Business Technology Solutions Product Owners

SRM Technologies • Hamilton Township, NJ

10d • Hybrid

About The Position

Our Business Technology Solutions (BTS) team shapes the digital transformation accelerating the future of medicine at AbbVie - and we do it together, asking bold questions and taking on tough challenges through deep, honest collaboration. In the role of Product Owner you will join a diverse, global team that invests in your customized career growth and uses technology and data to positively impact people’s lives.
The Product Owner plays a crucial role in the technology product lifecycle leading the development and management of technology programs supporting AbbVie’s Commercial Finance & Planning groups across the commercial Therapeutic business areas of Immunology, Oncology, Neuroscience, Eye care, and Specialty. This role entails having both a strategic as well as tactical mindset with a deep understanding of all aspects of the System Product lifecycle for the respective business areas while managing the product business requirements from concept to production launch.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree with 8 years’ experience; Master's Degree with 7 years’ experience; or PhD with 3 years’ experience.
• Experience developing and/or managing the development of technology applications, regardless of tech stack.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a keen ability to build trust, listen, and ask effective questions with the goal of creating a scalable and reusable business solution along with forming effective partnerships.
• Ability to interact with business leaders to demystify complex concepts without relying on technical language.
• Thorough understanding of and hands-on experience with SLC (Software Life Cycle) phases, including Build and Run aspects of a Technology Product.
• Demonstrable working knowledge of Agile methodology, process and ceremonies.
• 1-2 years of experience managing or coaching cross-functional resources – employees or contract resources.
• Ability to self-manage time and priorities.
• Relevant ABV experience (navigate across Business and BTS internal stakeholders, SLC, culture, etc.)
• Ability to influence, direct and manage individuals and groups with no direct-reporting authority, including ABV employees
• BRM and Tech competencies, to comfortably span across both
• Ability to demonstrate end-to-end ownership and delivery in support of a distinct customer stakeholder function/group/Region (for example: Manage & oversee all Volume Forecasting needs/capabilities for INT’L Therapeutics)

Nice To Haves

• Understanding of or experience within the life sciences and bio pharmaceutical landscape, including role of manufacturers, providers, patients, payers, distributors and policy makers.
• Understanding of financial planning, forecasting and data management concepts and systems.
• Demonstrable interest in technology trends and application of technology to improve end user’s experience through innovation or disruption.
• Experience in leading and managing Agile teams and/or projects.
• Hands on experience with JIRA, Confluence, ServiceNOW and Smart sheet.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing a portfolio of technology products from ideation to operation, including securing cross-functional alignment on project scope, benefits, cost, and timeline.
• Proactively understand business strategies, educate business stakeholders on existing technology capabilities, and influence/develop capability roadmaps and investment.
• Identifying current and emerging unmet business needs and evaluating technology solutions to balance short-term and long-term objectives.
• Proposing, initiating, and leading programs that transform the focus Business function’s processes or technology capabilities.
• Project intake, scope clarification, epic and story grooming, estimating, generating cost and timeline plans, defining UAT and testing strategy, release management, and overseeing engineering decisions.
• Supervising a matrix team of Product Analysts, Business Systems Analysts, Scrum Masters, Project Managers, Architects, Engineers, Testers to deliver technology products to the business.
• All BRM (business relationship management) activities, including serving as the single point of contact for initiatives in your portfolio.
• Making sure that as BTS we are consistent in applying our core capabilities to deliver technology solutions with speed, agility, and efficiency.
• Identifying re-use opportunities and proposing viable pilot and MVP solutions.
• Responsible for compliance with applicable AbbVie Policies and procedures.
• Managing an IT investment budget of $25K to $1M.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level