Credit/Lending Product Owner / Tech Delivery Management

Job Description:

Job Title: Credit/Lending Product Owner / Tech Delivery Management

Corporate Title: Vice President

Location: Bromley

Company Overview:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities, and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We're devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

Location Overview:

Join our bustling Bromley office, situated in one of London's greenest boroughs. Here you'll find plentiful and easy commuting routes, with central London just 15 minutes away by train.

Role Description:

The individual will join the Change & Transformation organisation as the International Credit Product Owner supporting Tech Delivery and Platform Management. They will report directly to the EMEA Global Credit Operations Executive. The successful individual is required to have a solid background in platform, portfolio, change management with an understanding of the Syndicated & Corporate Lending, Credit Fulfilment & Loan Servicing Operations, Leasing and Trade Finance Operations.

The team is split across various international locations and US sites. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the International Specialized Credit & Loan Servicing Operations in EMEA, APAC, LATAM and Canada.

Responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Experience in leading teams through change & transformation.
• Drive process improvements and sustain a risk-free environment.
• Responsible for maximizing the value for a product.
• Defines the vision and roadmap for the product, defining and prioritizing stories in the product backlog, and articulating this to both stakeholders and the development team.
• Works closely with stakeholders to understand their needs, and with the Product Manager in a scaled Agile model to ensure there is alignment.
• Possess a working knowledge of the product, and basic understanding of the business or technology domain.
• With some guidance, creates the vision and roadmap for the product to align with strategic direction for the business or technology domain.
• Reviews and accepts stories and is empowered to make on-the-spot decisions on scope and requirements.
• Works in partnership with the team to ensure that optimum value is obtained through technology and through an advanced understanding of the business.
• Responsible for proper communication and compliance with regulatory requirements.

What we are looking for:

• You will have business solution architecture experience.
• You will have Credit/Lending/Leasing/Trade Finance Experience
• You will have product taxonomy, & operating model experience,
• You will have design validation & testing background.
• You will be deadline focused and have experience in working in a fast-moving environment.
• You will have an understanding and appreciation of risk appetite methodology and the bank risk culture

Skills that will help:

• Scaled Agile model certification.
• Ability to accurately handle platform & project health oversight.
• Good communication and time management skills
• Microsoft Office knowledge

Benefits of working at Bank of America

UK

• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner
• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons.
• 20 days of back-up childcare including virtual tutoring and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum
• The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness etc
• Use of a flex fund to use towards benefits
• Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, mental health first aiders and virtual GP services
• Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution
• Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership programme and receive discounted entry to some of the UK and Ireland's most iconic cultural institutions
• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local area

Bank of America

Good conduct and sound judgment is crucial to our long term success. It's important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.

We are an equal opportunity employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications, and experience.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.

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Location: Bromley, GB

Posted Date: 11/24/2024