Senior Product Owner

EXA Technologies is seeking a Senior Product Owner to support a global financial institution with a focus on fixed income, especially municipal bonds. This hybrid role in Charlotte, NC blends product ownership with hands-on domain expertise, partnering with engineering and QA to deliver capabilities that meet business and regulatory requirements. You will lead Agile execution, translate stakeholder needs into actionable stories, and serve as a subject matter expert across the bond trade lifecycle.

What you’ll do

• Own and prioritize the product backlog for fixed income and municipal bond platforms
• Collect business requirements from trading, sales, operations, risk, and compliance, then translate them into epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria
• Lead Agile ceremonies including backlog refinement, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and demos
• Act as the product and domain subject matter expert for bond products, trade lifecycle, and related workflows for the delivery team
• Partner with engineering and QA to help ensure releases align with business needs and regulatory requirements
• Document and compare current-state and future-state processes to identify gaps and improvement opportunities
• Support UAT, production releases, and post-release issue resolution
• Communicate progress, risks, and dependencies to stakeholders and leadership

What you bring

• 8+ years of experience as a Product Owner, Business Analyst, or similar role in financial services
• Proven hands-on experience with municipal bonds and broader fixed income products including corporate, government/treasury, and agency bonds
• Strong understanding of the bond trade lifecycle: pricing, order management, trade execution, settlement, and reference/security master data
• Familiarity with municipal market regulations and reporting including MSRB, EMMA, and RTRS
• Experience writing user stories and acceptance criteria in Agile/Scrum environments
• Working knowledge of JIRA and Confluence
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work directly with senior business stakeholders
• Ability to work onsite in Charlotte, NC three days per week

Tools and domain

JIRA and Confluence

Benefits

• Flexible schedule

Additional details

• Location: Charlotte, NC (Hybrid, 3 days/week onsite at client location)
• Employment type: Full-time
• Compensation: USD 110,000 - 120,000 per year (listed as $120,000 per year; $110,000.00 - $120,000.00 per year)
• Work authorization: Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future employer sponsorship. Visa sponsorship is not available.
• Local preference: Local candidates to Charlotte, NC strongly preferred

Preferred qualifications

• Experience at a large bank, broker-dealer, or wealth management firm
• Exposure to new issue/underwriting, municipal securities sales and trading, or fixed income analytics
• Knowledge of industry data sources such as Bloomberg, ICE, or Refinitiv
• SQL skills for data analysis and validation
• CSPO, SAFe POPM, or similar certification