Technical Product Owner - APIs
Cincinnati, OH 
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Posted 16 days ago
Job Description

Position Type :

Full time

Type Of Hire :

Experienced (relevant combo of work and education)

Education Desired :

Bachelor's Degree

Travel Percentage :

0%

Job Description

Are you curious, motivated, and forward-thinking? At Worldpay you'll have the opportunity to work on some of the most challenging and relevant problems in payment technology. Our talented people empower us, and we believe in being part of a team that is open, collaborative, entrepreneurial, passionate and above all fun.

About the team:

At Worldpay, we are on a mission to modernize our technology and supercharge developers with APIs that are simple to integrate yet powerful. The Developer Experience and API Product team owns the vision for how we empower developers with innovative tools, products, and delightful self-service experiences.

Our team builds the API Platform and developer tools that enable Worldpay's integrations across the world. This team plays a pivotal role in Worldpay, focusing on our API products and end-to-end user journeys in our developer portals. This team's priority is to drive the strategy that enables Worldpay to deliver world-class experiences at every customer touchpoint. Because this team unifies capabilities across the merchant product portfolio, this is a highly collaborative team that works closely with stakeholders across the organization as well as internal teams such as other Product leaders, UX, engineering, operations, sales, and marketing.

What you will be doing:

Worldpay powers the technology behind some of the most innovative companies in the world and is known as the leading provider in the industry. As the Technical Product Owner for the API platform, you will be responsible for various cross domain activities related to building and supporting APIs and/or developer user-facing applications, and any partner relationships we leverage to deliver these experiences to our developer community. You will work closely with the other members of the Product team (including Product Managers, other product owners), and engineers, architects, system analysts, and other stakeholders to help execute the product vision for our product area. The ideal candidate is an experienced Product Owner/ Business Analyst with real-world experience working with APIs, targeted for Developers.

The Product Owner will be a product champion, a great team player who works with encouraging approach with cross functional teams. Curious, motivated, forward-thinking can-do attitude could join the team.

  • Understands product strategy, market, industry, and client goals.
  • Possess a fundamental understanding of end-to-end customer experience integration and dependencies.
  • Support the API Platform and Developer Experience product team analyze needs of the consuming applications to understand and articulate API needs.
  • Works with architecture and engineering leads to design and build scalable products.
  • Drive and participate in the product governance initiatives.
  • Ability to review API specs and provide feedback.
  • Understands and advocates API Best Practices for all API products.
  • Creates product documentation and helps guide technical writers/analysts.
  • Trains internal employees or external clients on changes, new systems, or new procedures.
  • Participate in Product Support and maintenance activities along with operations teams.
  • Define user stories, create Sprint Release Plans with scrum master, project managers & development teams in alignment with priorities defined by the Product Managers.
  • Reviews and provides feedback on test plans to ensure application changes meet acceptance criteria.

What you bring: (Skills)

  • 3+ years of experience in software product development, specifically with technical products like APIs as a Product Manager, Product owner, business analyst, or equivalent role.
  • Understanding of API Technologies (e.g.: Open API 3.0, REST/JSON and SOAP/XML, API tools)
  • Understanding of agile methodologies, e.g. Scrum, SAFe, with competence to write concise user stories to communicate with the Engineering teams and to ensure feasibility.
  • Strong team player, comfortable collaborating with and coordinating the efforts of cross-functional colleagues.
  • Highly self-motivated with a strong will to win, ability to take ownership and desire to drive for optimal business results.
  • Ability to operate independently and effectively, under the supervision of Product Managers
  • Ability to adapt to and embrace frequent change with a positive attitude.
  • Ability to effectively prioritize competing priorities to meet business need.
  • A self-starter with a can-do attitude who can operate with minimal direct/daily supervision.

Bonus if you have:

  • Experience with APIs as a developer

What we offer you

  • A competitive salary and attractive benefits package
  • A multifaceted job with a high degree of responsibility and a broad spectrum of opportunities
  • A modern, international work environment and a dedicated and motivated team
  • The chance to work on some of the most challenging, relevant issues in financial services & technology.
  • A broad range of professional education and personal development possibilities!


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EEOC Statement

FIS is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. The EEO is the Law poster is available here supplement document available here


For positions located in the US, the following conditions apply. If you are made a conditional offer of employment, you will be required to undergo a drug test. ADA Disclaimer: In developing this job description care was taken to include all competencies needed to successfully perform in this position. However, for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) purposes, the essential functions of the job may or may not have been described for purposes of ADA reasonable accommodation. All reasonable accommodation requests will be reviewed and evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

Sourcing Model

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FIS is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. The EEO is the Law poster is available here: http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf

For positions located in the US, the conditions below apply.

If you are made a conditional offer of employment, you will be required to undergo a drug test and background check (including criminal record check)

ADA Disclaimer: In developing this job description care was taken to include all competencies needed to successfully perform in this position. However, for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) purposes, the essential functions of the job may or may not have been described for purposes of ADA reasonable accommodation. All reasonable accommodation requests will be reviewed and evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

 

Job Summary
Company
FIS
Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Education
Bachelor's Degree
Required Experience
3+ years
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