Director, Technical Product Owner - PGIM Real Estate (Newark, NJ)
Prudential Financial
- Newark, NJ
- $150,000-165,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Drive the user needs/recommendations/requirements discovery-design process.
- Collaborate closely with stakeholders/subject matter experts to evaluate, define and prioritize business requirements.
- Provide and assist direction, review, and feedback to UI/UX design team on mockups and wireframes.
- Document design decisions and obtain user agreement on final designs.
- Perform business/system analysis and system design to create detailed programming specifications and to resolve issues in an Agile environment.
- Consult with various business departments to identify areas for the advancementof technical solutions to automate and/or improve business processes.
- Partner with engineering/developer teams during the development cycle to provide overview of business requirements, answer questions and make engineering process as efficient as possible.
- Author user stories and lead design reviews and refinements that meet “Definition of Ready”.
- Develop and monitor product budgets and resources; collaborate with clients to define the scope of product and related projects for the product, review activities, recommendations, and outcomes.
- Apply agile methodologies to guide the development process fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
- Able to coach less experienced Product Owners/Business Analysts on Agile techniques, tools, and frameworks.
- Providing updates on status, timelines, and problems; reviewing final outcomes with the client and obtaining their sign off that work is in accordance with client requirements.
- Negotiation skills (trade-off analysis, psychology, etc.) - “Selling” the business on iterative development and minimum viable product concepts; not giving into requests for “gold-plating” or “over-engineering”.
- Lead and support the UAT testing cycles and events.
- Support the business in completing UAT prep (e.g., test scenarios) and execution.
- Support SME testers during UAT, answering questions and providing testing guidance.
- Manage UAT feedback including logging defects and high priority enhancements.
- Document, test, implement, and provide ongoing support for the software applications used by PGIM Real Estate.
- 7 - 10 years business information systems experience, required; preferably with a broad background in different business functional areas (e.g., technology product ownership, business analysis, product management, quality assurance, user acceptance testing, etc.)
- Strong Communication Skills: Conducting meetings, workshops and presentations to business and management for sharing insights, plans and ideas.
- Tenacious leadership skills, with the ability to empower and guide teams toward common goals.
- Problem-solving mindset with a focus on delivering high-quality solutions.
- Sophisticated principles and practices of product and project management and workflow analysis.
- In-depth knowledge of agile frameworks and methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, etc.).
- Use of design tools such as Figma or Adobe XD to create wireframes for presentations and mock-ups.
- Proficient in using project management tools such as Jira, Confluence, or similar.
- Customer-centric approach, ensuring products meet and exceed user expectations.
- Excellent planning, organizational, and time management skills.
- Commercial Real Estate experience and/or private equity experience is a plus.
- Medical, dental, vision, life insurance and PTO (Paid Time Off)
- Retirement plans:
- 401(k) plan with generous company match (up to 4%)
- Company-funded pension plan
- Wellness Programs to help you achieve your wellbeing goals, 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 health, and career development.
- Tuition Assistance to help finance traditional college enrollment, approved degrees, many accredited certificate programs, and industry designations.
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