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Senior Director, Product Owner | PGIM Ireland

senior · Technology / Software Development

Job Overview

PGIM Technology is seeking a Senior Director, Product Owner – Finance & HR Technology to lead a portfolio of technology products and platforms supporting Finance, Human Resources, and enterprise reporting capabilities. This leader will partner with senior business and technology stakeholders to shape strategy, advance modernization, and deliver solutions that improve operational efficiency, workforce insights, reporting, and organizational effectiveness across PGIM.

Working in Letterkenny in a hybrid format, you will combine product management expertise, business acumen, and technology leadership experience to deliver measurable outcomes in a complex enterprise environment. The role requires a leader who can translate business needs into pragmatic technology strategy, influence across functions, and guide delivery teams from concept through execution and continuous improvement.

What You Can Expect

• Define and execute the technology strategy and product roadmap supporting Finance and Human Resources capabilities.
• Partner closely with senior stakeholders to identify opportunities for innovation, automation, process simplification, and operational improvement.
• Lead cross-functional teams responsible for delivering scalable, secure, and resilient technology solutions.
• Drive modernization efforts across enterprise reporting, workforce analytics, and business management platforms.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to business leadership while ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, data, risk, and security standards.

What You Will Do

Product Strategy & Leadership

• Establish and communicate a clear product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Finance and HR technology solutions.
• Align product investments with business priorities, enterprise objectives, and organizational goals.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends to identify opportunities for innovation and value creation.
• Partner with business leaders to define success measures and ensure realization of expected outcomes.

Stakeholder Partnership

• Build strong relationships across Finance, Human Resources, Data & Analytics, Risk, Compliance, and Technology organizations.
• Act as a primary technology partner for functional leadership teams.
• Facilitate prioritization decisions and investment planning across competing business demands.
• Communicate product direction, delivery progress, risks, and opportunities to executive leadership.

Delivery & Transformation

• Lead end-to-end product delivery from strategy through implementation and continuous improvement.
• Drive Agile product management practices across distributed delivery teams.
• Oversee product backlogs, release planning, execution priorities, and delivery commitments.
• Champion transformation initiatives focused on process automation, analytics, reporting modernization, and operational efficiency.

Data, Reporting & Analytics

• Lead technology capabilities supporting financial reporting, workforce insights, organizational planning, and management reporting.
• Partner with data teams to improve accessibility, quality, governance, and utilization of business information.
• Enable data-driven decision making through modern reporting and analytics solutions.
• Support enterprise initiatives focused on improving operational transparency and business performance measurement.

Operational & Risk Management

• Ensure technology solutions meet enterprise standards for security, compliance, resiliency, and operational excellence.
• Manage vendor relationships and third-party service providers as needed.
• Monitor technology health, adoption, and value realization metrics.
• Drive continuous improvement across platforms, processes, and delivery practices.

What You'll Need

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, Finance, Human Resources, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of experience leading enterprise technology products, applications, or platforms.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with Finance, Human Resources, or corporate functions.
• Experience leading complex technology initiatives and organizational transformation programs.
• Strong understanding of Agile delivery methodologies and product management principles.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
• Proven ability to influence decision-making across business and technology organizations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in financial services, asset management, insurance, banking, or another regulated industry.
• Experience supporting Workday, enterprise reporting, workforce analytics, or financial management platforms.
• Knowledge of cloud technologies, data platforms, analytics, and automation capabilities.
• Experience leading geographically distributed teams and external partners.
• Familiarity with Power BI, Azure, modern integration architectures, and enterprise data management practices.

What Will Set You Apart

• Ability to translate complex business challenges into scalable technology solutions.
• Strong strategic thinking combined with hands-on execution leadership.
• Passion for driving innovation and delivering measurable business outcomes.
• Demonstrated success building high-performing teams and fostering collaborative partnerships.
• Track record of leading enterprise modernization and digital transformation initiatives.

What we offer you

• Health Insurance: PGIM Ireland partner with Laya and BUPA to provide health insurance schemes that cover eligible employees day to day medical and hospital expenses.

• Annual Leave of 23 days at full pay.

• Pension Scheme: Members of the scheme can contribute up to 8% of salary per annum and PGIM Ireland matches contributions up to 8% of salary. Members can also make voluntary contributions to the scheme.

• Annual Bonus Programme & Shop LK Vouchers / CleverCards (subject to eligibility): Along with an annual bonus employees are rewarded with Shop LK Vouchers/ CleverCards which are paid tax free.

• Life Assurance: fully paid by PGIM Ireland, employees are covered from their start date and beneficiaries are provided with a lump sum of four times an employee’s salary.

• Education Assistance: PGIM Ireland have an Education Assistance Programme that reimburses eligible employees for furthering their education.

Why PGIM Technology?

At PGIM Technology, you will have the opportunity to solve complex business challenges while helping shape the future of our enterprise technology landscape. You will work alongside talented professionals in a collaborative environment that values innovation, continuous learning, and leadership at every level.

This role offers the opportunity to influence strategic business outcomes, lead meaningful transformation initiatives, and deliver technology solutions that create lasting value for the organization.

PGIM Ireland is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of applicants’ gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, race or membership of the traveler community. PGIM Ireland's aim is to hire the best people for the open roles and all appointments will be made on merit.
 
Any offer of employment made by PGIM Ireland will be contingent on receiving satisfactory references. Applicants should be aware that background checks will be carried out on all candidates offered a position within PGIM Ireland.