Job Classification:

Technology - Project Mgmt/Business Analysis

At Prudential, we believe talent is key to achieving our vision. When you join Prudential, you’ll unlock a motivating and impactful career – all while growing your skills and advancing your profession at one of the world’s leading financial services institutions!

Are you able to solve problems creatively and develop products and solutions? As a Vice President, Expense Management Product Owner, you will lead the development of expense management solutions, in partnership with our technology leads, designers, engineers, and delivery professionals to improve the end-to-end Expense Management Process at Prudential. You will define a roadmap for a product or suite of products by collaborating with our customers including, finance leaders, business functions and technology teams, identifying actionable outcomes and finding creative solutions to solve sophisticated business problems and create experiences to delight our customers. As an expert in Expense Management, Strategic Initiatives, Demand Management, and Data Strategies, you will bring excellent problem solving, communication and teamwork skills, along with agile ways of working, an inclusive leadership attitude, and a continuous learning focus to all that you do.

We will achieve our vision by creating:

A simplified, modular, and integrated model and technology architecture to support management and stewardship of $7B+ of operating expenses,

World-class business intelligence and decision analytics, fueled by accurate, readily available data,

End-to-end process automation,

A culture that embraces transformational innovation, organizational agility, and continuous improvement, and

Superior employee experience

Here is What You Can Expect on a Typical Day

Lead a team that is building expense management products to support in-depth, actionable and disciplined expense analysis and insights to improve profitability metrics.

Deliver a connected strategic initiative model that links to our existing forecast/reporting capabilities. This model and a subset of reporting components will be used by Executive Leadership Team to monitor initiatives monthly/quarterly and support the new prioritization process.

Create and maintain an ongoing product roadmap by working with business areas to identify, sequence, and prioritize enhancement requests.

Ensure alignment by developing and refining product features and stories on a quarterly and bi-weekly basis, i.e., review, give feedback, and prioritize user stories in line with own vision.

Coordinate, plan and lead UAT sessions for business stakeholders.

Communicate frequently with business stakeholders to ensure engagement, building customer feedback, and obtaining buy-in on decisions and proposed solutions.

Lead sprint and release plans together with the Scrum Master, Release Train Engineer, and organizational technology teams.

Fully owns product and backlog, leads discussions and decisions around technology options as well as supports building product teams for execution.

Develop corporate platform standards based on cost, capability and capacity requirements to drive business value; document solutions to support the adoption of developed solutions.

Bring a deep understanding of relevant and emerging technologies, give technical direction to team members and embed learning and innovation in the day-to-day

Lead the demand intake discussions with stakeholders, manage expectations, and deliver outcomes.

What you’ll need:

Product/Process Ownership Experience; leading an Agile team, or a multifaceted, high paced team focused on financial management.

Experience with solution ideation, design, and implementation; effectively leveraging diverse ideas, experiences, thoughts, and perspectives to the benefit of the organization.

Innovation & Critical Thinking; knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment. Has the ability to identify and capitalize on intelligent risks.

Financial & Business Acumen preferably with Expense Management, Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Modeling, and / or driving Business outcomes and decision making.

Technical expertise in business level financial and strategic analysis

Demonstrated success in achieving long-term goals while managing short-term challenges.

Ability to drive change with fortitude and persistent resilience.

8-12 years of well diversified experience in a corporate environment

It’d be a plus if you had:

Ability to understand the competitive environment and help implement leading-edge technologies and process improvements for finance end-users.

Ability to find cost saving opportunities and drive FinOps culture.

MBA, CPA, or CFA is a plus.

Prudential welcomes all applicants, even if you don't meet every requirement. If your skills align with the role, we encourage you to apply.

At Prudential, you can:

We equip and empower our employees to expand their skills and experience by using powerful learning, gigs, and job opportunities. We offer a suite of services such as on demand resources and networking to propel your career forward.

We’re a global organization, full of outstandingly dedicated people who aren’t afraid to think differently, challenge the status quo and take sensible risks along the way. You will enjoy pushing boundaries as we build innovative technology that helps clients, customers and employees live their best lives. You will have access to leadership and learning opportunities and the resources needed to take your career in any direction. We will help you do your best work, offering flexibility, while delivering on our Purpose.

What we offer you:Prudential is required by state specific laws to include the salary range for this role when hiring a resident in applicable locations. The salary range for this role is from $195,100.00 to $263,900.00. Specific pricing for the role may vary within the above range based on many factors including geographic location, candidate experience, and skills.

Market competitive base salaries, with a yearly bonus potential at every level. 

Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO), and leave of absences, such as parental and military leave. 

401(k) plan with company match (up to 4%). 

Company-funded pension plan. 

Wellness Programs including up to $1,600 a year for reimbursement of items purchased to support personal wellbeing needs. 

Work/Life Resources to help support topics such as parenting, housing, senior care, finances, pets, legal matters, education, emotional and mental health, and career development.  

Education Benefit to help finance traditional college enrollment toward obtaining an approved degree and many accredited certificate programs.  

Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Shares can be purchased at 85% of the lower of two prices (Beginning or End of the purchase period), after one year of service. 

Eligibility to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance. To find out more about our Total Rewards package, visit Work Life Balance | Prudential Careers. Some of the above benefits may not apply to part-time employees scheduled to work less than 20 hours per week.  

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

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. 

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