Product Owner M/F

Business type

Types of Jobs - Operations

Job title

Product Owner M/F

Contract type

Fixed-Term Contract

Job summary

Do you know how to turn different stakeholder needs into clear product goals, well-considered priorities and measurable value? As Product Owner at CACEIS, you will maximise the value delivered by our products and services by taking ownership of a clear, well-prioritised Product Backlog. Together with stakeholders and agile teams, you will ensure that the product vision is clear, value is understood and measured, and attention is focused on the work with the greatest impact.

The products and services you will help shape are part of the CACEIS Pension Centre (CPC). CPC provides specialised services to pension funds, insurers and other institutional investors across Europe. Through our modular front-to-back service model, we operate as an extension of our clients’ asset management organisations, supported by an in-depth understanding of asset management, investment strategies and investment processes.

Your work will focus on the services and processes supported by SimCorp Dimension. By bringing together different perspectives, you will determine which improvements create the greatest value, balancing client needs and business growth with operational efficiency, regulatory requirements, incident reduction and risk management. Through the priorities you set, you will provide clarity for our agile teams and contribute to the quality and continued development of our investment services.

What will you do as a Product Owner?

• Translate the product vision into clear product goals and a focused roadmap that provides direction to the agile teams and stakeholders
• Create, maintain and prioritise a transparent Product Backlog, ensuring that items are clear, complete, testable and ready before work begins
• Use product KPIs, incident trends, client feedback and operational insights to balance client impact and business value with operational efficiency, regulatory requirements, risk reduction, technical debt and required effort
• Act as a key point of contact for stakeholders and end users, bring together their needs, manage expectations and clearly explain your priorities, decisions and trade-offs
• Work closely with the agile teams and play an active role in Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews and Retrospectives, providing clarification and making timely product decisions
• Divide backlog items into manageable, testable and releasable increments and assess their readiness for release based on acceptance criteria, testing and relevant risk controls. Support smooth deployment and use feedback and production performance to guide further improvements
• Ensure that regulatory, compliance, security and operational-resilience requirements are reflected in the Product Backlog and support the stability and continuity of our services
• Monitor product performance, promote continuous improvement and identify opportunities to automate, simplify and standardise processes, while sharing best practices in Product Ownership and Agile ways of working

Supplementary Information

• Help establish CPC’s Product Increment Planning process by setting clear objectives for each planning period, preparing the highest-priority backlog items and aligning dependencies across Agile Teams.

What makes it interesting to work at CACEIS?

CACEIS Bank NL is part of the CACEIS Group and is supported by Crédit Agricole S.A.. As a rapidly growing, modern administrative bank, we safeguard, protect, and value securities portfolios of professional investors. Directly and indirectly, we help manage the assets of (grand)parents, children, and grandchildren in over 70 markets worldwide. We strive to do this in a way that enables prosperity for future generations.

That's why at CACEIS you will find:

• Good employment conditions, including a 13th month, a good pension, 27 vacation days, free travel by train, a laptop and telephone allowance etc.
• The freedom to share good ideas and often the possibility to implement them yourself.
• A job with a social responsibility. Your work matters, for a lot of people.
• Craftsmanship in the field of investment services. You work together with other specialists, the latest technologies and plenty of innovation.
• We bring colleagues, customers and partners together to realize solutions.
• At CACEIS we believe that diversity and inclusion are the key to growth and innovation!

Are you the Product Owner we are looking for?

You can use the ‘apply button’ or send your CV and motivation directly to the recruiter via [email protected]

Minimal education level

Bachelor Degree / BSc Degree or equivalent

Academic qualification / Speciality

• A completed bachelor’s degree

Level of minimal experience

6-10 years

Experience

What do you bring as a Product Owner?

• A completed bachelor’s degree
• At least eight years of relevant professional experience. Experience in asset servicing, investment services or the broader financial sector is an advantage
• Strong working knowledge of SimCorp Dimension is essential for this role.
• The ability to develop and communicate a clear vision, set priorities and make well-considered decisions in a complex environment
• Strong stakeholder-management and communication skills, combined with the ability to bring together different perspectives, build support and explain choices clearly
• An analytical and data-driven approach that enables you to assess value, impact and risk and turn insights into practical actions
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to translate complex needs into clear, complete and actionable backlog items
• A collaborative and adaptable mindset, a strong sense of ownership and the drive to turn plans into tangible results
• You can communicate effectively in English. Proficiency in Dutch is an advantage
• Product Owner training is an advantage, as is certification in Product Ownership or Scrum

Languages

Dutch & English