Senior Product Owner

Ciklum is looking for a Senior Product Owner to join our team full-time in Ukraine.
We are a custom product engineering company that supports both multinational organizations and scaling startups to solve their most complex business challenges. With a global team of over 4,000 highly skilled developers, consultants, analysts and product owners, we engineer technology that redefines industries and shapes the way people live.
About the role:
As a Senior Product Owner, become a part of a cross-functional development team engineering experiences of tomorrow. We are building a team to work on various projects whose primary goal is to improve and automate the customer’s business processes, reduce time and efforts required for various operations.
Responsibilities:

Owning the product vision, strategy and roadmap for payment products in alignment with business goals

Working closely with backend engineers and architects to define API, service and integration requirements

Gathering, analyzing and prioritizing requirements from business stakeholders, finance, compliance and engineering teams

Managing and prioritizing the product backlog; writing clear epics, user stories and acceptance criteria

Driving integrations with payment service providers (PSPs), acquirers and alternative payment methods

Optimizing payment flows to improve conversion, authorization rates and customer experience

Working with compliance and security teams to ensure adherence to PCI DSS, PSD2/SCA and other regulatory requirements

Defining payment KPIs (e.g. authorization rate, payment conversion, fraud rate, transaction costs) and making data-driven decisions

Working closely with engineering, design, QA and business teams throughout the whole product lifecycle, from discovery to delivery

Planning of product releases together with delivery teams

Communicating product status, priorities and trade-offs to stakeholders at all levels, including senior management

Identifying risks and dependencies and proactively managing them

Mentoring and supporting other product team member

Requirements:

5+ years of experience as a Product Owner in IT / digital products

Proven experience writing user stories for backend teams (APIs, services, integrations), with clear, testable acceptance criteria that cover functional and non-functional requirements

Clear grasp of systems integration patterns and upstream/downstream dependencies, with awareness of how backend changes affect front-end behavior and user experience

Understanding of the payments ecosystem: PSPs, acquirers, card schemes, payment gateways, alternative payment methods (e.g. digital wallets, BNPL)

Knowledge of payment processes: authorization, capture, refunds, chargebacks, settlement and reconciliation

Proven experience in building and managing a product roadmap

Solid understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)

Experience working with cross-functional distributed teams

Hands-on experience with product analytics tools (e.g. Google Analytics, Amplitude, Mixpanel)

Experience with JIRA, Confluence, Miro or similar tools

Strong stakeholder management and negotiation skills

Upper-Intermediate English or higher

Desirable:

Experience in the payments or fintech domain

Understanding of payment regulations and standards (PCI DSS, PSD2/SCA, 3-D Secure)

Experience with multi-currency and cross-border payments

Experience with fraud prevention and risk management tools

Experience with B2C products with a large user base

Basic knowledge of SQL for data analysis

Product management or Agile certifications (e.g. CSPO, PSPO, SAFe POPM)

Personal skills:

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Excellent communication and presentation skills for technical and non-technical audiences

Ability to make decisions under uncertainty and balance competing priorities

Customer-centric mindset and passion for building great products

Self-motivated, proactive and result-oriented

Strong ownership and accountability

What’s in it for you?

Strong community: Work alongside top professionals in a friendly, open-door environment

Growth focus: Take on large-scale projects with a global impact and expand your expertise

Tailored learning: Boost your skills with internal events (meetups, conferences, workshops), Udemy access, language courses, and company-paid certifications

Endless opportunities: Explore diverse domains through internal mobility, finding the best fit to gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies

Flexibility: Enjoy radical flexibility – work remotely or from an office, your choice

Care: We’ve got you covered with company-paid medical insurance, mental health support, and financial & legal consultations

About us:
At Ciklum, we are always exploring innovations, empowering each other to achieve more, and engineering solutions that matter. With us, you’ll work with cutting-edge technologies, contribute to impactful projects, and be part of a One Team culture that values collaboration and progress.
As one of Ukraine’s largest IT companies and a top employer recognized by Forbes, we’ve spent over 20 years delivering meaningful tech solutions. We proudly support diverse talent and military veterans, recognizing their unique skills and perspectives they bring to shaping the future.
Explore, empower, engineer with Ciklum!
Interested already? We would love to get to know you! Submit your application. We can’t wait to see you at Ciklum.
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