Assistant Product Owner / Business Analyst (Wealth Management) l Contract

Business Analysis & Product Ownership

• Act as an assistant business lead and assistant business analyst for the Wealth segment.
• Define acceptance criteria based on business value, technical feasibility, and alignment with strategic priorities.
• Maintain a well-groomed product backlog, ensuring clarity, prioritization, and completeness.
• Work closely with Agile development teams to provide clarifications, refine user stories, and ensure shared understanding of product vision and sprint goals.
• Provide delivery status updates, gather feedback, and manage stakeholder expectations throughout the project lifecycle.
• Develop working relationships and maintain effective communication with stakeholders across multiple departments.
• Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) in specific areas of the wealth management business.

Key Accountabilities

• Plan, prioritize, and execute change initiatives for the Avaloq Wealth platform, covering end-to-end processes and booking channels.
• Facilitate communication and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of system enhancements.
• Co-manage the product backlog with Product Owners and champion continuous improvement within the Avaloq environment.
• Respond to production functional queries and provide user training where required.
• Manage and process BAU (Business-As-Usual) operational requests raised by business users.

Change Management

• Coordinate and execute change management activities, including user training, preparation of user guides, manuals, and workflow documentation.
• Perform systematic analysis of SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) and deliver improvements through structured project implementation.

Requirement:

• Minimum 4-5 years of experience in Business Analysis, Product Ownership, or related roles within Wealth Management, Private Banking, or Financial Services.
• Experience supporting or working with Avaloq or other core banking/wealth platforms (advantageous).
• Hands-on experience working in Agile environments (Scrum/Kanban).
• Ability to write clear user stories, acceptance criteria, and process documentation.
• Skilled in analysing business processes, identifying gaps, and proposing solutions.
• Comfortable handling BAU requests, production issues, and system functional queries.
• Proficiency in tools such as JIRA, Confluence, MS Excel, and workflow documentation tools.