Product Owner Anti-Money Laundering (AML)

Summary: The Product Owner for Anti-Money Laundering (AML) is responsible for defining and prioritizing the AML product backlog, ensuring alignment with business goals and compliance mandates. This role involves translating business needs into user stories, collaborating with various stakeholders, and leading agile ceremonies to deliver AML-related features. The position requires oversight of system integrations and staying updated on AML technologies and regulatory expectations. The role is remote, with a focus on delivering high-value solutions for suspicious activity detection and compliance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define, own, and prioritize the AML product backlog, ensuring alignment with business goals, compliance mandates, and regulatory changes (BSA, OFAC, USA PATRIOT Act).
• Translate AML business needs into detailed user stories, acceptance criteria, and technical requirements for delivery teams.
• Collaborate with compliance officers, data scientists, and fraud analysts to deliver high-value solutions for suspicious activity detection, SAR workflows, and AML alert tuning.
• Lead agile ceremonies (backlog grooming, sprint planning, reviews) and ensure the team delivers quality AML-related features within scope and schedule.
• Oversee system integrations with internal and third-party AML platforms (e.g., FICO TONBELLER, Actimize, SAS AML, or Oracle FCCM).
• Conduct market research and stay up to date on emerging AML technologies, trends, and regulatory expectations to influence product strategy.
• Ensure data models, API integrations, and reporting capabilities are optimized to support AML investigations, regulatory audits, and risk scoring.
• Partner with IT, Legal, and Compliance teams to ensure solutions meet internal policies and external audit requirements.
• Support UAT, regression testing, and go-live planning for AML product releases; monitor KPIs and compliance effectiveness post-implementation.

Key Skills:

• 10+ years of experience in Anti-Money Laundering (AML).
• Strong understanding of compliance mandates and regulatory changes (BSA, OFAC, USA PATRIOT Act).
• Experience in translating business needs into user stories and technical requirements.
• Proficiency in leading agile ceremonies and managing product backlogs.
• Knowledge of AML technologies and system integrations.
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams including IT, Legal, and Compliance.
• Experience in UAT, regression testing, and monitoring compliance effectiveness.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: undetermined

Country: USA

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other