Product Owner II

Description Job Title: Product Owner II Location: Buffalo, NY Employment Type: Contract (9 months) Industry: Banking Compensation: $64.50 /hr. Schedule: 40 hrs/Week. About the Opportunity: We're seeking a customer-focused Product Owner II to drive the vision, strategy, and roadmap for a large-scale product or portfolio of products. In this role, you'll collaborate with cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders to translate customer needs and business priorities into actionable product plans, ensuring continuous delivery of meaningful value. Why You'll Love Working Here: Supportive, team-driven culture that values collaboration, transparency, and accountability. Opportunity to grow your career with a global workforce solutions leader serving multiple industries. People-first environment that encourages employees to bring their authentic selves to work. Strong focus on partnership, innovation, and delivering meaningful results for clients and candidates. Why This Opportunity is Exciting: This role offers the opportunity to join a company that prioritizes both people and performance-where your contributions directly impact client success while providing you with room to grow and develop professionally. About Acara Solutions Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider- we help companies compete for talent. With experience across industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and design talent solutions that deliver the business outcomes they want. We draw on decades of experience to provide contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide. Sound like a good fit? APPLY TODAY What You'll Do: Own product vision and strategy: Develop and communicate the product vision and roadmap, prioritize the backlog, and align delivery with business objectives and customer needs. Drive agile delivery: Create and refine user stories, define acceptance criteria, and partner with agile teams to support iterative development and continuous improvement. Champion the customer experience: Engage with customers and stakeholders, leverage analytics and design thinking, and make informed decisions that improve product value and outcomes. Collaborate across teams: Work closely with senior stakeholders, other Product Owners, and delivery teams to align priorities, coordinate dependencies, and create a seamless customer journey. Monitor progress and manage risk: Track product performance, communicate progress, participate in agile ceremonies, and ensure compliance with applicable risk, regulatory, and internal control standards. Job Requirements What You'll Bring: High School Diploma or GED. Minimum 6 years of experience in business, analytical, technical, or product. Minimum 6 years of experience in leading an engineering team to drive requirements, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables to completion. What Sets You Apart: Bachelor's Degree. Prior experience prioritizing across competing priorities and a quickly changing landscape. Prior experience actively seeking out multiple opinions, yet making independent decisions and influencing positive outcomes. Understanding of Design Thinking principles. Knowledge of product design and development best practices. Knowledge of Agile and Lean principles and practices. Experience working in partnership with user experience teams on product design. Experience developing/managing digital capabilities. Strong verbal and written communication skills. Specific subject matter expertise as needed by assigned product. Build good and working relationships with both Stakeholders and Vendor Management. Clearly communicate the product vision, business outcomes, and priorities within the program. Additional Information: Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check. After you apply, you may receive a call or message from our AI Talent Scout about this role or other opportunities that match your skills and preferences. AI agent role is to help speed up your hiring process by answering questions, confirming basic information, and identifying whether there's a mutual fit. The call or chat may be recorded so that our recruiting team can review it - they make all final hiring decisions, while AI agent simply helps move you forward faster. The best part? They are available 24/7, so you can connect whenever it's convenient for you. By applying for this job, you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages, or emails from Acara Solutions and its affiliates, and contracted partners. Frequency varies for text messages. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. 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