Product Lead

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Permanent contract
Birmingham
Salary: Not specified
Experience: > 5 years
Skills & expertise
Agile methodologies
Collaboration and teamwork
Problem-solving skills
Oracle
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Job description

  • The Product Lead is responsible for the end-to-end ownership of a Finance Systems process capability within the Finance Systems Product Team
  • Acting as the primary technology and business-facing leader for their domain, the Product Lead defines the product roadmap, manages the product backlog, and ensures technology investments deliver measurable business value
  • Working closely with Finance process owners, operational teams, architecture, engineering, governance and delivery teams, the Product Lead ensures solutions remain secure, compliant, scalable and aligned to enterprise standards
  • The role combines strategic product ownership with operational accountability, ensuring excellent service performance while driving continuous improvement, automation and process transformation
  • The Product Lead provides leadership to a multidisciplinary team of analysts and specialists and serves as the primary escalation point for business stakeholders within their capability area
  • Translate business goals into defined product outcomes, initiatives and investment priorities
  • Simplify and modernise the capability while expanding adoption of Oracle EBS, Oracle Fusion and associated applications
  • Own and prioritise the product backlog based on business value, risk, regulatory requirements and operational demand
  • Delivers minor enhancements and supports project delivery
  • Act as a trusted adviser to Finance, operational and business stakeholders within the capability area
  • Develop strong relationships with process owners, Finance specialists and global user communities
  • Review incidents, recurring problems and trends to identify improvement and automation opportunities
  • Maintain effective knowledge resources, operational documentation and support readiness
  • Reduce technical debt and prevent recurring operational issues
  • Maintain compliance with IT General Controls, audit obligations, data governance standards and enterprise policies
  • Identify, control and mitigate product risks
  • Provide support for internal and external audits
  • Maintain a pipeline of opportunities to enhance processes, technology and user experience
  • Drive standardisation and simplification to reduce complexity and improve maintainability
  • Lead, coach and develop Product Analysts and Associate Product Analysts within the capability area

Preferred experience

  • Strong functional experience implementing, supporting or optimising Oracle E-Business Suite R12 and Oracle Fusion Cloud Financials
  • Maintain effective IT General Controls, audit readiness, data integrity and compliance with cybersecurity, data governance and enterprise standards
  • Proven people leadership, analytical and problem-solving capability, with a track record of developing teams
  • Sound knowledge of IT service management support with ITIL certification
  • Manage capability risks, technical debt, lifecycle priorities and recurring service issues, escalating where necessary
  • Deliver measurable improvements in service quality, process efficiency, automation, standardisation and user experience
  • Build a capable, collaborative team with clear objectives and development priorities
  • Ensure reliable service performance, availability, adoption and customer satisfaction across the capability area
  • Provide the Product Owner and key stakeholders with clear insight into performance, risks, dependencies and recommended actions
  • Coordinate the controlled delivery of changes and improvements within agreed scope, quality and timescales
  • Prioritise and govern the capability backlog, balancing business value, operational needs, risk, compliance and technical priorities
  • Substantial leadership experience across large, complex Finance application estates
  • Experience leading an Oracle E-Business Suite to Oracle Fusion Cloud migrations
  • Familiarity with Agile product management

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