Agile Product Owner (Payments Baltic)

Are you passionate to shape the next generation of real‑time and cross‑border payments?

In Swedbank you have the opportunity to:

• Own and prioritize the team backlog to maximize value across new features, maintenance, lifecycle and regulatory work;
• Operate in a complex, regulated environment, balancing long-term infrastructure upgrades with short-term regulatory and operational needs;
• Be the one ensuring that team always has an adequate amount of prior prepared tasks to work on;
• Act as the customer voice within a cross‑functional Agile team;
• Ensure the team always has well‑prepared backlog items and clear sprint goals;
• Actively mitigate impediments impacting successful team completion of Planning Interval (PI) objectives;
• Serve as service owner for assigned payment IT services, ensuring stability and reliability;
• Lead incident, problem and crisis management together with the team, when needed;

• At least 3 years of experience working as a Product Owner or in a similar role within an IT development team
• A relevant academic degree
• Solid understanding of IT development processes, methodologies and supporting tools
• Strong technical understanding, enabling effective collaboration with developers, architects, and other technical stakeholders
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to remain calm and effective in high-pressure situations while navigating uncertainty, complexity, and change.
• Strong business acumen; experience within Payments, Banking, or Financial Services is considered a significant advantage
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with your team, as well as with stakeholders and teams across VDE and Swedbank
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken

• Personal and professional growth through self-leadership and continuous development
• Meaningful work that positively impacts our workplace, our customers, and society
• An open and collaborative culture that encourages cross-functional teamwork and provides networking opportunities
• A supportive and inclusive environment that promotes a balanced and sustainable work-life, with flexible working conditions when suitable for the role
• Benefits such as our share based reward program Eken, company pension plan, employee offer for banking products, health insurance.