Consulting Director, IT Product Management

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JOB DESCRIPTION:

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Performs a combination of duties in accordance with departmental guidelines:

Owns and has final authority for the product roadmap aligned to the business strategy content and priorities for a highly complex product or solution operating with broad latitude in a multifaceted environment

Collaborates with Business Owner / Initiative Owners and key stakeholders to decompose Initiatives into Agile Release Train (ART)-level work efforts

Develops and owns the Agile Program Vision Backlog and Program Increment (PI) Roadmap continuously communicating to the Portfolio and Team levels

Develops Benefit Hypotheses and acceptance criteria in collaboration with multiple stakeholders with disparate priorities

Works with Portfolio Management where applicable actively engaging in Portfolio-level meetings and providing insights into budget parameters

Partners with system architects to prioritize architecture work aligned with the architectural runway and business priorities

Actively participates in Team-level PI ceremonies providing business and user context

Owns internal and external stakeholder preparedness to receive and utilize the value of the product or solution/changes including distribution channel service partner and marketing and sales enablement where needed

Owns the business strategy behind the product or solution lifecycle along with legal and compliance adherence to increase value while mitigating risks

Collaborates with customer experience and support through the lifecycle of the solution

Owns preparation of the complex solution context for implementation and owns decision-making for ART-level backlog

Participates in release management and solution validation

Provides strategic insights into work activities to help development teams in sizing

Aligns with the extended Product Management team in support of the overall Product Management discipline

May perform additional duties as assigned.

Skills Knowledge & Abilities

Embodies the Lean-Agile Mindset with a proven track record of effectively coaching developing mentoring and inspiring teams in an Agile work environment

In-depth technical broad theoretical and working knowledge of the domain and solutions being developed along with the proven ability to deliver outcomes across business functions in pursuit of value within their area of expertise and for the company

Proven ability to think strategically with limited information and develop plans and roadmaps aligned with disparate priorities of multiple stakeholders to realize outcomes aligned with business strategy

Strong ability to negotiate and resolve conflicts facilitate delicate discussions consider different approaches and make decisions that have an important impact on the business

Ability to prepare Solution Context (user environment) for changes due to implementation of solutions/updates

Proven ability to interact effectively with stakeholders at all levels including business and technical/product teams; building and maintaining collaborative relationships

Ability to pivot and enact change quickly while managing stakeholder expectations and relationships

Excellent interpersonal presentation verbal and written communication skills

Strong leadership and management skills demonstrating integrity and professionalism

Education & Experience

Bachelors degree with Masters preferred in a related discipline or equivalent work experience

Typically a minimum of twelve (12) years of related work experience. Preferably as a Product Manager Product Owner or equivalent role for complex insurance or finance based solutions within the Underwriting domain preferably with experience influencing senior leadership levels

Program-Level experience in both Waterfall and Agile methodologies

Successful track record with Agile and Design Thinking methodologies along with approaches to from Project to Product definition prioritization and funding principles

Applicable certifications preferred - SAFe PO/PM CSPO or PSPO

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