Lead Product Manager, Legal Technology, OCLO
FINRA, Rockville, MD, United States
Lead Product Manager, Legal Technology, Office Of The Chief Legal Officer (OCLO)
The Lead Product Manager, Legal Technology, Office Of The Chief Legal Officer (OCLO) leads product initiatives to provide innovative, practical, and cost-effective technology solutions to achieve OCLO's strategic goals and objectives and increase the efficiency and effectiveness of OCLO groups in fulfilling their core business functions. This role works with a high level of autonomy and discretion and requires excellent judgment and decision-making abilities.
Essential Job Functions:
Identify opportunities to leverage technology to achieve OCLO strategic objectives in collaboration with OCLO offices and FINRA business units. Partner with business and technology sponsors to build successful business cases to fund the initiatives.
Oversee and manage OCLO technology products, in collaboration with FINRA Technology, to ensure all aspects of the products are completed effectively within budget and schedule commitments. Define and facilitate the program governance structure and oversee reporting of project status and identification of risks, issues, and key decision points.
Represent and collaborate with business units across the full project lifecycle. Oversee stakeholder engagement and communication, review and prioritization of business requirements, cross-functional user acceptance testing of selected solution(s), and development of change management plans for implementation and adoption.
Lead efforts to onboard OCLO offices to FINRA's latest technology tools and platforms to increase the efficiency and timeliness of business operations and achieve strategic goals. Drive the adoption of advanced reporting and analytics tools to empower decision making.
Collaborate with business stakeholders and technology counterparts to evaluate third-party solutions where appropriate. Lead vendor engagement efforts from selection through implementation. Oversee ongoing service delivery to ensure compliance with legal agreements and performance standards, in collaboration with FINRA Technology.
Define and manage processes to align business and technology functions and increase efficiency and effectiveness of communication and information sharing.
Represent OCLO on enterprise Technology initiatives, working groups, and ad hoc special projects.
Demonstration of FINRA's values.
Collaboration, both in-person and virtually, in furtherance of FINRA's mission of investor protection and market integrity.
Education/Experience Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Information Technology, or related field and a minimum of seven (7) years of related experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Minimum of three (3) years in operations and complex project management required.
Strong organizational skills, with an ability to administer multiple complex assignments concurrently and execute against tight deadlines.
Experience with planning, designing, and implementing efficient business and system solutions, preferably for Legal, Risk, and Compliance business areas.
Familiarity with advanced reporting and analytics tools.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Working Conditions:
Hybrid work environment, with defined in-person presence requirements.
Occasional travel and extended hours may be required.
The Lead Product Manager, Legal Technology, Office Of The Chief Legal Officer (OCLO) leads product initiatives to provide innovative, practical, and cost-effective technology solutions to achieve OCLO's strategic goals and objectives and increase the efficiency and effectiveness of OCLO groups in fulfilling their core business functions. This role works with a high level of autonomy and discretion and requires excellent judgment and decision-making abilities.
Essential Job Functions:
Identify opportunities to leverage technology to achieve OCLO strategic objectives in collaboration with OCLO offices and FINRA business units. Partner with business and technology sponsors to build successful business cases to fund the initiatives.
Oversee and manage OCLO technology products, in collaboration with FINRA Technology, to ensure all aspects of the products are completed effectively within budget and schedule commitments. Define and facilitate the program governance structure and oversee reporting of project status and identification of risks, issues, and key decision points.
Represent and collaborate with business units across the full project lifecycle. Oversee stakeholder engagement and communication, review and prioritization of business requirements, cross-functional user acceptance testing of selected solution(s), and development of change management plans for implementation and adoption.
Lead efforts to onboard OCLO offices to FINRA's latest technology tools and platforms to increase the efficiency and timeliness of business operations and achieve strategic goals. Drive the adoption of advanced reporting and analytics tools to empower decision making.
Collaborate with business stakeholders and technology counterparts to evaluate third-party solutions where appropriate. Lead vendor engagement efforts from selection through implementation. Oversee ongoing service delivery to ensure compliance with legal agreements and performance standards, in collaboration with FINRA Technology.
Define and manage processes to align business and technology functions and increase efficiency and effectiveness of communication and information sharing.
Represent OCLO on enterprise Technology initiatives, working groups, and ad hoc special projects.
Demonstration of FINRA's values.
Collaboration, both in-person and virtually, in furtherance of FINRA's mission of investor protection and market integrity.
Education/Experience Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Information Technology, or related field and a minimum of seven (7) years of related experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Minimum of three (3) years in operations and complex project management required.
Strong organizational skills, with an ability to administer multiple complex assignments concurrently and execute against tight deadlines.
Experience with planning, designing, and implementing efficient business and system solutions, preferably for Legal, Risk, and Compliance business areas.
Familiarity with advanced reporting and analytics tools.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Working Conditions:
Hybrid work environment, with defined in-person presence requirements.
Occasional travel and extended hours may be required.