VP, PRISM Product Owner

Company: Synchrony Financial
Location: Draper
Posted on: May 8, 2022

Job Description:

Job Description:

Role Summary/Purpose :

Product Owner, PRISM will be responsible for driving the agile team(s) and conducting stakeholder meetings to provide updates at regular intervals, hear back from them to adjust features and work on them accordingly. The ideal candidate will have a strong credit and project management background with a focus on Credit products and a proven track record of representing the business, partnering with a cross-functional project team, delivering projects on time and within budget. This role will also be the primary coordination point between the implementation team, strategy team, digital teams, and the Product / Growth organization. This role will also have the primary responsibility for implementing credit strategies for Secured Installments and a few other Credit Products and help to build a zero-defect PRISM environment.

This position is remote, where you have the option to work from home. On occasion, we may request for you to commute to our nearest office for in-person engagement activities such as team meetings, training and cultural events. To ensure the safety of our colleagues and communities, we require employees who come together in person to be fully vaccinated. We're proud to offer you choice and flexibility.

Essential Responsibilities:
Drive the Secured Installments credit transformation from the existing to the new platform
Partner with the Secured Installments product leader for an end-to-end integration
Serve as PO for the agile team(s) on PRISM large solution train
Collaborate with SynApps, Credit and other business partners dApply, Rapid, e-Service including Product team and platform stakeholders to refine the roadmap as needed
Bring in, appropriate CCM subject matter experts/strategy owners to identify business requirements, write user stories, provide credit support from ideation/incubation to build and launch capabilities.
Implementation of Secured Installments Credit and Fraud strategies using PRISM's latest credit tools FICO DMP and Open L
Partner with different key teams outside of PRISM (dApply, RAPID, Surveyor, Tandem, DXC and eservice) to build and deliver functionality/features on the SynApps platform
Actively engage in PI (program increment) planning as part of the SAFe framework.
Take complete ownership of Secured Installments transformation from PRISM and Credit perspective
Take a consumer-focused, proactive approach in meeting changing customer expectations and client needs.
Provide credit insight to Growth Organization to assist in the development of innovative value propositions for the Secured Installment program
Execute special projects as requested, including gathering/disseminating competitive intelligence, team meeting management.
Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned

Qualifications/Requirements:
Bachelor's Degree and 5+ years in consumer risk management, credit management, or similar role, or in lieu of a bachelor's degree, 8+ years in consumer risk management, credit management, or similar role
5+ years of project management experience, in a Waterfall and Agile environment
5+ years in credit products including Acquisitions, Account Management, Collections, and Authentication
3+ years of cross-functional team leadership management experience

Desired Characteristics:
Prior Experience coding and implementing changes in FICO DMP and/or Open L
Strong technology skills in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
Strong influencing skills in a complex matrix working environment
High energy, self-motivated, with strong communication skills in articulating complex concepts (verbal and written)
Strong Program Management, Project Management and/or Business Analyst experience
Experience in the banking/credit card industry
Track record of creative problem solving and resourcefulness and ability to thrive in a cross-functional and virtual environment
Experience with Agile software development framework, acting in the Product Owner role
Experience with SAFe framework
Experience with managing direct reports or through a matrixed environment
Experience working with a distributed team

Eligibility Requirements:
You must be 18 years or older
You must have a high school diploma or equivalent
You must be willing to take a drug test, submit to a background investigation and submit fingerprints as part of the onboarding process
You must be able to satisfy the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.
New hires (Level 4-7) must have 9 months of continuous service with the company before they are eligible to post on other roles. Once this new hire time in position requirement is met, the associate will have a minimum 6 months' time in position before they can post for future non-exempt roles. Employees, level 8 or greater, must have at least 24 months' time in position before they can post. All internal employees must consistently meet performance expectations and have approval from your manager to post (or the approval of your manager and HR if you don't meet the time in position or performance expectations).

Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Reasonable Accommodation Notice:
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The salary range for this position is 85,000.00 - 170,000.00 USD Annual

Salaries are adjusted according to market in CA and Metro NY and some positions are bonus eligible.

Grade/Level: 12

Job Family Group:
Risk Management

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