About Persistent
We are an AI-led, platform-driven Digital Engineering and Enterprise Modernization partner, combining deep technical expertise and industry experience to help our clients anticipate what’s next. Our offerings and proven solutions create a unique competitive advantage for our clients by giving them the power to see beyond and rise above. We work with many industry-leading organizations across the world, including 20 Fortune 50 companies and 4 of the 5 top banks in both the US and India, and numerous innovators across the healthcare ecosystem.
Our disruptor’s mindset, commitment to client success, and agility to thrive in the dynamic environment have enabled us to sustain our growth momentum. Persistent has been recognized across top industry platforms for innovation, leadership, and inclusion. We reported $1,654.4M FY26 revenue with 17.4% Y-o-Y growth. We have delivered 24 sequential quarters of growth with $436.0M in Q4 FY26 revenue, up 3.2% Q-o-Q and 16.2% Y-o-Y growth. Our 27,500+ global team members, located in 18 countries, have been instrumental in helping the market leaders transform their industries. We have been recognized as the Fastest Growing IT Services Brand Globally in the 2026 Brand Finance IT Services 25 Report. We named a Leader in the Everest Group Private Equity (PE) Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2026 and Software Product Engineering PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2026.
About Position:
Join us as a "Product Owner" where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You'll harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionize our digital offerings, ensuring unapparelled customer experiences.
To be successful as a "Product Owner", you should have experience with:
Basic/ Essential Qualifications:
- Engage with other Product Owner’s and Business stakeholders to discuss and negotiate dependencies.
- Act as face of product to Stakeholders especially senior leadership.
- Act as customer representative to team and explains the value of the change to the business.
- Help elaborate Stories to Tech team where detail needed.
- Review and accept of all work completed in Sprint.
- Participate in Story Refinement sessions.
- Participate in Sprint Planning to help team understand the change and ensure priority of work is correct.
- Self-initiate new Ideas/ Product features / enhance existing features.
- Seek funding opportunities from Stakeholders/Business Areas for new initiatives.
- Experience of creating Business Case and presenting it to Senior stakeholders
- Work with Projects to exploit their funding to become the vehicle to deliver new features/improve existing as well as their core requirements.
- Engage with users to understand user patterns / behaviors / potential improvements / pain points.
- Analysis prioritization in collaboration with other leads; Prioritize live issue fixes.
- Explore metrics across the product, collaborate with Tech and Domain Lead to drive improvement.
- Create Domain Roadmaps to detail feature delivery and timelines.
- The need to drive metrics to bring to life the delivery of features and associated issues.
Purpose of the role
To manage product management initiatives and set the strategic direction. Provide support to the bank's senior management team, and to manage product development risk across the organization.
Assistant Vice President Expectations
- To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
- Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
- If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
- OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
- Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
- Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
- Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
- Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
- Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
- Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
- Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
- Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.
- Role: Product Owner
- Location: Knutsford
- Experience: 15+ years
- Job Type: Full Time Employment
- Mandatory Mention 3 skills: Product Owner, Payment, Banking and Financial domain.
What You'll Do:
- Development of strategic direction for product management, including the implementation of up to date methodologies and processes.
- Management of product management initiatives, including oversight of colleagues and their performance, implementation of departmental goals and objectives, oversight of department efficiency and effectiveness.
- Relationship management of product management stakeholders, including identifying relevant stakeholders, and maintenance of the quality of external third-party services.
- Development and implementation of policies and procedures for product management.
- Management of product management risk, including identification of potential risks, development of strategies to mitigate those risks, and maintenance of alignment between the bank’s product management and compliance functions. .
- Monitoring the financial performance of the product management department, including revenue, profitability, and cost control.
- Conducting thorough market research to understand market trends, competitive landscape, and regulatory changes to identify market opportunities.
Expertise You'll Bring:
- Engage with other Product Owner’s and Business stakeholders to discuss and negotiate dependencies.
- Act as face of product to Stakeholders especially senior leadership.
- Act as customer representative to team and explains the value of the change to the business.
- Help elaborate Stories to Tech team where detail needed.
- Review and accept of all work completed in Sprint.
- Participate in Story Refinement sessions.
- Participate in Sprint Planning to help team understand the change and ensure priority of work is correct.
- Self-initiate new Ideas/ Product features / enhance existing features.
Assistant Vice President Expectations
- To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
- Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
- If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviors are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
We need Experience into Payments and working experience into BFSI domain.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Culture focused on talent development with quarterly growth opportunities and company-sponsored higher education and certifications
- Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies
- Employee engagement initiatives such as project parties, flexible work hours, and Long Service awards
- Annual health check-ups
- Insurance coverage: group term life, personal accident, and Mediclaim hospitalization for self, spouse, two children, and parents
Values-Driven, People-Centric & Inclusive Work Environment:
Persistent is dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We invite applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities, and regardless of gender or gender preference. We welcome diverse candidates from all backgrounds.
- We support hybrid work and flexible hours to fit diverse lifestyles.
- Our office is accessibility-friendly, with ergonomic setups and assistive technologies to support employees with physical disabilities.
- If you are a person with disabilities and have specific requirements, please inform us during the application process or at any time during your employment
Let’s unleash your full potential at Persistent - persistent.com/careers
For more detail, please contact – Chayan Chakraborty. [email protected]
“Persistent is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind.”
