Director, Product Owner at Prudential Ins Co of America in Newark, New Jersey

Job Description:

Finance Digital Transformation – Director, Product Owner

Description

PGIM, the global investment management businesses of Prudential Financial Inc., is a multi-manager that delivers industry-leading strategies and solutions to clients. With offices located in 16 countries across five continents, PGIM is among the top 10 largest asset managers in the world with over $1 trillion in assets under management. Each business maintains its own investment process and culture, allowing for a singular focus on delivering investment returns for clients. The PGIM businesses offer investors a wide range of investment strategies across asset classes and geographies, including public equities, public and private fixed income, commercial mortgages and real estate.

The Finance team for PGIM is seeking an action-oriented individual with an entrepreneurial mindset and strong decision-making abilities to fill the Finance Digital Transformation Director, Product Owner opening. Your role on this team will be to lead the development & implementation of new, integrated financial tools and technology solutions for PGIM, which will be utilized to meet business intelligence, data analytics, planning and analysis, and financial & management reporting needs. The candidate will partner with internal, and at times external technology solution providers, as well as PGIM finance teams and business leaders, to deliver best in class business analytics solutions for PGIM and Prudential and transform the way data is utilized. This role will encompass managing aspects of finance, technology, project management, and people management.  

The successful candidate will be a proactive and versatile individual who thrives in fast-paced environments, is comfortable being in a role with high visibility and relishes the unique opportunity to play a pivotal role in an innovative financial technology transformation role in the enterprise.  The individual will need to leverage knowledge of financial concepts (e.g.: P&L, BS, Capital/Debt) and technology (e.g. Oracle E-Business suite; SQL server; Anaplan; Power Platform; Data Management tools, i.e. Denodo; Data Visualization tools, i.e. Tableau) to partner and collaborate with finance, business and technology colleagues at all levels. This person is committed to personal growth, eager to learn, and embraces complex challenges to ideate, design, develop, and implement redefined and transformed processes.

Busy periods in this job will not be cyclical, but will be based on the peaks of deliverables, milestones, and hurdles that are needed to push projects over the finish line. Some of the busy times may be predictable, while others may not.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the development and implementation of new PGIM Finance tools, process improvements through technology solutions and business intelligence solutions, utilizing an Agile approach, which includes but is not limited to:
  
  
  • Ownership of the Product Lifecycle
  
  
  • Status Updates to key stakeholders and Finance Leadership
  
  
  • Overseeing/tracking/managing implementation
  
  
  • Reporting to management/stakeholders
  
  
  • Create prioritization of projects
  
  
  • Finding efficiencies through technology
  
  
  • Expected to report out on cost efficiencies and man hours saved as a result of projects/solutions
  
  
  • Interface with Leaders around the company (CFOs)
  
  
  • Partner closely with business finance teams to define business requirements through user stories and recommend process changes to support new capabilities as needed
  
  
  • Track and communicate deliverables and the associated timelines as well as project risks and dependencies
  
  
  
  

The successful candidate will report to the VP, Planning and Analysis,  will have broad authority and ownership over the product roadmap and prioritization of projects.

​Specific responsibilities for the position will vary over time based on business needs and other factors.

Qualifications

The characteristics below describe our ideal candidate

Entrepreneurial Mindset

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  Future State Vision, Present Day Action - Able to keep the long run goals in sight while tackling and overcoming the day to day deliverables and challenges.


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  Creative Problem Solver - Evaluates situations from all angles, does not shy away from out of the box solutions that have not been attempted before.


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  Motivated Self Starter - Enthusiastic about tackling challenges and leads the way on getting the ball rolling. Quickly able to learn new data sources and technologies

Versatile Communicator and Collaborator

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  Flexible and Adaptable - Able to flex their style of communication and find new ways to partner to build a cohesive team and maintain progress.


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  High Awareness - Understands how different individuals and groups will react to changes and anticipates future.
  


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  Persuasive - Able to get team members and business partners on board with the vision and execution of transformation objectives.

Intelligent Risk Taker and Decision Maker

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  Intelligent Risk Taker - Evaluates situations, understands the challenges, takes the necessary risks to get the project past milestones and over the finish line.


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  Decisive – Can make project level decisions that will be instrumental in keeping pace and setting the stage for future actions.


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  Takes Ownership - Takes responsibility for the project as if it was their own business.

Low Ego Leadership

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  Authentic, Thoughtful, Fair, and High Integrity - Treats everyone as equal, listens to different perspectives, and establishes an inclusive environment.


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  Optimistic – Remains positive and inspiring during difficult situations and drives others to be a part of the solution.


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  Embraces Humility – Understands that this job is not about knowing the right answer, it's about finding the right answer.

Preferred Experience

7 - 10 years of well diversified and dynamic experience in a corporate environment

MBA, CPA, or CFA is a plus

Experience with data architecture

Experience in building out BI solutions, i.e. Power BI or other data visualization tools

Data science and/or analytic experience

Demonstrated Agile Project Management experience (PM certification a plus)

Experience with GAAP accounting, Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Modeling, and Executive Presentations

Excellent project management, analytical, and interpersonal skills

Anaplan Experience is a plus

Prudential Financial, Inc. of the United States is not affiliated with Prudential plc. which is headquartered in the United Kingdom.

Prudential is a multinational financial services leader with operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Leveraging its heritage of life insurance and asset management expertise, Prudential is focused on helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth. The company's well-known Rock symbol is an icon of strength, stability, expertise and innovation that has stood the test of time. Prudential's businesses offer a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, asset management, and real estate services.

We recognize that our strength and success are directly linked to the quality and skills of our diverse associates. We are proud to be a place where talented people who want to make a difference can grow as professionals, leaders, and as individuals. Visit www.prudential.com to learn more about our values, our history and our brand.

Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetics, disability, marital status, age, veteran status, domestic partner status , medical condition or any other characteristic protected by law. 

The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Newark, NJ and its affiliates.

Note that this posting is intended for individual applicants. Search firms or agencies should email Staffing at staffingagencies@prudential.com for more information about doing business with Prudential.

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