Project Portfolio Management (PPM) Product and Capability Owner

The Project Portfolio Management (PPM) Product and Capability Owner delivers the product vision and implementation strategy for the PPM Platform and supporting capabilities. Develops and maintains the PPM product roadmap in coordination with business stakeholders and development teams. Acts as a liaison between business stakeholders and development teams to ensure that all requirements are accurately captured and implemented as designed. Lead and facilitates the implementation of platform modules and enhancements. Collaborates with cross-functional teams to deliver new capabilities and enhancement to the platform. Engages with business stakeholders within the Transformation Office and across the firm to identify and prioritize platform features and functionality organized within a structured backlog. Partner with enterprise change management teams to develop and deliver training sessions and user documentation for PPM Platform and capabilities.  Drive user adoption and engagement ensuring the platform meets user needs and expectations. Continuously monitor and measure platform performance and user feedback to inform ongoing improvements.  

Responsibilities:

• Oversees end-to-end PPM product and capabilities management activities with oversight for the full project life cycle. Manages the progress and contributions of workstream leads or subordinate project managers to ensure all activities deliver expected value within committed time frames and budget. Manages contingencies between multiple workstreams and monitors interdependencies and synergies where required.
• Builds and synthesizes highly detailed project plans, budgeting and forecasting models, or resource plans requiring significant stakeholder management skills and interpretation of diverse and varied information. Develops statements of work, stakeholder management plans, guiding principles, project goals, risks, resource allocation, and roles and responsibilities for assigned projects.
• Secures, leads, motivates, and inspires the internal and external resources required to effectively deliver the project. Establishes the program’s governance (e.g., sponsors, approvers, stakeholders). May participate in the evaluation, selection, and management of external resources or vendors. Provides transparency in project progress and effectively anticipates and mitigates major risks across the project life cycle. Proactively crafts feasible solutions to combat risks and issues. Manages the progress and contributions of workstream leads or subordinate project managers to ensure all activities deliver expected value within committed time frames and budget.
• Works with all required functions and groups to effectively plan and execute the project(s). Drives all project operational checkpoints. May coordinate resources across organizational boundaries. Develops tools and training methods to enable successful project management throughout the enterprise. Ensures project delivery is in conformance with company methodologies and standards; recommends improvements and changes as necessary.
• Evaluates project/program costs and benefits, including actual results and forecasts with comparisons to original or baseline plan; updates plans with accurate, up-to-date information in a timely manner. Reports financial information and status to required management. Monitors project results/performance for significant deviations, evaluates options, and makes recommendations for corrective actions; implements selected actions

Qualifications:

Required:

• Bachelor's degree or the equivalent combination of education and relevant experience AND
• 5+ years of total relevant work experience in product management, or a PPM platform

Desired:

• Strong understanding of agile development methodologies
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills across many levels of the organization
• Demonstrated experience in developing and implementing demand management processes and tools preferably in a large-scale organization

FINRA Requirements

FINRA licenses are not required and will not be supported for this role.

Work Flexibility

This role is eligible for remote work up to two days a week.

Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States (e.g., H1-B visa, F-1 visa (OPT), TN visa or any other non-immigrant work status).