Product Owner

🚀 Freelance Product Owner – Payments | Brussels

For a leading financial institution in Brussels, we are looking for an experienced Freelance Product Owner to join a team within the Payments & Cash Management domain.

🎯 The assignment

As Freelance Product Owner , you will be responsible for a SEPA Direct Debit product within a Payments environment. You will define the product vision, manage and prioritize the backlog, and work closely with business and IT stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions on time.

You will operate in an agile environment and act as the link between business, technology, stakeholders and delivery teams.

🔑 Key responsibilities

• Define and communicate the product vision together with key stakeholders.
• Translate the product vision into concrete plans, priorities and deliverables.
• Manage and prioritize the product backlog.
• Define and refine epics, features and user stories.
• Manage business value and delivery priorities.
• Support client implementations of payment products and services.
• Act as Product Owner within a Payments Tribe.
• Cover both creditor and debtor aspects of SEPA Direct Debit.
• Work with PSP clients and connectivity to multiple Clearing & Settlement Houses.
• Participate in refinement, iteration planning and other agile ceremonies.
• Align stakeholders around priorities, objectives and solutions.
• Define objectives and track results.
• Contribute to continuous improvement within the agile organization.

👤 Your profile

• Minimum 7 years of relevant experience .
• Strong knowledge of Payments and Receivables .
• Proven experience as a Product Owner in an agile environment.
• Experience in project and stakeholder management.
• Strong knowledge of SEPA Direct Debit / Receivables .
• Experience within the financial services industry, preferably in payments.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects simultaneously.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to bring people together around a shared vision and objectives.
• Strategic and conceptual thinking combined with a hands-on approach.
• Strong affinity with IT and technology.
• Customer-oriented mindset.
• Excellent English and good knowledge of at least one national language: Dutch or French .
• Master’s degree or equivalent experience.

⭐ Nice to have

• Business Analyst background with strong technical affinity.
• Leadership, coaching and stakeholder alignment experience.
• Strategic thinking and strong helicopter view.
• Strong negotiation and persuasion skills.
• Experience working in complex financial/payment environments.
• Product Owner certification is a plus.
• Willingness to travel occasionally to Paris or Lisbon .