Product Owner - Messaging Services

Founded and headquartered in Switzerland, Avaloq is continuously expanding its global footprint with around 2,500 colleagues in 12 countries, and more than 160 clients in 35 countries. We are an industry-leading provider of wealth management technology and services for financial institutions around the world, including private banks and wealth managers, investment managers, as well as retail and neo banks. Our research led approach and continual innovation is powered by the passion and creativity of our colleagues.

We are always looking for talented people to join us on our mission to orchestrate the financial ecosystem and democratize access to wealth management. Avaloq offers the opportunity to work closely with some of the world’s leading financial institutions as we jointly develop and shape careers. Championing a collaborative, supportive and flexible work environment empowers our colleagues to reach their full potential.

Job Description

We are looking for a passionate and driven Product Owner to lead our Messaging team, responsible for designing, enhancing, and operating our enterprise-wide communication and messaging services. In this role, you will define the product vision, set priorities, and ensure the delivery of secure, reliable, and user‑centric messaging solutions across the organization.

You will collaborate closely with engineering, architecture, operations, security, and business stakeholders to evolve our messaging platforms and support our digital transformation journey.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and communicate the product vision and roadmap for Messaging services.
• Define and prioritize the product backlog based on business value, technical constraints, and strategic initiatives.
• Translate business requirements into clear epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Lead Agile ceremonies and collaborate with technical teams to ensure high‑quality deliveries.
• Gather input from users, stakeholders, and support teams to drive continuous improvement.
• Ensure messaging solutions meet enterprise security, compliance, and performance standards.
• Monitor KPIs and service performance, identifying opportunities for optimization.
• Partner with architecture to ensure alignment and platform scalability.
• Promote adoption of new features and drive change management activities.
  
  

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Product Owner or similar role in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Good understanding of enterprise messaging technologies (e.g., JMS Adapter, AMI).
• Good knowledge of cloud environments, preferably OCI.
• Ability to translate business needs into technical requirements and prioritize effectively.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to make data‑driven decisions.
• High level of autonomy, initiative, and ownership.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with enterprise communication and collaboration platforms.
• Familiarity with monitoring, automation, and integration frameworks.
• Certifications such as PSPO I/II, CSPO, SAFe PO/PM.
• Background in IT operations, engineering, or cloud services is a plus.
  
  

What We Offer

• Opportunity to influence the strategic evolution of our messaging landscape.
• A collaborative environment with cross‑functional teams.
• Professional development.
• A modern and dynamic workplace culture.
  
  

Additional Information

We realize that managing work life balance is a challenge we all face in our daily lives and in order to support with this we are pleased to offer hybrid and flexible working for most of our Avaloqers to maintain work life balance and still continue our fantastic Avaloq culture in our global offices.

In Avaloq we are proud to embrace diversity and understand the success of our business is built on the power of different opinions, we are whole heartedly committed to fostering an equal opportunity environment and inclusive culture where you can be your true authentic self.

We hire, compensate and promote regardless of origin, age, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other fantastic traits that make us all unique, we have done our best to write this advert in an inclusive and neutral way.

Please be aware that we will not accept speculative CV submissions for any of our roles from recruitment agencies, and any unsolicited candidate submissions will be exempt from any payment expectations.

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