Job Description:

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.

• 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. Is experienced in the role of a Product Owner, expert of the product, and has a deep understanding of the business or technology domain.
• Creates the vision and roadmap for the product to align with strategic direction for the business or technology domain.
• Communicates the product vision and roadmap to stakeholders and the team, and drives user adoption. Collaborates with stakeholders to understand their needs, problems, and aligns them on priorities. Creates and prioritizes work for 1-2 teams. Experienced with cross-functional teams.
• Creates and prioritizes stories in the product backlog. Refines stories with the team to ensure there are enough ready stories to load the next 1-2 sprints.
• 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.
• Mentors less experienced Product Owners. Individual contributor.

• 10 years of Business Analyst experience at a leading financial services organization.
• Experience of Capital Markets/ New Issue/ Primary Markets (stocks, bonds, LevFin).
• 5 years of experience in Agile skills to write quality Deliverables and Epics, effectively prioritizes the backlog/work items, defines acceptance criteria and aligns business stakeholders on priorities. JIRA and Confluence.
• 5 years of experience BI Tools and MS Office.
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and strategic thinking ability; ability to troubleshoot production issues and get them resolved quickly by the appropriate support team;
• Experience working directly with the front office, ideally in a trading floor environment, is strongly preferred
• A solid understanding of equity, bond and/or syndicated loan fundamentals is strongly preferred
• Experience with capital markets and the syndication process is a plus.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, ability to prioritize effectively and handle responsibilities for multiple projects / support issues concurrently
• Superior verbal and written communication skills; ability to get a point across quickly and concisely is important
• Experience in Mentoring Junior Product Owners team.
• Experience working as part of a global team is a plus

• BA or BS degree in information technology or computer science from an accredited 4 year university or equivalent experience.
• MBA or MS degree preferable.