Job Title: Product Owner II
Location: Buffalo, NY.
Employment Type: Temp (11 Months)
Industry: Banking
Compensation: $65.00/Hour
Schedule: 40 Hours/Week
About the Opportunity:
- Lead the vision, strategy, and roadmap for a large product or portfolio of products.
- Act as the voice of the customer while partnering with agile teams and stakeholders to deliver high-value solutions.
- Drive backlog prioritization, product improvements, and cross-functional collaboration in a fast-paced agile environment.
Why You'll Love Working Here:
- Supportive, team-driven culture that values collaboration, transparency, and accountability.
- Opportunity to grow your career with a global workforce solutions leader serving multiple industries.
- People-first environment that encourages employees to bring their authentic selves to work.
- Strong focus on partnership, innovation, and delivering meaningful results for clients and candidates.
Why This Opportunity is Exciting:
This role offers the chance to join a company that prioritises both people and performance-where your contributions directly impact client success while giving you room to grow and develop professionally.
About Acara Solutions
Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider-we help companies compete for talent. With a legacy of experience in various industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and customize visionary talent solutions that drive desired business outcomes. We leverage decades of experience to deliver contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide.
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What You'll Do:
- Define and communicate the product vision, roadmap, and strategic priorities to stakeholders and agile teams.
- Own and prioritize the product backlog to align with business goals and customer needs.
- Write detailed user stories and acceptance criteria to support Agile and Acceptance Test-Driven Development (ATDD) practices.
- Partner closely with delivery teams to track product progress and maintain clear communication through dashboards and reporting tools.
- Participate in agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog grooming, stand-ups, and retrospectives.
- Serve as the primary liaison between stakeholders, leadership, and development teams to ensure alignment and delivery success.
- Use customer feedback, analytics, and design thinking methodologies to drive product decisions and improve user experiences.
- Collaborate across teams and with other Product Owners to align customer journeys and dependent initiatives.
- Support change management and continuously identify opportunities for product and process improvements.
- Ensure adherence to risk, regulatory, audit, and internal control standards within the product environment.
What You'll Bring:
- High School Diploma or GED
- Minimum of 10+ years of experience in business, analytical, technical, and product experience.
- Minimum of 10+ years of experience in Deposits/Account Opening
- Minimum of 10+ years of experience in Agile (Scrum).
What Sets You Apart:
- Bachelor's Degree
- Prior experience prioritizing across competing priorities and a quickly changing landscape.
- Prior experience actively seeking out multiple opinions, yet making independent decisions and influencing positive outcomes.
- Understanding of Design Thinking principles.
- Knowledge of product design and development best practices.
- Knowledge of Agile and Lean principles and practices.
- Experience working in partnership with user experience teams on product design.
- Experience developing/managing digital capabilities.
- Specific subject matter expertise as needed by the assigned product.
Additional Information:
- Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check.
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Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, TalentRise, Viaduct) are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran.
Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.
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Aleron
May 14, 2026