Senior Product Owner

About Us 

Hawk is the leading provider of AI-supported anti-money laundering and fraud detection technology. Banks and payment providers globally are using Hawk’s powerful combination of traditional rules and explainable AI to improve the effectiveness of their AML compliance and fraud prevention by identifying more crime while maximizing efficiency by reducing false positives. With our solution, we are playing a vital role in the global fight against Money Laundering, Fraud, or the financing of terrorism. We offer a culture of mutual trust, support and passion – while providing individuals with opportunities to grow professionally and make a difference in the world. 

YOUR MISSION

Your mission as our Senior Product Owner – AML & Investigations is to shape and evolve Hawk’s AI-driven AML platform at the forefront of financial crime technology. You will work hands-on on cutting-edge solutions, including real-time AI detection, explainable AI, and GenAI-powered investigative workflows, ensuring our products address real-world AML challenges faced by enterprise banks.

Bringing deep financial crime expertise into the product, you will translate regulatory, investigative, and operational requirements into scalable, high-impact solutions. You will operate with a high degree of autonomy, working closely with engineering, data science, design, and commercial teams to drive both product innovation and tangible customer value.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own and evolve product areas related to AML, transaction monitoring, and investigations, with a strong focus on enterprise banking use cases

• Translate regulatory requirements, investigative workflows, and customer needs into clear product requirements, user stories, and prioritised backlogs

• Act as the subject matter expert for AML regulations, transaction monitoring rules, and investigative processes, ensuring product decisions reflect real-world bank operations

• Work closely with engineering and data science teams on cutting-edge solutions, including rules-based systems, real-time AI detection, explainable AI, and GenAI-based investigative capabilities

• Drive product discovery and delivery end to end, from problem definition through rollout and iteration

• Collaborate with UX/UI designers to ensure investigative and analyst workflows are intuitive, efficient, and scalable

• Own the commercial aspects of your product areas, including business case development, pricing, packaging, and contribution to sales enablement materials

• Engage directly with customers (banks, financial institutions, consultancies) to gather feedback, validate solutions, and support product evolution

• Support pre-sales and post-sales activities where deep AML or product expertise is required (e.g. workshops, solution discussions, QBRs)

• Stay close to industry trends, regulatory developments, and competitive solutions to continuously improve Hawk’s product offering

YOUR PROFILE

• Senior-level experience in financial crime, with a strong focus on AML, ideally working directly with enterprise banks, financial institutions, or specialist consultancies

• Hands-on experience with transaction monitoring systems, AML rules, alerting, and investigative processes

• Strong understanding of regulatory environments, supervisory expectations, and how AML teams operate in practice

• Product mindset with experience acting as a Product Owner or in a product-adjacent role, translating complex domain problems into product solutions

• Technical proficiency and comfort working with AI-driven systems, including rules engines, ML models, real-time AI detection, GenAI-based investigative systems, and explainability / model governance concepts

• Proactive, autonomous communicator who takes ownership, pushes topics forward, and drives decisions

• Comfortable working cross-functionally with engineering, data science, design, sales, and customer teams

• Experience with direct competitors, internal bank compliance teams, or specialist financial crime consultancies is highly valued

• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English; German is a bonus