Technical Product Owner - Core Banking

About Brite
Founded in 2019, Brite Payments is a leading open banking-powered account-to-account (A2A) payment provider of instant payments, payouts, and other financial services in Europe. Brite is committed to creating fast, secure, and transparent payment solutions that reduce risk for businesses and provide consumers with the best possible payment experience.
At the heart of Brite is our proprietary instant payments network, Brite IPN, which enables real-time, 24/7 transaction processing with no delays, sign-ups, or card details required. Today, Brite connects with over 3,800 banks in 27 European markets and is committed to delivering cutting-edge, next-generation payment solutions that meet the market’s evolving needs.
Headquartered in Stockholm, Brite has offices in London and Malaga and now numbers over 150 colleagues.
Want to join us on our journey? The future is Brite!
What you will do
Brite’s product suite and strategic expansion into new verticals and markets hinge primarily on its ability to ensure product-market fit, making the product team a key cornerstone of the overall success of the business. As a key part of the product team, the Product Owner is also vital in defining the culture and ways of working at Brite.
As the Technical Product Owner for Core Banking, you will lead a team responsible for building the core business functionalities that serve as the foundation for other product teams. You will manage a domain with high transaction volumes, requiring complex performance optimizations. This role demands a deep understanding of the Payments industry, along with technical expertise in managing high-volume transaction systems within cloud environments.
You will collaborate closely with both internal and external stakeholders to define product requirements, prioritize features, and ensure alignment with company goals and industry standards.
Responsibilities for the Technical Product Owner include (but are not limited to):
Lead, mentor, and inspire the team, fostering a collaborative and high-performance environment.
Assume technical ownership of the product, driving decisions on architecture and implementation while ensuring alignment with overall business objectives.
Prioritize and maintain the product backlog, ensuring it aligns with the business objectives and customer needs.
Write clear and detailed user stories with acceptance criteria, ensuring that they are well-understood by the development team.
Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and maintain alignment.
You own the delivery for the CORE team at Brite. You make sure that product development happens in an efficient and structured way and in line with agreed timelines.
Promote adherence to Agile principles, granting the team autonomy in their workflow while guiding them to stay aligned with Agile best practices.
Gather and analyze customer feedback to continuously improve the product.

Required Skills
3+ years of from a leading role in a product development environment.
General knowledge about the payments industry or extensive experience from high transaction environments.
Engineering background in cloud platforms, preferably GCP.
Knowledge and experience from leading development teams in an agile environment.
Key qualities are integrity, analytical skills and ability to create buy-in around you. You enjoy taking the lead and bringing people along on the journey.
Strong drive and interest in building great products.

Good to have
Experience from working within a regulated Financial Services business.
Understanding of how PSD2 impacts the payments and financial industry.
A strong entrepreneurial mindset.

What we offer
Join Europe’s hottest Fintech, founded and led by industry veterans, with a recent $60M series A funding.
An opportunity to make a significant impact while working alongside experienced leaders who have a proven track record of success.
An optimistic, caring, and inclusive culture where we want you to be yourself
A positive, empathetic, and inclusive culture that encourages you to be yourself, with a commitment to continuous learning and knowledge exchange.

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