Manager, Technical Product Owner

Role Summary

Manager, Technical Product Owner based in New Brunswick, New Jersey. You will operate at the intersection of business and technology, defining functional design by merging a comprehensive understanding of business objectives and challenges with innovative technology solutions. You will oversee the design, build, and operation of integrated data and analytics solutions for financial, external, and operational data as the organization embarks on a transformational agenda for Medtech.

Responsibilities

• Vision & Strategy Definition: Collaborate with leadership to formulate a forward-looking finance business vision, strategy, capabilities roadmaps, and corresponding technology and product roadmaps with substantial decision-making authority.
• Business Problem Definition: Understand and translate business challenges faced by the planning and forecasting finance functions into a value proposition and a holistic set of solutions encompassing process, technology, data, governance, and user experience, supported by clearly defined key performance indicators for value realization.
• External Insights: Analyze and understand external trends and insights related to planning, forecasting, finance processes, and technology to provide strategic foresight.
• Solution Design: Ensure that product development incorporates an experimental approach to validate expected impacts, leverages human-centered design, embraces agile principles, incorporates external insights, and engages in necessary end-to-end process optimizations and compliance.
• Value Realization: Define the anticipated value impact of investments in employee experience, functional excellence, efficiency, and compliance.
• Internal Partnerships: Partner with Business Process Owner teams and finance and technology staff across all stages of product development, from inception to value realization and continuous improvement, while effectively communicating progress towards strategic objectives.
• Product Management: Collaborate with product management teams to ensure that roadmaps are aligned with finance business strategies, technology strategies, value creation objectives, and measurable key performance indicators.
• External Partnerships: Engage with vendor partners throughout product development, learning and applying best practices.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree is required, preferably in Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• Required: 10+ years of in-depth experience in Data Modeling, including significant experience with SAP S/4HANA.
• Required: Proven track record in large-scale ERP implementations, ideally with SAP S/4HANA and BW.
• Required: 2+ years of experience with SAP PAPM.
• Required: 10+ years of experience in implementing and maintaining Data Management and Reporting solutions.
• Required: 5+ years of people management experience.
• Required: Experience in fostering methodologies and cultures that promote high-performing teams.
• Required: Proficiency with JIRA and SDLC.
• Required: Knowledge of Supply Chain or Finance processes.