Prodcut Owner

Description The Product Owner position will work directly with leaders and stakeholders of the Merchants Accounting, Risk, Internal Audit & HR teams to refine and implement technology solutions supporting strategic roadmap objectives. They will be focused on leading implementations through initial delivery and the ongoing maturity using a comprehensive agile software delivery framework with their team and business partners. A successful Product Owner will plan, implement, and support strategic software and data solutions that deliver business results. They will also educate and champion software delivery, application management and data governance best practices within the organization. The Product Owner should be able to do the following confidently and independently... Plan and lead implementation of complex projects from initiation through go live. Partner with the Product Manager & business leaders to refine initial analysis of strategic roadmap objectives into detailed, prioritized, and executable backlog of work for delivery. Manage and prioritize a holistic product team backlog including: Strategic Business Goals Maturing technology capabilities Support, Scale and Continuous Improvement of existing solutions Regulatory and Ad-hoc business needs Help project delivery leadership to establish and coach business partners on software delivery and application management frameworks and best practices. Establish a strong partnership with Product Manager and business unit leaders to understand strategy, product, process, and goals to ensure technology solutions align. Provide input on strategic technology roadmap by maintaining a backlog of future value for your business partners. Guide and assist internal and vendor development teams. Requirements What we are looking for... 5-8 years leading complex, cross-team software implementations, with direct experience delivering solutions for accounting, finance, or treasury functions. Strong background of leading teams towards common goals without direct management. Strong communication and presentation skills required. Experience operating and executing within delivery frameworks (Scrum, Waterfall, etc.). Experience with Analytics solutions preferred. Mortgage and/or Banking industry experience preferred. Bachelor's degree required.

Our Benefits:

Health, Vision, Dental, 401K, ESOP, 100% Tuition Assistance, 4 weeks paid time off, plus a few more About Merchants Ranked as a top performing U.S. public bank by S&P Global Market Intelligence, Merchants Bancorp is a diversified bank holding company headquartered in Carmel, Indiana operating multiple segments, including Multi-family Mortgage Banking that offers multi-family housing and healthcare facility financing and servicing; Mortgage Warehousing that offers mortgage warehouse financing; and Banking that offers retail and correspondent residential mortgage banking, agricultural lending, and traditional community banking. Merchants Bancorp, with $18.8 billion in assets and $11.9 billion in deposits as of December 31, 2024, conducts its business primarily through its direct and indirect subsidiaries, Merchants Bank of Indiana, Merchants Capital Corp., Merchants Capital Investments, LLC, Merchants Capital Servicing, LLC, Merchants Asset Management, LLC, and Merchants Mortgage, a division of Merchants Bank of Indiana. Merchants Bank and Merchants Capital have recently been honored with the 2025 USA Today Top Workplaces recognition, ranking 22nd nationally within the 500-999 employee category. This is the second year that Merchants has been recognized with this award. These accolades build on our strong history of workplace recognition, including being named a Best Place to Work in Indiana for seven consecutive years (2016-2022). For more information read the entire article here .