Product Owner

Prudential’s purpose is to be partners for every life and protectors for every future. Our purpose encourages everything we do by creating a culture in which diversity is celebrated and inclusion assured, for our people, customers, and partners. We provide a platform for our people to do their best work and make an impact to the business, and we support our people’s career ambitions. We pledge to make Prudential a place where you can Connect, Grow, and Succeed. We are looking for talented & passionate leaders to shape awesome experiences for our prospective & existing customers and our distributors. These next generation product-platform experiences are being designed with a purpose to increase revenue, enhance efficiency or reduce costs. To be a successful candidate, you will be passionate about business impact & data, able to craft a vision, and thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. You will be an excellent communicator committed to driving the highest levels of collaboration with business & IT teams.

Lead the vision and roadmap of the product in partnership with business leaders & technology partners. Responsible for delivery of agreed platform roadmap & realization of business benefits. Managing a team of Software Engineers and Business Analyst for the platform. Ensure that team has clarity of purpose and direction as well as alignment with organizational vision, mission and strategy. Manage stakeholders, including influencing and persuading, as part of applications delivery and support. Develop resource plans for the teams and formulate business-technology capabilities roadmap in area of responsibility. Who we are looking for: Competencies & Personal Traits Excellent verbal and written communication skills Demonstrated experience engaging and influencing senior leaders Strong experience in Digital Product management and UX Demonstrated ability to understand and discuss product strategy and manage trade-offs Proven track record of taking ownership and successfully delivering results in a fast-paced, dynamic environment Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to use data and metrics to backup assumptions and recommendations and to drive actions Strong negotiation skills - able to balance the role, priorities & stakeholders Experience in Agile methodologies Competency in Jira and Confluence Need to be able to effectively communicate Product vision and features with Business leaders & Business Partners Working Experience At least 12+ years of total experience & at least 3 years of experience in software products delivery Managing and delivering customer-centric software products and services in a high growth environment Demonstrated passion for transformative user experiences Leading cross-functional and cross-company teams to deliver product experience & projects timely Experience with Vendor Engagement & RFI, RFP In depth understanding of Insurance, Insurance products, market and processes is advantageous Education Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, engineering or related field; MBA or other relevant degrees will be added advantage   Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equality of opportunity of benefits for all who apply and who perform work for our organisation irrespective of sex, race, age, ethnic origin, educational, social and cultural background, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, disability or part-time / fixed-term work, or any other status protected by applicable law. We encourage the same standards from our recruitment and third-party suppliers taking into account the context of grade, job and location. We also allow for reasonable adjustments to support people with individual physical or mental health requirements.