Prudential Financial - Newark, NJ

posted 3 months ago

Full-time - Executive
Newark, NJ
Insurance Carriers and Related Activities

About the position

As the Vice President, Chief Product Owner for Financial Management Technology at Prudential, you will play a pivotal role in driving the technology strategy and roadmap that supports the Financial Management Transformation initiative. This position is designed for a visionary leader who is passionate about leveraging technology to enhance Prudential's financial management capabilities. You will collaborate closely with product owners, tech leads, engineers, and delivery professionals to build, deliver, and continuously improve technology solutions that align with the organization's goals. Your leadership will be instrumental in ensuring that the technology organization effectively supports the transformation initiative, delivering high-quality solutions with the right talent in place. In this role, you will define the technology vision and success criteria for the products in your portfolio, while also overseeing the implementation of best practices and standards for technology solutions. You will lead a diverse team, nurturing a culture of inclusion, curiosity, and continuous learning. Your responsibilities will include managing dependencies, communicating with stakeholder groups, and ensuring alignment with enterprise standards. You will also be expected to stay abreast of industry trends and innovations to anticipate customer needs and business opportunities. This position requires a strong technical leader with extensive experience in the financial management domain, particularly in finance, actuarial, risk, and investment management. You will be responsible for guiding large-scale strategic initiatives and building high-performing technology product teams. Your ability to communicate effectively and manage change will be crucial as you work to foster collaboration and transparency within the organization.

Responsibilities

  • Provide dedicated technology leadership to the Financial Management Transformation initiative.
  • Define the technology vision, success criteria, and high-level roadmap for the products supporting FM Transformation.
  • Partner with Prudential's architecture team to implement and refine reference architecture and solution architecture patterns for the products in your portfolio.
  • Lead the technology resources to deliver the products in your portfolio, managing dependencies and working in close connection with stakeholders and partners in Financial Management and Technology functions.
  • Ensure the technology organization is supporting FM Transformation effectively and efficiently, with high quality solutions and the right talent to deliver those solutions.
  • Create and oversee the implementation of guidelines, best practices, and standards for technology solutions within FM Transformation, maintaining alignment with Enterprise standards and guidelines.
  • Provide leadership and mentorship to financial management technology teams, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and strategies.
  • Nurture and help define a culture of inclusion, intense curiosity, teamwork, and continuous learning.
  • Understand industry trends and innovation potential to anticipate customer needs or business opportunities.
  • Communicate clearly and frequently with stakeholder groups.

Requirements

  • Bachelor of Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent experience in related fields.
  • 10+ years of experience leading large technology teams within Financial Management Domains: Finance, Actuarial, Risk, and/or Investment Management.
  • Technical leadership experience with large scale strategic initiatives, $50M+.
  • Progressive, relevant experience in leading solution architecture, software development, and engineering teams to deliver technology solutions with global scale.
  • Strong, demonstrated stakeholder, communication and change management skills.
  • Demonstrated experience building and developing high performing technology product teams.
  • Experience with agile development methodologies.
  • Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
  • Belief in a non-hierarchal structure of collaboration, transparency, and trust.
  • Expert knowledge of business concepts, tools and processes that are needed for making sound decisions in the context of the company's business.
  • Ability to learn new skills and knowledge on an on-going basis through self-initiative and tackling challenges.

Benefits

  • Life insurance
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