of the world's leading professional services companies, helping organizations modernize technology, reimagine processes and transform experiences so they stay ahead in a fast-changing world.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion:
Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer that embraces diversity, champions equity and values inclusion. We are dedicated to nurturing a community where everyone feels heard, accepted and welcome. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state or local laws.

Disclaimer:
Compensation information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Applicants may be required to attend interviews in person or by video conference. In addition, candidates may be required to present their current state or government issued ID during each interview.