Business Lead in “Fee Management” for the Digital Euro Project

The Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB) as a member of the Eurosystem, is an active participant in the development of the digital euro and part of the partner consortium "Alliance for the Digital Euro", which has a key role in its development, introduction, and operation, with the OeNB assuming a leading, strong, and reliable role within this consortium.
To strengthen our team, we are seeking a Squad Business Leader for the "Fee Management" functional team supporting the development of the Alliance for the Digital Euro.

Business Lead in "Fee Management" for the Digital Euro Project

Full-time
Referenzbezeichnung: 5080

Ihre Aufgaben

• Vision and Roadmap: Gather and define Fee management business requirement together with ECB and other stakeholders; develop and communicate the product vision and roadmap, ensuring alignment with ECB and key stakeholders. Analyse regulatory changes, and assess feasibility of new fee structures
• Product Backlog Management: Lead backlog creation, prioritization and maintenance of fee management initiatives; support the Product Owner in development, execution and communication of the overall fee strategy and roadmap
• Stakeholder Engagement: Manage internal/external stakeholder relationships (e.g. ECB, service providers) to ensure clear communication of goals related to fee structures and pricing model
• Sprint Planning: Active participation in the sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives, supporting the Scrum Master in facilitating discussions to ensure team alignment on objectives.
• Drafting of User Story and Functional Documentation: Ensure that the squad drafts high-quality user stories (for new developments and for bug fixing) and relevant test cases with clear acceptance criteria to effectively communicate product functionality to the development team, and functional documentation for the project.
• Quality Assurance: Work with the QA team (Test Leads of the Functional Certification Management team) to ensure product quality and that user requirements are met before releases to user environment.
• Support to User and Production environments: Ensure that the squad provides an adequate support to the client and users, answering to request and analysing potential issues.
• Continuous Improvement: Foster a culture of continuous improvement by gathering feedback, analysing metrics and iterating on product features and processes.

Ihr Profil

• University degree in Business Administration or Information Technology or Engineering desirable
• Excellent written and oral command in English (min. C1) and good German skills (B2)
• A minimum of five years of experience as a Product Owner or similar role in software development projects, with a proven track record of managing successful product releases
• Understanding of fee/billing logic and its settlement at TARGET or Financial Institutions, or Card companies (ICS)
• Profound knowledge in banking and payment ecosystems, and/ or card products and processes
• Experience leading teams (5+ people), ideally multi-cultural; high level of commitment, flexibility and team spirit
• Analytical, data-driven mindset; excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills (incl. institutions and service providers)
• Knowledge of agile methodologies and SAFe principles and familiarity with project management tools (JIRA, Confluence)
• Familiarity with software development practices (DevOps, CI/CD) desirable

Unser Angebot

• Challenging tasks in an international environment
• Working in a large economic institution in Austria with a strong research focus and international institutional networks
• A wide variety of training and career possibilities
• Family-friendly work policies (e.g. company kindergarten, holiday camps for children of staff)
• Easy access to public transport
• Benefits include flexible working hours and working from home, a staff restaurant, in-house medical care, corporate fitness benefits, etc.
• Weekly normal working hours of 38.5 hours, separate overtime pay

According to Austrian law, it is required to post a minimum salary, which for this position is 54.315 EUR (Bachelor) for full-time (38.5h/week). If you have higher qualifications and relevant previous experience, you may be offered higher pay.

To further enhance diversity, the OeNB particularly encourages applications from female candidates. In case of equal merit, preference will be given to female applicants. Applications from candidates with disabilities are expressly encouraged.
If you are interested in the position and have EU citizenship, we look forward to receiving your online application.

Dienstort: Wien
Anstellungsart: Full-time
Besetzung ab: 01.06.2026
Bereich: Zahlungsverkehr

Ihre Ansprechpartnerin

Daniela Sackl
Business Partnerin
01/404 20-7655
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