Product Owner, Compliance Systems & Analytics

Product Owner, Compliance Systems & Analytics – Vilnius, Lithuania

Do you like to challenge status quo? Do you consider yourself strategic, data-driven, and execution-focused person? Are you interested in joining a globally diverse organization where our unique contributions are recognized and celebrated, allowing each of us to thrive? Then, it’s time to join Western Union as a Product Owner, Compliance Systems & Analytics.

Western Union powers your pursuit.

In this role you will guide the evolution of the next generation of compliance products from conception to implementation and beyond. This involves working cross-functionally to understand our various global compliance needs, user personas, and competition to formulate requirements, and deliver impactful solutions to our users. 

Role Responsibilities

• Partner with Risk and Compliance teams to understand regulatory trends, pain points, and future-state needs. 

• Deliver the product strategy to align with business priorities, ever-changing regulatory mandates, and enterprise modernization.

• Support outcome-oriented roadmaps for systems such as case management, investigations, regulatory reporting, and audit. 

• Use data to inform prioritization, evaluate product performance (KPIs), and identify product opportunities. 

• Understand user and stakeholder needs and gather product requirements, prioritizing them based on business impact. 

• Foster relationships with stakeholders and communicate workstream status, issues, and risks on a regular cadence. 

• Translate strategic project requirements into clear, prioritized product Epics, Features, and User Stories. 

• Lead and coordinate mid-sized projects, including research, analysis, documentation, design/develop testing, training, status reporting, implementation, and post-rollout review/audit. 

• Partner with cross-functional teams through discovery, development, and deployment while ensuring timelines, scope, and quality targets are met. 

• Ensure backlog is shovel ready by meeting the Definition of Ready (DoR) and Definition of Done (DoD) to support effective planning and delivery. 

• Collaborate with technical, compliance, and operational stakeholders to align on requirements, dependencies, and business outcomes. 

• Connect with our user base to understand their needs and identify innovative solutions. 

Role Requirements

• Solid experience and proven track record of compliance knowledge, preferably in the financial services.

• Strong product ownership or business analysis experience.

• Ability to go beyond order-taking, strong problem solver with transformative mindset.

• Excellent communication skills and fluency in English language (verbally and written).

• Ability to work independently and challenge the status quo.

• Technical knowledge with AWS, Snowflake (preferred), Jira, Reich and/or Figma.

• Knowledge of SQL/Python is considered as a plus.

• Experience with regulatory/compliance systems (Hummingbird, Palantir, OFAC tools) is evaluated as an advantage.

We make financial services accessible to humans everywhere. Join us for what’s next.

Western Union is positioned to become the world’s most accessible financial services company —transforming lives and communities. We’re a diverse and passionate customer-centric team of over 8,000 employees serving 200 countries and territories, reaching customers and receivers around the globe. More than moving money, we design easy-to-use products and services for our digital and physical financial ecosystem that help our customers move forward.

Just as we help our global customers prosper, we support our employees in achieving their professional aspirations. You’ll have plenty of opportunities to learn new skills and build a career, as well as receive a great compensation package. If you’re ready to help drive the future of financial services, it’s time for Western Union. Learn more about our purpose and people at https://careers.westernunion.com/.

Salary

The monthly gross base salary range is 2,658 – 4,317  EUR. This range represents the anticipated low and high end of the salary for this position. This role is also eligible to receive an annual bonus that align with individual and company performance. Actual salaries will vary and are based on factors such as a candidate’s qualifications, skills, and competencies.

Benefits

You will also have access to short-term incentives, multiple health insurance options, accident and life insurance, and access to best-in-class development platforms, to name a few
(https://careers.westernunion.com/global-benefits/). Please see the location-specific benefits below and note that your Recruiter may share additional role-specific benefits during your interview process or in an offer of employment.

Your Lithuania specific benefits include:

• Private Health Insurance (3 options)

• Life & Accident Insurance

• Additional days off

• Wide variety of discounts and special offers

• ⁠Free Fitness facilities

• Volunteering activities

• Referral program

• Relocation Buddy support upon request

Western Union values in-person collaboration, learning, and ideation whenever possible. We believe this creates value through common ways of working and supports the execution of enterprise objectives which will ultimately help us achieve our strategic goals. By connecting face-to-face, we are better able to learn from our peers, problem-solve together, and innovate.

Our Hybrid Work Model categorizes each role into one of three categories. Western Union has determined the category of this role to be Hybrid. This is defined as a flexible working arrangement that enables employees to divide their time between working from home and working from an office location. The expectation is to work from the office a minimum of three days a week. 

We are passionate about diversity. Our commitment is to provide an inclusive culture that celebrates the unique backgrounds and perspectives of our global teams while reflecting the communities we serve. We do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, religion, political affiliation, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, or veteran status. The company will provide accommodation to applicants, including those with disabilities, during the recruitment process, following applicable laws.

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Estimated Job Posting End Date:

09-30-2025

This application window is a good-faith estimate of the time that this posting will remain open. This posting will be promptly updated if the deadline is extended or the role is filled.