Description
Our client seeks a Senior ML Product Owner / Business Analyst to lead business analysis and product ownership for a cross-functional agile team focused on payment optimization.
The role owns end-to-end development of ML and AI products in a high-visibility area, translating strategy into actionable delivery, aligning stakeholders, and ensuring measurable outcomes.
This is a one year contract position with potential to convert to full time based on performance and business needs.
This is a contract to hire opportunity. Applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis and convert to FTE following contract duration.
For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.
Responsibilities
- Analyze product requests and translate them into high-level requirements.
- Prepare detailed user stories and functional specifications.
- Identify product opportunities and inform go-to-market strategy through data analysis and payment domain understanding.
- Evaluate data availability, quality, and sourcing to inform solution design.
- Conduct cross-product orchestration analysis to inform cross-system solution design.
- Own and manage ML product roadmaps.
- Define and prioritize objectives with Product Management and business stakeholders.
- Translate strategic objectives into clear, actionable deliverables.
- Drive quarterly and sprint-level delivery planning, including prioritization and sequencing.
- Adapt plans based on changing business needs and execution constraints.
- Oversee execution by monitoring delivery of features, stories, and tasks.
- Review and validate completed work against acceptance criteria and business intent.
- Represent the team in cross-team project meetings.
- Drive collaboration across teams for aligned delivery of business objectives.
- Identify and manage dependencies, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
- Communicate progress, challenges, and outcomes to stakeholders.
Experience Requirements
- 5+ years as a Business Analyst, Product Owner, Technical Product Manager, or related role.
- Ability to convert ambiguous problems into structured product initiatives with clear business value.
- Track record delivering real-time, customer-facing ML products.
- Understanding of modern data ecosystems, pipelines, and ML lifecycle concepts.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical mindset.
- Ability to draw statistically valid conclusions; proficiency in SQL and at least one analytical tool.
- Excellent cross-functional collaboration and communication skills with leadership in agile or iterative environments.
- Ability to mentor teams and influence without direct authority.
- Ability to navigate ambiguity, resolve blockers, and deliver results with urgency.
- Bonus: Experience in merchant acquiring, payment service provider, or card network environments.
- Bonus: Familiarity with tokenization, real-time payments, and the authorization lifecycle.
- Bonus: Experience in large, complex, highly regulated organizations.