Product Owner

Do you thrive at the intersection of compliance, technology, and product delivery? Are you skilled at partnering with business and technical teams to deliver solutions that meet evolving regulatory requirements? If you have experience managing complex product portfolios, defining compliance-driven requirements, and driving successful project execution, we invite you to join Western Union as a Product Owner and play a key role in strengthening our global compliance capabilities.

• →Organizing and effectively running the daily activities of Western Union’s List Processing and Screening Portfolio for Agent and Account Based Relationships.
• →Primary responsibilities include building and maintaining relationships with leaders and key stakeholders to understand, articulate, and communicate strategic priorities.
• →Collaborate with various groups around the globe, to become a SME for key workstreams.
• →Will require effective communication of enhancements, issues, and updates to leaders and stakeholders in both small and large forums.
• →Will require feature and enhancement management to the program to support product or regulatory needs. 
• →Feature management, business requirement development, creation of user stories, acceptance criteria creation, and backlog management, prioritization and close alignment with development of scrum teams.
• →Will function as a core member of an enterprise team, consistent of product managers, analysts, scrum masters, application developers, testers, and business owners/stakeholders. 
• →Key components of job performance are quality, productivity, and effective communication. May participate on project teams representing AML Compliance.

• Demonstrated knowledge of Sanctions and AML/Banking Regulations strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills. 
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills. Detail oriented. 
• Must possess well developed interpersonal skills and be able to function well within a team-oriented environment.
• Must be able to perform independently with minimal supervision and with a high level of autonomy. 
• Able to take a lead role and provide leadership to others in the department.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with both technical and business partners.  
• Capable of balancing pressure and deadlines with changing priorities.
• Ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience in delivering well-documented user stories and requirements. 
• Working knowledge of MS Suite is preferred.
• Prefer experience in compliance including knowledge and understanding of anti-money laundering acts, laws, and regulations as well as anti-money laundering issues and trends. 
• Familiarity with Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, XP, etc) and tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Figma.

Western Union is positioned to become the world’s most accessible financial services company transforming lives and communities. To support this, we have launched a Digital Banking Service and Wallet across several European markets to enhance our customers’ experiences by offering a state-of-the-art digital Ecosystem. More than moving money, we design easy-to-use products and services for our digital and physical financial ecosystem that help our customers move forward.

Just as we help our global customers prosper, we support our employees in achieving their professional aspirations. You’ll have plenty of opportunities to learn new skills and build a career, as well as receive a great compensation package. If you’re ready to help drive the future of financial services, it’s time for the Western Union. Learn more about our purpose and people at https://careers.westernunion.com.