Cluster Product Owner for George (all humans)

Make a difference in the financial life of millions of people: At George Labs you are co-creating the digital future, in which better financial health is possible. #believeinyourself

Banking has a name. We create it. More than 10 million people across Europe organize their personal finances with George. Where design meets technology, George stands out on an open platform. We invite you to develop this platform with us into the next dimension. We achieve this by empowering people to understand, manage and, last but not least, enjoy one of their most personal things: their money.

Join us in our agile environment and make banking simple, intelligent and personal again!

What to do:

• Drive the overall vision, roadmap, and execution for Payments in George, both for retail and corporate customers.

• Lead and mentor the product owners of each sub-domain of this big realm to help them drive the roadmap and execution inside their respective feature scope and to support their professional growth.

• Set product OKRs, monitor and drive progress towards them

• Collaborate on product scope and execution with various business and IT stakeholders from all the entities of Erste Group and George, including legal and compliance and our execution desk.

• Take in customer feedback, product metrics and apply personal vision to proactively drive product improvements.

• Drive long-term changes and investments towards improving the infrastructure that drives the frontend, enabling customers to transfer money from A to B in the most convenient and secure way, comply with regulations and more, with a focus on scaling across the region efficiently and in a modularized way.

• Collaborate with the Payments Cluster’s Agile Manager to maintain a highly performant team and an up-to-date technical infrastructure.

• Represent Payments in George internally and externally with a strong ability to convey the vision and buy-in stakeholders on all levels.

You check these boxes:

• 4+ years of experience as a Product Owner, preferably within a financial institution

• Experience in briefing, communicating and negotiating with senior stakeholders (up to C-Level) in a concise and factful manner

• Basic understanding about payment operations, e.g. the specifics of different payment types and instruments for mass transactions

• Curiosity and drive to learn more about payment related regulations within the EU (e.g. PSD 3, Instant Payment Regulation) to understand their user-facing implications for the product

• Ability to visualize product ideas, ideally using Figma

  Considered a plus:

• Experience in working with multi-national groups

• Leadership experience in an agile environment, “servant leadership style”

• Speaking the language of any of the countries Erste Group is operating in

You check some but not all the above boxes? We are all constantly developing - apply now!

Why you will like us:

• Possibility to benefit and learn from our international, talented and passionate community at George

• Interest groups and clubs: Take part in discussions and get involved in projects. Numerous interest groups invite you to engage with a topic

• Health Centre – The Erste Campus operates a fully equipped health center that offers all employees a high standard of medical services during working hours.

• Employee benefits – Benefit from special conditions for financial services and insurances, supermarkets, clothing stores and many more.

• Employee Referral Program – Become a talent scout for career opportunities in IT. We are rewarding every successful referral for George

• A competitive and performance-related salary dependent on your professional and personal qualifications is granted - the minimum wage for this position in accordance with the respective collective agreement is EUR 62.790,-- gross per year. But this is just a formality, we are more than happy to discuss your actual expectations.

  
  

The way we are:

George Labs considers the diversity of its employees as key to innovation and success. As employer we are proud to offer everyone equal chances, irrespective of age, skin colour, religious belief, gender, sexual orientation or origin.

If you've got this far:

It seems we have your interest, so please get in touch with us and apply until 28.02.2025. We’d love to catch up.