Citigroup, Inc

Technology Product Owner

Citigroup, Inc • $103K — $155K *
Tampa, FL 33647In-Person
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in a technology-centric role in financial services
  • 5+ years as a dedicated Product Owner in Agile/Scrum
  • Strong background in Risk and Controls, Operational Risk, or Regulatory functions
  • Expertise in managing a product backlog and writing high-quality user stories
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, MBA is a plus

Responsibilities

  • Own and enhance the product backlog for optimal clarity and readiness
  • Translate complex business requirements into defined user stories and acceptance criteria
  • Serve as the point of contact for the engineering team during the development cycle
  • Partner with stakeholders to define precise solutions and document requirements
  • Drive a quality-first mindset and minimize defects in UAT
  • Lead effective agile ceremonies to support team productivity
  • Identify and manage cross-team dependencies and risks proactively

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental & vision coverage
  • 401(k) plan
  • Life, accident, and disability insurance
  • Wellness programs
  • Paid time off packages, including vacation and sick leave
  • Paid holidays
Full Job Description
About the Role

Join the Controls Technology division as a Technology Product Owner. In this critical role, you will act as the bridge between complex business needs and our engineering teams. You will be empowered to translate intricate requirements for risk and control systems into a flawlessly managed backlog of epics and user stories. Your primary mission is to drive the delivery of high-quality, compliant software by ensuring our development teams have the clarity and context needed to execute effectively, sprint after sprint. This is a role for a product owner - someone who thrives on execution, champions quality, and is passionate about building world-class technology solutions in a dynamic, global financial environment.

What You'll Do

1. Backlog Ownership & Agile Execution
  • Own and Master the Backlog: Meticulously create, refine, and prioritize the product backlog, ensuring it is transparent, well-understood, and always ready for at least two sprints ahead.
  • Translate Vision into Action: Deconstruct complex business requirements into well-defined Epics, User Stories, and precise Acceptance Criteria, ensuring a high percentage of stories are accepted without rework.
  • Drive Sprint Success: Serve as the dedicated point of contact for the engineering team, providing unwavering clarity during sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and throughout the development cycle to remove ambiguity.

2. Solution Definition & Quality Assurance
  • Define the "What": Partner with business stakeholders to elicit, analyze, and document requirements, defining the precise solution to be built.
  • Champion Quality: Drive a quality-first mindset with a relentless focus on clear, testable acceptance criteria to minimize ambiguity and reduce critical defects in UAT.
  • Demonstrate Value: Conduct compelling demos of new functionalities to stakeholders, showcasing the value delivered and gathering immediate feedback for iterative improvement.
  • Track Performance: Track and report product performance post-launch to evaluate outcomes and support decisions around future investment.

3. Stakeholder Collaboration & Domain Leadership
  • Build Partnerships: Act as the key liaison between business users, engineering teams, UX and other technology partners, fostering a collaborative environment to ensure seamless delivery; seeking continuous input from stakeholders and incorporating it into the backlog.
  • Become the SME: Develop a deep expertise in your assigned Controls Technology modules, becoming the recognized go-to subject matter expert for the team and key stakeholders.
  • Facilitate with Purpose: Lead and actively contribute to all agile ceremonies, ensuring refinement and planning sessions are efficient, productive, and outcome focused.
  • Dependency & Risk Management: Identify and manage cross-team and cross-platform dependencies early in the delivery lifecycle. Proactively highlight delivery risks, data dependencies, and integration challenges, and work with stakeholders to drive timely resolution.
  • Communicate Clearly: Communicate priorities, dependencies, risks, and delivery status clearly to stakeholders and leadership. Support informed decision-making by articulating trade-offs and impacts across teams and timelines.
  • Align on OKRs: Develop a culture of using OKRs to ensure team members align on the purpose of the work and cascade feedback related to risk and dependencies.

4. Innovation in Execution
  • Leverage AI Tools: Utilize cutting-edge AI tools to accelerate requirements analysis, improve the quality of user story documentation, and enhance feature file generation.
  • Mitigate Risk Proactively: Identify and flag potential risks and dependencies that could impact schedule or quality, and work with leadership to drive mitigation strategies.


What We're Looking For

Core Qualifications:
  • Experience: 8+ years of experience in a technology-centric role within the financial services industry, including 5+ years as a dedicated, execution-focused Product Owner in an Agile/Scrum environment.
  • Domain Expertise: Proven background in Risk and Controls, Operational Risk, or Regulatory functions.
  • Agile Product Expertise: Deep, hands-on expertise in managing a product backlog, writing high-quality user stories, story maps, and leading agile ceremonies (knowledge of SAFe Agile is preferred).
  • Technical Fluency: A strong ability to understand technical concepts and engage in detailed discussions with engineering teams on feasibility and solutioning.
  • Stakeholder Management: Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with demonstrated end-to-end ownership of deliverables.
  • Education: Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., Computer Science, Engineering, Finance). A management degree such as an MBA is a plus.

Preferred Skills & Certifications:
  • Certifications: Industry-recognized certifications such as CSPO, A-CSPO, PSPO, SAFe POPM, or CBAP are highly desirable.
  • Tooling: Expert-level proficiency with agile management software (e.g., Jira, Confluence).
  • AI in Practice: Hands-on experience using AI tools within a software development lifecycle is a significant advantage.
  • Generative & Agentic AI Knowledge: Strong understanding of Generative AI and Agentic AI concepts and their applications in a product context.
  • AI-Driven Capabilities: Experience contributing to initiatives involving AI-enabled or data-driven capabilities, such as intelligent monitoring, automation, or insights generation.
  • AI Integration: Experience partnering with data, engineering, and platform teams to support integration of AI capabilities into risk and control platforms.
  • AI Governance: Familiarity with ensuring AI solutions align with risk, governance, and explainability expectations.


Job Family Group:
Technology

Job Family:
Business Analysis / Client Services

Time Type:
Full time

Primary Location:
Tampa Florida United States

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:
$103,920.00 - $155,880.00

In addition to salary, Citi's offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.

Most Relevant Skills
Please see the requirements listed above.

Other Relevant Skills
For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

Anticipated Posting Close Date:
Aug 18, 2026

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Citigroup is a financial services holding company that provides financial products and services. The company operates through two segments, Global Consumer Banking (GCB) and Institutional Clients Group (ICG). The GCB segment offers traditional banking services to retail customers through retail banking, commercial banking, Citi-branded cards, and Citi retail services. The ICG segment offers various banking, and financial products and services to corporate, institutional, public sector, and high-net-worth clients. This segment provides wholesale banking products and services, including fixed-income and equity sales and trading, foreign exchange, prime brokerage, derivative services, equity and fixed-income research, corporate lending, investment banking, and advisory services, private banking, cash management, trade finance, and securities services. Citi is committed to sustainability and social responsibility, and the company invests in initiatives that promote economic progress.

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Market Cap
$1.3 billion
Industry
Finance & Insurance
Net Income
$89.6 million
Founded
1812
5 Year Trend
+4.6%
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