Product Owner Sanctions Screening Payment

Title: Product Owner Sanctions Screening Payment


Location: NYC, NY and remote workable


Type: Contract to hire


Important skill: Sanction experience must


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Product Owner Sanctions Screening Payment enablement platform


We are seeking a product owner to lead our Sanctions Screening Payment enablement platform delivering regulatory compliant high performing capabilities for detection and investigation You will own the roadmap metrics and stakeholder alignment working cross functionally to improve quality reduce handling time and maintain audit ready controls Ideal candidate have product experience in regulated environment and a strong grasp of screening workflows data.


Role Summary


Own the vision roadmap and delivery of the sanctions screening product used to detect manager and report potential sanctions exposure across transactions clients and reference data


Partner with compliance operations technology and risk to ensure the product meets regulatory expectations and operational SLAS while continuously improving accuracy speed and user experience


Drive measurable outcomes reduction in false positives improved match resolution time high system availability and audit ready controls


Key Responsibilities


Product vision and Roadmap


define and maintain the product vision aligned to regulatory requirements and business goals


create and manage an outcome focused roadmap prioritize features using data and risk weighted value


Backlog management and delivery


translate business and compliance needs into clear epics user stories and acceptance criteria


maintain a prioritized backlog balance feature delivery tech debt model tuning and control enhancements


lead sprint planning backlog refinement and release coordination with engineering


Compliance Risk and controls


partner with compliance financial crimes to reflect sanctions policy update in product design


ensure controls for auditability evidence capture traceability and model governance are built-in


coordinate change management UAT and production validation with appropriate approvals


Stakeholder Engagement


Data Models and performance


Operational excellence


Delivery governance and audit readiness


Required Qualifications


5 years in product management or product owner role in regulated financial services or fintech


Experience with sanctions screening domains eg Watchlist screening for payments clients or trade


Strong grasp of agile delivery scrum and backlog management practices


Excellent stakeholder management communication and decision-making skills


Preferred Desired experience


Exposure to sanctions lists and regulatory regime eg OFAC UK EUUN and typical list structures


Handson experience with screening solutions or components eg Fuzzy matching Phonetic linguistic normalization name alias resolution lifecycle management


Understanding of workflows case management disposition and escalation paths


Experience with enterprise grade observability and operational tooling logs metrics dashboards


Background in risk and control frameworks audit processes and evidence management


Core competencies and behaviours


Client obsessed spark progress own it stay curious Thrive together

Skills


Mandatory Skills : BFS - Data Analysis, Payments (SWIFT, ISO20022, Real-Time, Instant, Request to Pay, Domestic, Cross-Border, High Value, Low Value and Mass Payments)