Reporting and Analytics Product Owner

Job Description

Job DescriptionResponsibilitiesProvide Product Ownership for the Data Reporting and Analytics, Management Information / Business Information capabilities across the IQEQ Group. Work with Executive sponsors, platform and product owners, suppliers and internal user groups on every aspect ofbusiness data management.

• Manage the strategy to store, enable and present relevant data to key stakeholders, whether internal or external.
• Work with application owners to understand integrated data MI capabilities and needs and build a model to enable a groupwide, consistent approach.
• Working with a dedicated team of technical experts to maintain comprehensive backlogs and delivery roadmaps.
• Work with the Groups senior business stakeholders as primary customers.
• Leading / guiding / advising new products / services from demand to purchase and/or liaising with other functions in Technology
• Collaborate with the operations staff to define, design, accept, adapt and implement features for their benefit and other business areas. Ensure new requirements are managed in a controlled fashion.
• Manage competing (and potentially contradictory) demand requests from across the user community; act as arbiter where needed with senior service stakeholders.
• Act as the technology point of contact for the business and act as a conduit as required through support.
• Build a Service framework to ensure full visibility of service performance through published KPIs and service reviews.
• Define the strategy and the roadmap toolsets and products, alongside the operational team and business stakeholders.
• Maximise the use of product capabilities and minimise duplicate functional overlap within the service estate.
• Manage the offerings across multijurisdictional and multi-regulatory domains with minimum customization.
• Work with vendors and internal technology teams for upgrades, issues and feature requests.
• Drive data consistency across the integrated corporate product / service eco-system.
• Develop and maintain strategic relationships with external parties, e.g. software vendors and research companies, to promote technology innovation and ensure the Group is aligned with industry best-practice and market trends. Study and analyze other solutionsfrom the market to propose benchmarks and possible optimization for existing products.
• Collaborates with the appropriate technology teams to ensure a timely implementation of the business requirements, according with the priorities defined by the stakeholders.
• Interface with Group Architecture as required including maintenance of relevant product data in the IQ-EQ Application Catalogue and ad hoc attendance at the Group Architecture Committee (GAC)
• Be a thought leader for compliance-centric data and solutions.
• Collaborate with the Group Analytics function to ensure consistency and solution alignment.
• Collaborate with the Head of Information Security and CISO ensuring full compliance with all security policy and processes.

Tasks (what does the role do on a day-to-day basis)

• Managing business stakeholders; eliciting and suggesting requirements / improvements.
• Maintaining constant communication with all stakeholders across the group.
• Balancing product value against cost; understanding and delivering / improving on ROI.
• Participating in the change process and technical release planning.
• Maintaining product backlog.
• Maintaining product data in the Application Catalogue and view on roadmap for the Group Target Architecture.
• Aligning to strategic objectives.
• Provide technical authority and governance across the Product Group.
• Present at all levels (inc C-Level and to Segment Leads) to win over key stakeholders in respect of solutions / change required.
• Clearly report progress against plans and escalate as needed.

Key competencies for position and level

• Customer Focus - Gaining insight into customer needs & identifying opportunities that benefit the customer. Designing solutions that meet customer needs.
• Communicates Effectively - Adjusting communication style to fit the audience & message. Providing timely information to help others across the organisation. Encourages the open expression of diverse ideas and opinions.
• Action Orientated - Readily taking action on challenges without unnecessary planning and identifies new opportunities, taking ownership of them.
• Interpersonal Savy - Relating comfortably with people across all levels, functions, cultures & geographies. Builds rapport in an open, friendly & accepting way.
• Commercial awareness - Knowledge of what is happening in the external market and how to make Technology a differentiator.

Key behaviours we expect to see In addition to demonstrating our Group Values (Authentic, Bold, and Collaborative), the role holder will be expected to demonstrate the following:

• Good knowledge and capability of marketplace products and usability of each.
• Facilitate open and frank debate to drive forward improvement.
• Emotional and Cultural Awareness especially in post M&A environments and in managing change.

QualificationsEducation / professional qualifications

• Degree level education is preferred.
• Demonstrable experience and knowledge of relevant products and toolsets.
• Experience across application delivery.
• Deep knowledge enterprise standards and approaches to MI / BI

Background experience

• Detailed understand of data and its relationships with expertise on modelling technologies.
• Experience of working in an agile development environment and with 3rd party suppliers.

Technical

• Solid understanding of data hosting solutions, including warehouses and their application in enterprise domains.
• Work with all elements of a Technology function to ensure the management of services.
• Have excellent knowledge of the various data lifecycle stages and considerations of each.
• Understanding of solution trade-offs such as cost, scope, timescale, and balance between long-term strategic and short-term pragmatic considerations.

Company, product and market knowledge

• Experience within the Financial Services sector:
• Experience in a software vendor and/or consultancy, in particular responding to RFIs, RFPs etc and interacting directly with external customers

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