Hybrid Lending Area Product Owner

at CIBC US

• Job title: Lending Area Product Owner
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $140,000 - $160,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cloud
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Chicago, United States

About the role

• Area Product Owner responsible for collaborating with stakeholders to enhance Lending application capabilities. Leading product vision and prioritizing enhancements to meet business goals.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Lending Application Product Owner to align Domain visions as well as roadmaps.
• Collaborate with internal Stakeholders to identify, design, and prioritize Lending application capabilities and improvements.
• Collaborate with Stakeholder, Data, Technology, BAs, Developers, and third parties to bring the product vision to life.
• Monitor product performance, gather feedback, and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Serve as liaison between the Credit Transformation project and Frontline Tools.
• Facilitate requirements gathering, process mapping, and solution design.
• Communicate project updates, manage stakeholder expectations, and resolve issues/escalations related to product functionality.
• Collect user feedback and translate insights into actionable product improvements.
• Create and maintain clear, concise product documentation, including user manuals, process flows, and release notes.
• Prepare and present regular updates to leadership and stakeholders on product progress, user adoption, and key metrics.

Requirements

• 4+ years of Lending platforms experience – proprietary, Q2, Cloud Lending, Baker Hill, nCino, Finastra required.
• 4+ years of Originations, Underwriting, Servicing, and/or Technology experience required.
• 3+ years of experience developing and executing product roadmaps, planning releases, writing stories with Acceptance Criteria, and managing risks and dependencies are required.
• 3+ years of Salesforce and Jira experience is highly valued.
• Demonstrate experience in delivering feature/functionality in Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid environments preferred.
• Portray excellent communication skills; ability to facilitate technical conversations with technical and non-technical stakeholders, partners, and users preferred.
• Possess experience creating successful business cases with success measures strategies that can be operationalized and then optimized as needed.
• Show strategic and creative thinking abilities.

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Life Insurance
• Disability
• Other Insurance Plans
• Paid Time Off (including Sick Leave, Parental Leave and Vacation)
• Holidays
• 401(k)
• Other special perks reserved for our team members