Senior Analyst - Digital Product Owner, Technology Operating Model Platform

Ally and Your Career

Ally Financial only succeeds when its people do - and that’s more than some cliché people put on job postings. We live this stuff! We see our people as, well, people - with interests, families, friends, dreams, and causes that are all important to them. Our focus is on the health and safety of our teammates as well as work-life balance and diversity and inclusion. From generous benefits to a variety of employee resource groups, we strive to build paths that encourage employees to stretch themselves professionally. We want to help you grow, develop, and learn new things. You’re constantly evolving, so shouldn’t your opportunities be, too?

Work Schedule: Ally designates roles as (1) fully on-site, (2) hybrid, or (3) fully remote. Hybrid roles are generally expected to be in the office a certain number of days per week as indicated by your manager. Your hiring manager will discuss this role's specific work requirements with you during the hiring process. All work requirements are subject to change at any time based on leader discretion and/or business need.

The Opportunity

At Ally, you get a startup feel, but experience the benefits of a company that has worked out the kinks and is fulfilling its purpose. We are always evolving and see that as a good thing. From owning our work to seeing its impact in the real world, our team is relentless in finding new ways technology can help make experiences better and help people. We are problem solvers, we value diverse thinking, we support one another, and we challenge ourselves to think bigger in the journey to deliver customer-obsessed tech solutions. To read more about what our tech team does, be sure to visit our tech blog at ally.tech

The Sr Analyst - Digital Product Owner for Ally’s technology operating model (ATOM) platform, is a key contributor to driving adoption and strategic delivery through the creation and enhancement of product features. This role champions product management best practices, prioritizes the product backlog, and refines requirements to empower engineering teams.

As part of the Technology Program Management Office, this role is essential to delivering a product that enables the Enterprise ATOM Methodology Standard, and to support Ally’s strategic goals, through a balance of risk management and innovation.

At this time, Ally will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

The Work Itself

• Product Backlog Management:Create, prioritize, and maintain the product backlog, ensuring alignment with business goals and technical feasibility.
• User Story Development: Write clear, actionable user stories that define functionality, requirements, and acceptance criteria.
• Agile Routine Ownership: Facilitate sprint planning, refinement, elaboration sessions, retrospectives, and other scrum routines to support ongoing process improvement.
• Tactical Decision-Making: Make day-to-day decisions on product features, priorities, and trade-offs to advance development and deliver value.
• Documentation: Maintain comprehensive product documentation, including feature specs, release notes, and process guides.
• Stakeholder Communication: Regularly communicate product progress, updates, and changes to stakeholders, leveraging demos and reporting tools.
• Performance Measurement: Track and report product metrics using dashboards and feedback to guide improvements.
• Voice of the Customer: Champion customer experience by integrating feedback and advocating for user-centric design.
• Other Product Owner Activities: Perform additional duties as required to support product delivery and team objectives.
  
  

Skills

The Skills You Bring

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, information systems, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of experience in product ownership or digital product management.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Experience with Agile methodologies, sprint planning, and backlog refinement.
• Familiarity with digital product analytics, customer feedback integration, and enterprise platforms.
• Experience with Figma, LogRocket, LaunchDarkly, and Contentful a benefit.
• Self-motivated, with proven ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Attention to detail and commitment to quality.
  
  

Preferred:

• Experience with integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) models into products or processes.
  
  

How We'll Have Your Back

Ally's compensation program offers market-competitive base pay and pay-for-performance incentives (bonuses) based on achieving personal and company goals. Our Total Rewards program includes industry-leading compensation and benefits plus additional incentives that are designed to meet your needs and those of your family so you can get the most out of your career and your life, including:

• Time Away: Program starts at 20 paid time off days in addition to 11 paid holidays and 8 hours of volunteer time off yearly (time off days are prorated based on start date and program varies based on full or part-time status and management level).
• Planning for the Future: plan for the near and long term with an industry-leading 401K retirement savings plan with matching and company contributions, student loan pay downs and 529 educational save up assistance programs, tuition reimbursement, employee stock purchase plan, and financial learning center and financial coach access.
• Supporting your Health & Well-being: flexible health and insurance options including medical, dental and vision, employee, spouse and child life insurance, short- and long-term disability, pre-tax Health Savings Account with employer contributions, Healthcare FSA, critical illness, accident & hospital indemnity insurance, and a total well-being program that helps you and your family stay on track physically, socially, emotionally, and financially.
• Building a Family: adoption, surrogacy and fertility assistance as well as paid parental and caregiver leave, Dependent Day Care FSA back-up child and adult/elder care days and childcare discounts.
• Work-Life Integration: other benefits including Mentally Fit Employee Assistance Program, subsidized and discounted Weight Watchers® program and other employee discount programs.
• Other compensations: depending on the role for which you are considered, you may be eligible for travel allowances, relocation assistance, a signing bonus and/or equity.
• To view more detailed information about Ally’s Total Rewards, please visit this link: https://www.ally.com/content/dam/pdf/corporate/ally-total-rewards-snapshot.pdf
  
  

Who We Are:

Ally Financial is a customer-centric, leading digital financial services company with passionate customer service and innovative financial solutions. We are relentlessly focused on "Doing it Right" and being a trusted financial-services provider to our consumer, commercial, and corporate customers. For more information, visit www.ally.com.

Ally is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic disposition or any other reason protected by law.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical or mental disabilities. For accommodation requests, email us at hrpolicy@ally.com. Ally will not discriminate against any qualified individual who is capable of performing the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

Base Pay Range: $85000 - $150000 USD

An individual's position in the range is determined by the specific role, the scope and responsibilities of the role, work experience, education, certification(s), training, and additional qualifications. We review internal pay, the competitive market, and business environment prior to extending an offer.

Incentive Compensation: This position is eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan.