Vice President, Product Owner

PFI Innovation Centre India is an exciting new innovation center. We’re building a future that helps people live better lives longer – and we’re looking for bold thinkers and team players to help us do it.

Here, you’ll tackle complex challenges, collaborate with brilliant minds across the globe, and grow your career while helping millions achieve financial security.

a Purpose Driven Company – 150 Years

While the PFI Innovation Centre brand is new to India, you’ll be a part of the Prudential Financial, Inc. family. Founded in Newark, NJ, we serve 50 million customers across more than 50 countries. With $1.334 trillion in assets, we’re a global leader in institutional asset management. The 2nd largest life insurer in the US and the 9th largest institutional global asset manager.

At the PFI Innovation Centre India, you’ll find high-performance culture that’s flexible, collaborative, and grounded in respect. We engage with candor, take calibrated risks, and hold ourselves accountable – always focused on delivering for our customers. It’s the standard we choose every day as we grow, perform, and win as one team. We offer valuable leadership, mentoring and learning opportunities, paired with flexibility and support to help you thrive.

Whether you’re just starting out or ready to take your next step, we’ll help you grow with purpose and do the best work of your career.

What You Will Do

As a Finance Technology Lead (Product Owner), you will report to the overall VP of Technology and lead the Financial Management Technology team in India. You will partner with product owners, tech leads, designers, engineers and delivery professionals. You will define a roadmap for a product or suite of related products collaborating with business functions, service teams and technology teams, identifying business outcomes and solutions that deliver on the product strategy to solve sophisticated business problems, deploy innovative products, services and experiences to delight our customers! As an expert in product and analytical experience, you will bring leadership, excellent problem solving, communication and teamwork skills, along with agile ways of working, strong business insight, an inclusive leadership attitude and a continuous learning focus to all that you do.

What You Can Expect

• Serve as the primary Financial Management Technology leader in India
• Create and maintain an ongoing product roadmap by working with business areas to identify, sequence, and prioritize enhancement requests
• Ensure alignment of product features and stories, i.e., review, give feedback, and prioritize user stories in line with own vision
• Communicate frequently with business stakeholders to ensure engagement and buy-in on decisions and proposed solutions
• Lead sprint and release plans together with the Scrum Master and organizational technology teams
• Work with Tech lead to build modular & reusable solutions
• Lead discussions and decisions around technology options, support building product teams for execution and has responsibility for the product backlog

The Skills And Expertise You Bring

• Bachelor of Computer Science or Engineering; Analytics; or experience in related fields
• 10-15 years of extensive experience in leadership and driving the delivery of complex financial services technology solutions
• Demonstrated knowledge and leadership in agentic AI concepts and frameworks, with the ability to design, guide, and implement AI-driven solutions that leverage autonomous agents to enhance business and technology outcomes
• Experience in working with DevOps automation tools & practices; Knowledge of full software development life cycle (SDLC)
• Software/systems engineering background, knowledge of core Finance processes. Experience working in Insurance, Financial Services and/or Capital Markets industries a strong plus
• Expert knowledge of business concepts tools and processes that are needed for making sound decisions in the context of the company's business
• Ability to learn new skills and knowledge on an on-going basis through self-initiative and tackling challenges
• Lead and effectively leverage diverse ideas, experiences, thoughts, and perspectives to the benefit of the organization
• Excellent problem solving, communication and collaboration skills; enjoy learning new skills
• Expertise with several of the following:
• Effective Communication: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
• Decision-Making & 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.
• People Leadership and Interpersonal Relationships: Knowledge of the techniques and the ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and collaborative manner.
• Financial/Business Acumen: Strong Knowledge of financial and/or business concepts, tools and processes and how financial metrics are used to monitor and drive outcomes. Includes understanding of company accounts/metrics (ex: balance sheet, profit/loss, cash flow, budget & forecast).
• Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.
• Agile Methodologies: Knowledge of concepts and principles of agile methodology; ability to apply appropriate agile approaches in the processes of software development and delivery.
• PFI Innovation Centre India welcomes all applicants, even if you don't meet every requirement. If your skills align with the role, we encourage you to apply.