Product Owner II - SAP Transformation

The One Global Ledger (OneGL) Program is a large, complex, and finance system transformation program that is focused on the delivery of a global solution for the Liberty Mutual Finance organization. The OneGL landscape will be focused on the implementation of the SAP application suite as the core Finance and Treasury system. The SAP modules will include the General Ledger, the Financial Product Subledger (FPSL), Fixed Assets, Accounts Payable, Cash Management, Treasury Risk Module, Profitability and Performance Management (PaPM) and Reporting.

The Corporate Strategic Projects team is looking for an experienced Product Owner with strong financial knowledge and analysis skills. This role will lead and perform various finance and system analysis to support our OneGL SAP S4 Hana finance system transformation journey and be part of the Reporting and Data Management process stream. This role will support the Common Data Model, Data Mapping, Integrations, Interface and Reporting Strategy. This role will also collaborate with Global Finance Technology and oversee requirements, design, and testing as we integrate data from GEAC to SAP. This role works under limited direction from the Functional Data lead on more complex tasks. Knowledge of GEAC, SAP, FDR and FCS capabilities is a plus.  

As a member of the Agile team, the Product Owner represents the voice of the customer and the organization through the delivery of business value. This person works closely with stakeholders (business and technology), including LOB leadership, to define and prioritize features and stories, ensuring alignment with customer needs and organizational goals. This person understands customers` problems in detail and ensures the problems are clearly defined, prioritized and the squad/team is focused on the most valuable work. The Product Owner is the team member always communicating with stakeholders to ensure an aligned understanding of how the squad/team can provide the highest value to the customer through the lens of the portfolio. This person collaborates with squads/teams, technologies and architects across portfolios to develop a deep understanding of the technologies and systems they support.

Responsibilities

• Lead efforts such as driving workshops, sprint planning and execution related to the delivery of data, integrations, and our reporting strategy within the Functional Data Management workstream part of the larger OneGL program e.g. General Ledger, PaPM, Reporting or related integrations.
• Lead and perform various financial analysis and research task to support OneGL SAP S4 Hana data process transformation.
• Collaborates to create product vision and alignment with strategic priorities with stakeholders. Contributes to the development of the portfolio vision. Communicates product and portfolio vision to their squad/team and other squads/teams outside their portfolio/functional area.
• With the squad/team, collaboratively accountable for developing and achieving product level KPIs. Manages product(s) with a moderate degree of strategy, scope, and complexity.
• Owns and maintains the product backlog and is accountable for its contents and prioritization. Accountable for clear, actionable user stories.
• Sets priorities and actively participates in squad/team quarterly planning. Collaborates with more senior Product Owners to set priorities for portfolio quarterly planning.
• Sets expectations with stakeholders for delivery of new capabilities, features, and functionalities. Participates in squad/team demos, retrospectives, and all other ceremonies.
• Works daily with the agile working group, clarifying business requirements, removing roadblocks, constantly communicating, and supporting alignment around product strategy.
• Collaborates with IT and business leadership to align development and business goals and priorities while working with stakeholders and squad/team to remove roadblocks to execution. Resolves open issues/questions quickly and efficiently.
• Monitors and maintains the product health, supporting long-term product viability and efficiency, and balancing long and short term and costs with?desired outcomes.
• Analyzes and reports on feasibility, cost of delay ramifications, economies, or other aspects of planned or potential changes to the product.
• Understands regulatory, compliance, and other industry constraints on the product and prioritizes accordingly. Negotiates with internal and external squads/teams to ensure priorities are aligned across squads/teams both within and outside the portfolio.
• Collaboratively builds the squad/team product roadmap, contributes to strategy inputs from stakeholders. May contribute to program/portfolio level planning. Influences stakeholder expectations for delivery of new capabilities, features, and functionalities.
• Communicates expected value and any changes in value to be delivered in each iteration (sprint, monthly, quarterly, etc.) based on the squad/team-determined capacity.
• Leads customer-driven design and usability testing for the squad/team. Ensures a well-positioned product through market & industry analysis.