Project Product Owner

Project Product Owner


Nasdaq is looking for a Project Product Owner to join our team delivering solutions to customers seeking systems providing clearing, collateral management and settlement solutions, integrated with other downstream applications such as reporting and risk management applications. In this role, you will be responsible for managing the scope of the solution being delivered to a customer by keeping track of the size (complexity) of the identified scope, ensuring that the backlog is prioritised and managing changes.


Your Role and Responsibilities:


As a Project Product Owner, you will be responsible for owning the scope of the customer solution. You will be acting between business analysts, project managers and the development team to ensure that priorities are understood and scope increases (or decreases) are managed appropriately.


Furthermore you will:


Participate in design studies with new customers to perform gap analysis (which will be the project scope) between the Nasdaq offered product and the customer needs/wants.


Be a key person in customer projects leading the team backlog by producing the detailed prioritised sprint plan for an agile development team.


Collaborate with other Product Owners/Delivery leads to prioritize business needs into the right set of objectives and key results.


Collaborate with customers, developers, designers, project managers, key stakeholders and other teams to facilitate the team while gathering requirements and understanding customer needs.


Understand the scope and the technical solutions to help make decisions and provide additional project/product assistance when needed.


Lead the scope for changes and scope creep to ensure that the project/product stays on track of what was agreed on.


In some cases, write agile requirements according to customer needs.


You will bring:


A degree in Computer Science, Business, Finance or related discipline


2 to 5 years experience as a product owner


Excellent written and verbal communication skills


The ability to work closely with agile, cross functional development teams


Strong estimation and planning capabilities


Experience in working with Confluence and Jira


The ability to travel globally


It would be great if you have:


Additional business analysis experience


Experience in the financial technology industry


Does this sound like you?


This is a full-time position located in Stockholm/Umeå, Sweden or Toronto, Canada. As the recruitment process is ongoing, please submit your application in English as soon as possible. We will start reviewing applications August 15th.


About Nasdaq Sweden:


At Nasdaq, we provide our employees with the resources and opportunities they need to chart a career of achievement, growth and endless possibilities. Our people lead with integrity, take ownership, strive to fuel client success, consistently deliver value, and collaborate to play as a team to innovate at the highest level.


We offer our employees a strong compensation package that includes annual bonus, equity grants, as well as an employee stock purchase program. Nasdaq Sweden provides its employees 32 days of annual vacation (plus 1 additional flex day every two months), pension plan, health insurance, career development programs, and more. We advocate flexible ways of working, and have a hybrid remote/in-office setting.


Come as You Are


Nasdaq is an equal opportunity employer. We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of age, color, disability, national origin, ancestry, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.


We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.


Apply online: http://nasdaqinc.contacthr.com/114279181