Senior Product Owner - Financial Software

The Senior Product Owner will own the product vision and backlog for a critical financial analysis platform used to aggregate operational and financial data in order to calculate costs and revenues per operational unit.

The role is central to enabling financial control, profitability analysis, and strategic decision-making across the organization.

Our client is an international company located in Geneva

Description

• Own and communicate the product vision and quarterly roadmap aligned with Finance and IT priorities
• Gather, analyze, and translate business needs into Epics, Features, and Product Backlog Items with clear acceptance criteria
• Lead backlog refinement, prioritization, and define sprint goals
• Act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders, IT teams, and senior management
• Facilitate workshops, meetings, and stakeholder interviews to clarify and structure requirements
• Ensure strong traceability between business needs, solution design, and delivered functionality
• Coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and ensure delivered solutions meet business expectations
• Own validation and approval of features before production release
• Support solution design in collaboration with architects and development teams
• Manage dependencies, risks, and cross-team alignment proactively
• Ensure business continuity, including incident management and handling urgent business requests
• Contribute to continuous improvement and ongoing digital transformation initiatives
• Ensure proper documentation of processes, workflows, and system changes
• Maintain strong stakeholder engagement and drive decision-making across business and IT
• Build trust and act as a key partner to senior leadership

Profile

• 10 years of experience as a Product Owner or Senior Business Analyst in complex, data-intensive environments
• Strong experience working within Agile/Scrum or hybrid delivery methodologies
• Proven experience delivering financial or data platforms in international environments
• Strong understanding of financial concepts and data-driven decision-making (profitability, cost/revenue analysis)
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and structuring skills
• Strong ability to operate in ambiguous environments and bring clarity and structure
• Proven experience managing senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams
• Strong communication and facilitation skills
• Ability to extract and challenge business knowledge where documentation is limited
• Comfortable working in high-expectation environments with strong ownership mindset
• Fluent in English (French is a plus)
• Experience in trading, energy or financial services is a strong advantage
• Team player with strong ownership and accountability mindset

Job Offer

International environment