Team Lead / Product Owner(Baltic Payments)

A leading Nordic bank is building a dedicated task force in its Baltic Payments area to deliver its Payment Services Regulation (PSR) obligations and other priority payments initiatives. You lead that task force: you own its planning, priorities, and delivery, and you are accountable for it hitting its objectives on scope, quality, and time.

You are the primary interface between the task-force and Baltic Payments management, and you also act as the team’s Scrum Master and delivery manager. You lead a cross-functional team of analysts, developers, QA specialists and a Tech Lead, and work closely with architecture teams, platform teams and other delivery units across the bank.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead day-to-day task-force execution and ensure delivery within agreed scope, quality and timeline
• Coordinate analysts, developers, QA specialists and the Tech Lead, keeping objectives aligned with Baltic Payments priorities and roadmap
• Facilitate Scrum and/or Kanban ceremonies; support backlog management, prioritisation, estimation and release planning
• Establish ways of working and team governance; drive continuous improvement, capacity planning and delivery predictability
• Drive transparency on progress, risks, dependencies and impediments; escalate issues that need management attention
• Act as the primary contact for business and technology stakeholders, coordinating with architecture, platform and other delivery teams
• Oversee testing, deployment and integration of delivered solutions into the Baltic Payments landscape, ensuring quality standards, documentation and governance are met
• Manage delivery risks and resource constraints; support onboarding, forecasting and resource planning

What We Expect

Must-have:

• Proven experience leading Agile software delivery teams in enterprise environments
• Strong Scrum Master and Agile delivery management capabilities
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams of analysts, developers, QA specialists, and architects
• Experience managing delivery risks, dependencies, and complex implementation initiatives
• Understanding of the software development lifecycle, testing and deployment practices
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment with evolving priorities and timelines
• Based in Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania, able to work on-site three days a week

Nice-to-have:

• Experience in banking, payments, financial services or another regulated environment
• Mentoring experience

What’s in it for you:

• Lead a regulatory payments programme with direct access to Baltic Payments management
• B2B contract with competitive senior hourly rate
• Location: Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania, hybrid(three days a week in the office

Interview Process:

1. Teamence - HR Screening
2. Consultancy interview - Fit & Technical assessment
3. Client interview - Fit & Technical assessment

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