Senior Associate Product Owner

About the role

Wintrust provides community and commercial banking, specialty finance and wealth management services through its 16 bank charters and nine non-bank businesses. Wintrust delivers the sophisticated solutions of a large bank while staying true to the relationship-focused, personalized service of our community banking roots.

We serve clients in all 50 states with more than 200 branch banking locations in Illinois, southwestern Florida, northwestern Indiana, west Michigan and southern Wisconsin and commercial banking offices in Chicago, Denver, Milwaukee, Grand Rapids, Mich., and in key branch banking locations throughout Illinois. Our people are the heart of our business and we are proud to rank consistently as a top place to work.

Wintrust is a $66 billion financial institution based in Rosemont, Illinois, and listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "WTFC."

Position Overview

The Senior Associate Product Owner will collaborate with Product Owners to maintain, expand and enhance Wintrust's payments products. This position will be responsible for working on the daily management of several payment instant payment products, such as Real Time Payments, FedNow and Zelle.

The Senior Associate Product Owner will also contribute, and sometimes lead, cross-functional teams to enhance product capabilities, improve client experience, ensure successful delivery of enhancements. Additionally, the Senior Associate Product Owner will build knowledge of the instant payment products and network rules to ensure compliance.

What you'll do

• Create, design and monitor key performance metrics on a regular schedule to help drive key business results. Maintain competitive information on products to identify gaps and opportunities. Ensure product documentation and product pages are up to date.
• Serve as the key point of contact for external and internal partners related to product support. Work closely with the Treasury Management Sales, Support and Implementation teams on product enhancements and new product launches.
• Manage projects as assigned managing through matrixed resources to deliver results on schedule.
• Review existing procedures and processes and recommend where automation or improvement processes can be implemented.
• Provide, recommend, and identify solutions for the product roadmap based on experience managing the payment products, industry changes and customer feedback.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience
• Bachelor degree or equivalent
• Understanding of business and consumer payment products
• Financial services experience preferred.
• Product Management experience preferred
• Advanced Computer Skills

Benefits

Medical Insurance * Dental * Vision * Life insurance * Accidental death and dismemberment * Short-term and long term Disability Insurance * Parental Leave * Employee Assistance Program (EAP) * Traditional and Roth 401(k) with company match * Flexible Spending Account (FSA) * Employee Stock Purchase Plan at 5% discount * Critical Illness Insurance * Accident Insurance * Transportation and Commuting Benefits * Banking Benefits * Pet Insurance

Compensation

The estimated salary range for this role is $71,000 - $92,000, along with eligibility to earn an annual bonus. Actual salaries may vary based on several factors, such as a candidate's qualifications, skills, and

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