Technical Product Owner, Core Processor - AVP

Description

The role is about designing, building and improving software with a range of engineering methods, giving customers and colleagues business, platform and technology capabilities.

You will set the vision, strategy and delivery for next-generation Core Processor integration platforms that support the company's digital transformation.

The platforms cover API services, event streaming, cloud-native capabilities and secure file exchange, built to run scalable, resilient, real-time services across the company.

The work supports millions of customer transactions and modernises core processor integrations using AWS, APIs, Kafka event streaming and S3-based patterns.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship high-quality software with current languages, frameworks and tools, keeping code scalable, maintainable and fast.
• Work with product managers, designers and engineers to define requirements, shape solution approaches and align integration with business goals.
• Review colleagues' code and share knowledge to raise code quality across the team.
• Track industry technology trends and take part in internal technology communities to build technical depth.
• Apply secure coding practices to reduce vulnerabilities and protect sensitive data.
• Write unit tests that check design, readability and reliability.
• Lead a team on complex work that affects the whole business function: set objectives, coach people, assess performance against those objectives and decide reward outcomes.
• If you manage people, show the four LEAD behaviours: listen and be authentic, energise and inspire, align across the enterprise, and develop others.
• As an individual contributor, lead collaborative assignments, guide team members through structured work, bring in other specialisms when needed and propose new directions that combine cross-functional methods.
• Advise on complex issues and support people leaders in resolving escalated problems.
• Find ways to reduce risk, write new policies and procedures for control and governance, and own risk and control strengthening for your work.
• Analyse data from internal and external sources to solve problems creatively.
• Explain complex or sensitive information clearly to different audiences and influence stakeholders to reach outcomes.
• Shape decisions and policy, take responsibility for operational effectiveness, and work closely with other functions and business divisions.

Requirements

• Product ownership, product management or platform management experience delivering enterprise technology in banking, payments, financial services or processor modernisation.
• Strong knowledge of core processing, card processing, payment processing, authorisation services, transaction lifecycles and processor integration models.
• Skill in API product management, REST APIs, microservices, API governance and API platforms such as AWS API Gateway, Apigee, MuleSoft, Kong or similar.
• Proven work with event-driven architecture, Apache Kafka, Amazon MSK, event streaming, schema governance, replay processing, retry frameworks and DLQ patterns.
• Deep understanding of AWS services including EKS, ECS/Fargate, Lambda, API Gateway, EventBridge, SNS, SQS, DynamoDB, S3, IAM, KMS, PrivateLink and Route 53, with experience designing cloud-native integrations.
• Highly valued: certifications such as CSPO, PSPO or SAFe POPM, or AWS Solutions Architect, AWS Developer or AWS Advanced Networking.
• Highly valued: experience with TSYS, Fiserv, FIS, First Data, card processors, payment networks, digital banking platforms or large-scale processor modernisation programmes.
• Highly valued: knowledge of S3-based file transfer, API modernisation and event streaming architectures in regulated environments.
• Highly valued: experience with DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, platform observability, resiliency engineering and operational governance frameworks.
• Highly valued: understanding of cloud security, risk governance, compliance frameworks and financial services regulatory requirements.
• You may be assessed on risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, and job-specific technical skills.

Conditions

Based in the Whippany, NJ office.

Base salary range is $120,000 to $175,000, covering base pay only and excluding other compensation or benefits.

Colleagues are expected to live the company's values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship, and its mindset to Empower, Challenge and Drive.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision coverage, a 401(k), life insurance and paid leave for qualifying circumstances.
• Eligible for an incentive award.