Job Description

Fintech Bridge Product Owner - SC Ventures (2200004954)
About SC Ventures
SC Ventures ("SCV") was established in 2018 with the purpose of "Rewiring the DNA in Banking" by bringing three distinct areas together:

• The eXellerator Lab , enabling innovation at large in the Bank by supporting intrapreneurs and their ideas, collaborating with fintech\'s through the SCV Fintech Bridge and engaging with clients and co-creation ideas
• The Investment Fund ("Fund") , tasked to acquire minority stakes in fintech companies ("fintechs") whose technology has been successfully validated in the Group
• Venture building, with the objective of exploring new business models ("ventures"), in the way it engages existing new customers and markets.

There are c.65 team members (excluding individual ventures), including dedicated colleagues from the Group\'s support functions, based in Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Nairobi, London and San Francisco.
Key Responsibilities
You will drive the strategy, rollout, and post launch of a Fintech Bridge platform. The Fintech Bridge platform needs someone from a fintech engagements background looking to build and deliver market leading global platform.
Fintech Bridge platform acts as a marketplace for emerging technologies and partners that improve the delivery and use of financial services to Standard Chartered Bank and SC Ventures. Fintech Bridge platform facilitates a wide range of products and services used by the bank and ventures including our high conviction themes around digital banking, SME banking, lifestyle applications, digital assets, and many other offerings.

• Develop deep understanding of the Fintech market through customer surveys, and competitor analysis
• Collaborate with Fintech companies, and aligning with business objectives in consultation with key stakeholders across the bank and ventures
• Develop and launch new features with relevant value proposition to help address needs of targeted Fintech ecosystem
• Work closely with the design and development team to ensure the product experience exceeds user expectations
• Develop a deep understanding of the competitive landscape to ensure Fintech Bridge product offering is best in class
• Collaborate across functions to develop partnerships, work towards a seamless and frictionless experience

You will assist in overseeing and managing the Fintech Bridge platform with the aim of delivering a best-in-class experience to the Fintech community.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to craft vision and concept development of Fintech ecosystem
• Chair demand management and sprint retrospective meetings.
• Provide steer for product prioritization and sprint planning.
• Manage product backlog by ensuring prioritization based on overall strategy, stakeholder requirements, and availability of time and budget.
• Oversee all stages of the product lifecycle from planning and execution to sprint reviews.
• Work with development teams to refine and improve processes.
• Monitor and evaluate product progress at all stages.
• Ensure sprint progress reporting and quality assurance of final products prior to go-live
• Assume maintenance ownership of the platform, including monitoring of performance and availability.
• Support with timely resolution of user queries or escalations and help deliver necessary process improvements.
• Work toward continued improvement of user experience; and build the Fintech ecosystem

Key Stakeholders

• SC Ventures Members
• SC CIO & COO teams
• Technology team

Our Ideal Candidate has

• Over 10 years of building products at scale and managing product teams
• Outstanding executive-level verbal and written communication skills
• Detail orientated; superior problem solving and organizational and skills; and an ability to ideate, conceptualize, prioritize, and manage multiple projects.
• Ability to define product metrics relevant for influencing the success of the product for opportunities
• Experience in card product management is an added advantage
• Sharp business acumen including ability to assess risk and reward trade-offs.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; Ability to understand and derive insights from data
• Proven track record of managing the end-to-end product development lifecycle (PDLC) for complex, large-scale initiatives

Role Specific Technical Skills and Competencies and Proficiency Levels
Technical Competency Name:
Proficiency Levels
Knowledge of Scrum and Agile Software Development Life Cycles
Advanced

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