Product Manager | Finance | Finance Applications | Stakeholder Engagement | Oracle | London | Hybrid | £90,000
Are you a strategic thinker with a strong background in finance and technology? Do you excel in building and managing value streams within finance functions? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!
About the Role:
We are seeking a dynamic Finance Product Manager to join our team. This role is pivotal in driving the strategic agenda for all finance applications, ensuring they meet the quality, resilience, and usability standards required by our business. You will work closely with key stakeholders and lead a team dedicated to enhancing our finance function's technology landscape.
Key Responsibilities:
- Strategic Leadership: Drive the strategic agenda for finance applications, ensuring alignment with business goals and value stream principles.
- Customer Collaboration: Partner with business functions to understand and align with their roadmaps, focusing on forward-thinking and proactive strategies.
- Technical Consultation: Identify and nurture solutions to existing finance function problems, optimising our core finance application (Oracle) and other finance technologies.
- Team Management: Lead and develop a team of Technical Product Owners and squads, ensuring they have the capabilities to perform at the highest standards.
- Resilience and Security: Ensure all finance applications are robust, secure, scalable, and compliant with regulatory standards.
- Commercial Focus: Promote a commercially oriented culture, maximising return on investment while managing a finite budget.
Candidate Profile:
- Product Management Experience: Proven experience in product management within Finance, Insurance of other similar industries. Experience with Oracle is highly desirable.
- Leadership: Strong ability to communicate a product vision and objectives, and deliver change through internal and third-party teams.
- Stakeholder Management: Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence at all levels of the organisation, from developers to heads of function.
- Program Management: Experience leading across vendors and internal teams, comfortable with both traditional and agile methodologies.
- Technical Knowledge: Deep understanding of finance function tools and technologies, Agile principles, and value stream/product development.
What We Offer:
- Competitive salary (around £90,000 midpoint, potentially flexible based on experience)
- Opportunity to work in a hybrid environment, fostering strong stakeholder relationships
- A chance to lead transformative projects within the finance function
- Collaboration with a forward-thinking and dynamic team
Interview Process:
- Initial screening call with the hiring manager and team member
- Meetings with key finance stakeholders to understand the team and role expectations
First 30-90 Days:
- Establish relationships with key stakeholders
- Analyse existing systems and recommend optimisation strategies
- Develop and manage roadmaps for decommissioning legacy systems
Please note you WILL need finance/insurance/fintech experience, and the client can NOT offer sponsorship. Please do not apply if you do not fit the requirements.
