AVP, PRISM Product Owner

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/Fraud products and a proven track record of representing the business, partnering with a cross-functional project team, and delivering projects on time and within budget. This role will also be the primary coordination point between the digital team and the Credit organization. This role will Collaborate with businesses to identify alert requirements and write user stories.

We're proud to offer you choice and flexibility. You have the option to be remote, and work from home, or come into one of our offices. You may be occasionally requested to commute to our nearest office for in person engagement activities such as team meetings, training and culture events.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Serve as PO for the Centralized Data Store agile team on PRISM a large solution train
• Develop the product roadmap, prioritizing, scheduling, and tracking the implementation of product features for Centralized Data Store
• Ensure the needs of the business and customers are met, plans are communicated, and issues are raised quickly and resolved
• Work closely with PRISM Business Owners across Acquisitions, Account Management, Collections and Authentication teams
• Subject matter expert for Centralized Data Store
• Collaborate with other product owners to deliver functionality across the PRISM program.
• Plan and prioritize features and user stories to ensure work focuses on those with maximum value
• Align with the Product Manager and other PRISM leads at a program level
• Lead the product release plans and set the expectation for the delivery of new functionalities
• Actively engage in PI (program increment) planning as part of the SAFe framework
• Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree and 3+ years in consumer risk management, credit data management, or a similar role; in lieu of a degree 7+ years' in consumer risk management, credit data management, or a similar role
• 3+ years of project management experience, in a Waterfall and Agile environment
• 2+ years of cross-functional team leadership management experience

Desired Characteristics:

• Prior SAFe PO experience
• Experience in credit products including Acquisitions, Account Management, Collections, and Authentication
• Prior working knowledge of Data Warehouse/Data Lake/Cloud Data Architecture
• Well Familiar with Data Base tools
• Prior working knowledge of SAS/MySQL/Python
• Strong influencing skills in a complex matrix working environment
• High energy, self-motivated, with strong communication skills in articulating complex concepts (verbal and written)
• 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 managing direct reports or through a matrixed environment
• Experience working with a distributed team

Grade/Level: 11

The salary range for this position is 75,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD Annual

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

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.

Our Commitment:

When you join us, you'll be part of a diverse, inclusive culture where your skills, experience, and voice are not only heard-but valued. We celebrate the differences in all of us and believe that our individual, unique perspectives is what makes Synchrony truly a great place to work. Together, we're building a future where we can all belong, connect and turn ideals into action. Through the power of our 8 Diversity Networks+ , with more than 60% of our workforce engaged, you'll find community to connect with an opportunity to go beyond your passions.

This starts when you choose to apply for a role at Synchrony. We ensure 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.

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Job Family Group:

Risk Management