Job Description

Prudentials Global Technology team is the spark that ignites the power of Prudential for our customers and employees worldwide. Our organization plays a critical and highly visible role in delivering customer-driven solutions across every area of the company. The Global Technology team is made up of diverse, agile-thinking, and highly-skilled professionals; we use our combined capabilities to enable the organization with innovation, speed, agility, scalability and efficiency.

The Global Technology team takes great pride in our culture where digital transformation is built into our DNA. When you join the Global Technology organization at Prudential, youll unlock a challenging and impactful career all while growing your skills and advancing your profession at one of the worlds leading financial services institutions.

Prudentials CTO organization is hiring a Network Product Owner to drive the product vision and strategy, own the customer relationship and successfully lead a team toward the vision.

As a Product Owner, this person will represent the voice of the customer. They are empowered to make on-the-spot decisions on scope and requirements, as well as manage and prioritize the Product Backlog to maximize business value. The successful candidate must have experience setting strategy for and managing a global network organization.

Responsibilities:

* Owns the user experience and direction for the product

* Acts as the primary customer representative for Agile Pod(s) to connect customer and product

* Gathers requirements from the customer and translates their needs into features

* Manages the product backlog and lead the epic / user story creation and development

* Responsible for story prioritization, acceptance criteria definition and release planning

* Works with the Scrum Master, Solution Engineers and Test Engineers to plan sprints

* Works with Solution Architect and Technical Architect to understand and prioritize enabler work

* Maintains new and existing customer relationships, informs customer of market conditions and updates them on technology disruption and economic trends

* Attends planning sessions, stand-ups, retrospectives, sprint reviews to maintain close interaction with teams to ensure alignment on vision & value delivery

* Identifies market/customer needs and ROI; Responsible for defining a strategic multi-year plan impacting product decision

* Effectively uses metrics and data visualization to report progress and supports data-driven decision-making

Qualifications:

* Strong technical experience in:

* WAN/LAN Network strategies, design, and engineering

* Extranet and Cloud Network engineering

* Remote Access infrastructure and engineering

* Network Firewalls, Routers, Switches and Security Infrastructure

* Wide Area Networking (VPN; MPLS; EPLs; ISP and 3rd party connectivity, etc.)

* SDN/SD-WAN

* Remote Access Infrastructure

* Ability to develop Network strategies and lead implementation and timelines of the associated initiatives against business objectives and priorities

* Strong Vendor management skills (Carriers, Hardware vendors, Electricians, etc.)

* Risk management and Controls and Compliance skills relative to the operational and engineering responsibilities; ensuring the appropriate risk mitigation tactics are developed and in place

* Ability to develop and ensure the adherence to Enterprise Standards relating to Networks

* Strong Executive Presence and Communications skills (formal presentation skills; ability to present to executives and large audiences)

* Strong Vendor management skills (Local/Long Distance carriers, Hardware/Software Vendors, etc)

* Ability to work across organizations to integrate requirements and deliver work as per a defined schedule.

* Carrier provisioning and management

* Ability to conduct continuous exploration of customer needs using a variety of methods

* Exceptional written and verbal communications skills, with ability to communicate complex messages and trade-offs to tell a compelling story

* Ability to work effectively across the organization and influence a diverse group of stakeholders including small to large teams of technical experts

* Exhibits strategic thinking capabilities, problem solving skills, strong execution, and accountability for outcomes

* Proven ability to influence and collaborate with others and drive results

* Ability to translate business need into technical terms

* Excellent analytical skills with demonstrated experience turning data into actionable insights

* Balancing tactical outcomes and strategic direction

* Understands Lean-Agile principles and practices

* Global mindset

* Experience in Agile Development
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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.

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