Agile Product Owner - Payments (Baltic)

About the role

Swedbank is looking for an Agile Product Owner for its payments business in the Baltic region. The role shapes the next generation of real-time and cross-border payments, acting as the customer voice in a cross-functional Agile team and serving as service owner for assigned payment IT services.

Key responsibilities

• Own and prioritise the team backlog to maximise value across new features, maintenance, lifecycle and regulatory work.
• Balance long-term infrastructure upgrades with short-term regulatory and operational needs in a complex, regulated environment.
• Keep the team supplied with well-prepared backlog items and clear sprint goals, and ensure there is enough prior work ready.
• Mitigate impediments affecting the team's completion of Planning Interval (PI) objectives.
• Act as service owner for payment IT services, ensuring stability and reliability.
• Lead incident, problem and crisis management with the team when needed.

Required profile

• At least 3 years of experience as a Product Owner or in a similar role within an IT development team.
• A relevant academic degree.
• Experience in Payments, Banking or Financial Services is a significant advantage.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.

Required skills

• Solid understanding of IT development processes, methodologies and supporting tools.
• Strong technical understanding to collaborate with developers, architects and other technical stakeholders.
• Problem-solving skills and business acumen, staying calm under pressure.
• Communication and leadership skills, working with teams and stakeholders across VDE and Swedbank.

What we offer

• Salary depending on country: Latvia 3,450-5,150 EUR gross, Lithuania 4,200-6,300 EUR gross, Estonia 3,800-5,700 EUR gross.
• Share-based reward programme (Eken), company pension plan and employee offer for banking products.
• Health insurance, flexible working conditions when suitable, and a supportive, inclusive environment.

Applications are accepted until 15 November 2026.