Product Owner (Digital/Data) | Synechron

Design

Product Owner (Digital/Data)

Piscataway, USA

Overview

If you are an experienced product owner with a passion for and curiosity toward understanding user needs and creating delightful solutions to make them successful, if you excel at crafting a compelling product narrative and collaborating with partners to bring them along on the journey, and if you like to engage in and foster a values-driven culture, this opportunity is for you. 

Responsibilities

  • Understand business needs and transform use cases into products. You will act as an entrepreneur who oversees the vision, financial sustainability and product creation 
  • Play a key role in driving the vision and product strategy insurance distribution solutions that is aimed at redefining the insurance experience for businesses and consumers 
  • Partner closely with cross-functional teams across Product, Engineering, Design, Sales, Partnerships, Marketing, and other partner teams to craft and deliver best-in-class digital insurance experiences that make our business owners and end-users successful while advancing the platform 
  • Manage the Data Product creation including strategic planning, prioritization, communication, stakeholder involvement, metrics, and reporting, and conveying business value 
  • Conceptualize and build thoughtful digital insurance experiences that are grounded in a deep understanding of the industry, love for all things data, and a passion for delighting the customer 
  • Partner closely with the business development team to understand business needs, jointly conceptualize creative solutions, and partner cross-functionally with other product owners, engineers, designers, partner management, marketing, legal, compliance, privacy, finance and other internal teams to quarterback end-to-end product delivery 
  • Write business and technical product requirements for design and engineering teams; apply insights from qualitative customer and marketplace research and data analysis to continuously inform new feature prioritization and ongoing enhancements 
  • Manage multiple and concurrent product deliverables in various phases of ideation, execution, and delivery. Own and manage prioritization of product backlog 
  • Evangelize the product features and benefits to enable the sales and account management teams to speak to the value creation 

Requirements

You are:

  • Equipped with 6-8 years of product management and/or new product development experience in B2B, SMB, or consumer tech 
  • Experienced in developing and driving alignment around a vision, setting goals, and initiating and driving projects to completion with minimal guidance 
  • Experienced and successful in owning a product feature end-to-end 
  • Experienced in developing web/mobile apps, personalization capabilities, APIs, and platforms 
  • An excellent verbal and written communicator; able to define a compelling narrative and crisply communicate it to a variety of audiences, including senior executives 
  • Experienced in leading and facilitating collaborative solutions end-to-end, including designing, strategic planning and prioritizing, delivery, and feedback 
  • Equipped with hands-on experience in agile product delivery and lean methodologies

It would be great if you also had:

  • Experience working with executives and/or senior management  
  • Sharp business acumen, with a knack of business case building and financial planning 
  • Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills; able to efficiently and effectively translate business demands to technical requirements 

We Can Offer You

  • A highly competitive compensation and benefits package 
  • A multinational organization with offices in 17 global locations and the possibility to work abroad 
  • Laptop and a mobile phone 
  • 10 days of paid annual leave 
  • Maternity & Paternity leave plans 
  • A comprehensive insurance plan including: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and long-/short-term disability 
  • Retirement savings plans 
  • A higher education certification policy 
  • Commuter benefits 
  • Extensive training opportunities, focused on skills, substantive knowledge, and personal development 
  • On-demand Udemy for Business for all Synechron employees with free access to more than 5000 curated courses  
  • Coaching opportunities with experienced colleagues from our Financial Innovation Labs (FinLabs) and Center of Excellences (CoE) groups  
  • Cutting edge projects at the world’s leading tier-one banks, financial institutions and insurance firms 
  • A flat and approachable organization 
  • An excellent working atmosphere: regular drinks, sports activities, offsite weekends with a young, dynamic team 
  • A truly diverse, fun-loving and global work culture 

Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative ‘Same Difference’ is committed to fostering an inclusive culture – promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs.

All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant’s gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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