Principal Consultant- Product Owner

Infosys Consulting, the management and technology consulting unit of Infosys Ltd, is seeking motivated Product Owners. Management Consultants seeking long-term growth and career-enhancing opportunities will find both as part of our team of front-runners in Financial Services Consulting.
The Role – What You’ll Do
As a Principal Consultant -Product Owner, you will act as the custodian of the product roadmap and plan the next iterations, plan product releases and present points of view for the product vision.

Responsibilities:

• Define the long-term strategy and product plan that will result in improved performance including return on investment. Developing program performance metrics and health scorecards, using data to understand program effectiveness.
• Proactively identify and define features and requirements based on user needs, industry research, feasibility, and alignment to Company’s strategic goals
• Develop arguments to support new capability and feature development and secure funding
• Work with key team members, including senior managers, engineering, support, and sales, to define, develop, shape and refine product requirements
• Collaborate with users, UX researchers and designers and developers to thoroughly understand and anticipate needs through product development cycle to ensure features developed meet the desired business goals
• Manage the product backlog and prioritize it based on business value, user feedback and feasibility requirements.
• Convey market needs to the feature team by refining the backlog based on business requirements
• Accountable for the delivery of value to customers and stakeholders by ensuring that the right product is defined, prioritized, and generating business value and desired customer experience.
• Facilitate an iterative process where user and collaborator feedback are consistently sought after and incorporated.
• Negotiate trade-offs between cost, schedule, and business benefit, and ensure successful delivery of set features to production that meet customer needs

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum 9 years of financial services experience with at least 5 years of Consumer Banking or management consulting, demonstrating proven understanding of Product Management subject area.

• Significant experience with agile development tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Rally or similar other tools

• Solid understanding of business, technology, and operations of the commercial line of business is preferred

• Experience working on and delivering large digital transformation programs supported by human centered design decision approach

• Demonstrated knowledge in strategic solution delivery models to ensure products and/or services continue to innovate and to drive continuous improvement

• Proactively manage cross functional team & client expectations, communication, management and feedback

• Experience in evaluating analytics for insights and increasing efficiencies through automation or using ‘best-of-breed’ product

• The ability to build partnerships internally/externally is highly desirable

• Ability to understand the long-term ("big picture") and short-term perspectives of situations

• Capable of building strong professional relationships with ability to influence all levels across the organization

• SAFe or Scrum certification as product owner

• Bachelor's Degree or foreign equivalent required

• U.S. citizens and those authorized to work in the U.S. are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor currently

General Information

• Location flexibility enabling our consultants to implement engagements while being based in their preferred location
• Flexible “Work from Home” policies and robust infrastructure support enabling uninterrupted remote access to work
• Internal training & leadership programs complemented by industry recognized certifications for re-skilling and upskilling
• Formal counselor-counselee system aiding and driving well rounded career growth
• Dedicated mentorship programs, driven by the firm’s women leaders for select women consultants, to drive acclimatization and create future-ready leaders
• Return to Work program to ensure smooth transition for career returners, help new parents, and improve work flexibility
• Collaborative and open work environment for to share professional experiences and learn, and define their own success paths
• This job description may not cover or contain a comprehensive listing of all activities, duties and responsibilities that are required of the employee

About Us
Infosys Consulting is a global management consulting firm helping some of the world’s most recognizable brands transform and innovate. Our consultants are industry experts that lead complex change agendas driven by innovative technology. With offices in 20 countries and backed by the power of the global Infosys brand, our teams help the C-suite navigate today’s digital landscape to win market share and create shareholder value for lasting competitive advantage. To see our ideas in action, or to join a new type of consulting firm, visit us at www.InfosysConsultingInsights.com

Infosys is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, spouse of protected veteran, or disability.