Technical Product Owner: Credit Cards Acquisition Resume Wilmington, DE - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

Result oriented fintech professional with proven capability in leading development teams to provide technology solutions that drive strategic business goals.
Strong problem solving skills with an ability to articulate complex concepts to stakeholders in order to elicit the actual user needs.
Analytical approach to business problem identification and decision making.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, self - motivated and detail oriented.
Ability to manage requirements for multiple projects; prevent scope creep.
Working knowledge of Agile and Waterfall principles and practices.
Possess excellent understanding of technical aspects of development such as XML, API’s, web services, methods and OOD. Hands on experience with SQL data query.
User Stories, BRD’s, Flow Charts, Sequence Diagrams, Process Flows, Release Planning.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Barclays - Wilmington, DE

Technical Product Owner: Credit Cards Acquisition

Managing overall requirements as the lead BSA for Barclays Cards Platform Modernization initiative and efficiently maintaining 90 days (6 sprints) backlog at all time.
Partner with Product Owners and Project Team to organize Business Inceptions, evaluate priorities for MVP, identify dependencies, and manage the product backlog for the Cards Platform Modernization initiative.
Produced functional and technical specifications as part of a partnership/integration with Uber Inc. to launch a brand new Credit Card.
Identified lack of a standard documentation that could be readily used during new partner onboarding, and created one that is actively being used.
Collaborated with Fraud Stakeholders to formulate a solution for an enhanced Fraud ID Verification process of Apple Inc. customers applying for Barclays credit cards.
Created (and actively managing) data mapping and technical documentation for a third-party integration project with Experian’s Fraud Risk Management system.

Confidential - Malvern, PA

SME/BA: Consumer Lending

SME for lending products to drive projects serving various business sectors of the organization such as Marketing, Fraud risk, Credit risk and Compliance.
Responsible for authoring requirements, engaging with tech teams and taking the project through launch and actively involved in post-production activities/issues.
Main point of contact for third party vendor TransUnion for projects such as Fraud Detection with TransUnion’s High Risk Fraud Alert™ (HRFA) program and Credit Reporting under Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).
Closely monitored post production on Pilot launches and helped decide Go/No-Go for national rollouts. Responsible for triage, analysis, and resolution of production issues.
Collaborated with Release Management to assess release timelines and release dates and plan Change Requests.

Confidential, DE

BSA: Digital Small Business Banking

Created high quality requirements for a brand new digital product resulting in 10K accounts in just 2 markets and more than 15MM in deposits in the first year.
Led a development team to build workflow engine which held business eligibility rules and performed validation checks via API integrations with internal systems and external vendors.
Implemented Customer Identification Program (CIP), Know Your Customer (KYC) and Knowledge Based Authentication (KBA) solutions to validate identity in real time.
Increased customer acquisition by enhancing a back office business process for Operations unit to filter low-risk customers and manually review within an SLA of 1 day.
Utilized data analytics to negotiate in-house and vendor business rules in order to increase successful account opening thus increasing revenue.
Ensured successful delivery of minimum viable products (MVP’s).
Maintained healthy relationships with stakeholders across different time zones to continuous discussion and produce quality requirements.

Confidential

Systems Accountant: Management Analyst

Set up and implement system for reconciling bank accounts and credit card accounts, recording expense vouchers on day-to-day basis under various heads of account and prepare computerized payroll of employees.
Direct, devise and implement accounting systems for preparing revenue received /sales summaries on a daily basis, vouching of guest folios and cash sales invoices.
Calculate various accounting ratios and financial information and present them to the owner for decision making.