Trust Solutions Innovation & Technology- Senior Manager

The Innovation Team is at the core of innovation and emerging technology development, discovery, deployment and support activity. Our team is leading the effort to digitally enable our business. Our mission is to develop disruptive & innovative technologies and products that drive the evolution of how we deliver our services now and in the future. The key technology domains we are currently focused on include business process automation, data curation, industrialized analytics, machine learning & AI and scalable delivery platform. A career in our Innovation Project Management practice, within Innovation Services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients’ redesign, redefine, and redeploy their assurance and/or tax departments to be a strategic asset across the enterprise. You’ll focus on assisting clients as they incorporate increased automation, machine learning, data & analytics, Open Source technologies into their processes to deliver better quality output and contribute more strategically to organisational decision making. Our team is responsible for strategic market priorities such as improving communication and process improvement initiatives to achieve innovative, optimise d, cost effective, and efficient models for delivering service to our clients.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Senior Manager, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Encourage everyone to have a voice and invite opinion from all, including quieter members of the team.
• Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.
• Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.
• Move easily between big picture thinking and managing relevant detail.
• Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realises they are required.
• Contribute technical knowledge in area of specialism.
• Contribute to an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.
• Navigate the complexities of cross-border and/or diverse teams and engagements.
• Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients and stakeholders to build trust.
• Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct.

Additional Responsibilities:

The Product Manager will own or lead the evolution of one or multiple products to meet our internal customer and stakeholder needs.

Job Requirements and Preferences:

Basic Qualifications:

Minimum Degree Required:
Bachelor Degree

Required Fields of Study:
Accounting, Business Administration/Management, Economics, Finance, International Business, Management, Quantitative Finance

Minimum Years of Experience:
5 year(s)

Preferred Qualifications:

Degree Preferred:
Master Degree

Preferred Fields of Study:
Accounting, Taxation, Data Processing/Analytics/Science

Preferred Knowledge/Skills:

Demonstrates extensive abilities and/or a proven record of success as a team leader in product management roles, emphasizing the following:

• Applying in-depth knowledge of Scrum and Agile Software Development Methodology;

• Translating product features into well-defined user stories and acceptance test criteria;

• Owning, prioritizing, and maintaining the product backlog for assigned products;

• Drafting and iterating user stories in the product backlog with the scrum team;

• Managing epics, features, and user stories to be completed by delivery teams aligned to the product’s vision;

• Collaborating with the Product Management team on roadmap prioritization;

• Coordinating with the Scrum Master and Tech Lead on priorities, approach, and delivery, while driving alignment with delivery teams;

• Aligning deliverables to business requirements and acceptance criteria;

• Applying knowledge of user-centered design principles and a customer-first mindset;

• Applying user experience (UX) design and product design to meet customer expectations;

• Engaging in thoughtful, articulate, and persuasive verbal and written communication; and,

• Applying analytics and reporting tools to articulate metrics, insights, and opportunities.

Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work

PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; creed; color; religion; national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status; veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or any other status protected by law. PwC is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.

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