Description:
As the Product Director for SAP ERP ecosystem, you possess a unique blend of business and technical savvy, tactical execution skills, a big picture vision and the drive to make that vision a released product to the market. You will define the product vision and roadmap and empower the Product Owners for SAP ERP ecosystem throughout the Agile development process. You'll also work closely with other leaders in conjunction with Product Owners/Technology Owners to collaboratively develop innovative solutions to market needs, oversee execution of the product strategy and vision, and collaborate with a team of engineering, testing, user experience, and other members.
Accountabilities/Key Responsibilities
- Lead the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) ecosystem of SAP for the Financial team
- Serve as an Agile champion focused on solving internal and external customers' needs by delivering solutions which align with the financial reporting, Financial Planning and Analysis, and Treasury objectives.
- Evaluates opportunities and prioritizes what the team should build or retire.
- Accountable for aligning with the business to define business goals and outcome.
- Collaborate with the user experience (UX) team to design highly functional, usable, and visually appealing products and assist in testing their usability.
- Manage the complete product lifecycle including market requirements, product release plans, Agile user stories and success criteria, backlog prioritization, roadmaps, and product launch.
- Partner with customers and internal stakeholder to validate requirements, product design goals, and business objectives.
- Partner with internal stakeholders on go-to-market and launch readiness activities where applicable.
- Partner with the internal stakeholders in taking on the Senior Product Owner role, train others in the Agile processes, terminology, key responsibilities and set up others for ongoing successes with the ERP ecosystem.
Skills/Background Needed
- Leading a team of Agile Product Owners for SAP/S4HANA. Experience in the Life Insurance market or a related market.
- Experience managing the entire product life cycle from strategic planning to tactical execution.
- Proven leadership abilities to prioritize multiple, complex projects simultaneously, while adapting to changing priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
- Ability to apply innovative solutions to stakeholder needs in collaboration with the business, technology, user experience and other internal stakeholders.
- A team-mindset and penchant for collaboration.
- Experience working with customers to learn their problems and incorporate feedback into the design process.
- Proven analytical skills, attention to detail, and accuracy.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to successfully communicate at all levels within the organization.