Consulting Director, IT Product Management

Consulting Director, IT Product Management

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The Consulting Director, IT Product Management works with business owners in Underwriting and creates, maintains and communicates the Product Vision and Product Roadmap for a very large / complex product or solution, potentially spanning multiple functions. They implement strategic objectives with substantial impact on the short-term success of their area of responsibility and influence the long-term success of the company. The Consulting Director, Product Management (Underwriting) owns the outcomes at the business unit defined strategic implementation level, breaking down the product roadmap into an incremental roadmap that is clearly communicated to product owners and developers on release trains. The Consulting Director, Product Management –Underwriting also ensures alignment at all times with the product vision, management expectations and maintaining alignment with stakeholders at various levels. This is a key role that works collaboratively with executive-level business owners, solution architects, product owners and delivery teams.

JOB DESCRIPTION :

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• 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

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Education & Experience

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