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Senior Product Owner Product · Amsterdam · Hybrid Remote

BUX

BUX

Product
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Posted on Thursday, January 11, 2024
Product · Amsterdam · Hybrid Remote

Senior Product Owner

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Who we are

Since our start in 2013, BUX has become one of Europe's leading neobrokers with an ambition to become the number one destination for everyone who wants to do more with their money. Our mission is to build groundbreaking products that shape the future of how we invest.

The Role

We're looking for a Senior Product Owner to lead the BUX Broker Team which builds and maintains all of our core brokerage infrastructure. This team is at the heart of everything we do because their systems are responsible for processing all customer transactions.

Your goal as the Senior Product Owner for this team will be to build and maintain systems that handle all transactions for users, like deposits, withdrawals, trades, dividends, fees, taxes, etc. Your team will maintain connections to stock exchanges and other venues where we execute trades, and also maintain systems that keep records of all cash, stocks, ETFs, and commodities owned by BUX customers. Together with the team of talented backend engineers, you will play a critical role in developing new investing features. You will work directly with the operations, business intelligence, back-office, and client engineering teams to coordinate development activities.

You will report directly to the Chief Product Officer.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with the Chief Product Officer to understand user behaviour and needs and use this to develop product strategy;
  • Create and maintain a high impact roadmap for your domain;
  • Collaborate with engineers, external partners (e.g. banks, exchanges, payment providers) and internal teams (Operations, Back-Office, Compliance, other Product teams etc.) to explore customer problems and new market opportunities;
  • Define new features, create user stories and lead a dedicated scrum team of backend developers to deliver results in 2-week sprints;
  • Work with third parties and external partners to develop innovative integrations for the domain;
  • Monitor product analytics (stability, performance, etc.) and take action to maintain our systems and scale them as required to handle BUX’s tremendous growth.

Requirements

  • Prior experience as a Product Owner / Product Manager for a team of back-end developers on a complex platform product or service;
  • Prior experience with financial technology (e.g. banking, brokerage, accounting, payments etc.) is a must-have;
  • Prior experience directly collaborating with a backend engineering team to create feature stories, curate and prioritize an impactful backlog, and execute at a rapid pace;
  • Prior experience working with agile methodologies running sprint plannings, retrospectives and other scrum ceremonies, preferably using tools such as JIRA or Confluence;
  • Knowledge of and / or personal interest in personal investment or the financial markets is a strong plus;
  • Ability to communicate your ideas clearly and take end-to-end responsibility for the features your team delivers;
  • Strong leadership, organizational, communication and execution skills;
  • Comfortable in an English-speaking work environment.

What we offer

  • International and fun work environment;
  • Company pension plan;
  • Flexibility is at our core, we offer a hybrid work environment;
  • Working from home & travel allowances;
  • A1 Dutch language course for you (and your partner);
  • Delicious lunches at the office;
  • The possibility to work from abroad for 1 month every 12 months;
  • Work in a beautiful and inspiring office located in Amsterdam's lush cultural garden, De Plantage;
  • Take care of your mental and emotional well-being with unlimited appointments with psychologists or coaches through OpenUp;
  • Regular team gatherings and fun company events.

Everyone is welcome

At BUX, we are committed to building a team with various backgrounds, skills and views. We celebrate our differences and foster an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome.

Department
Product
Role
Product Manager
Locations
Amsterdam
Remote status
Hybrid Remote

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