[Hiring] Senior Associate, Group Transformation Office (GTO) Product Owner @New York Life

Role Description

The Product Owner is responsible for defining and driving product strategy, roadmap, and execution for a critical product or product domain. This role serves as a key liaison between business, technology, and leadership, ensuring alignment of product initiatives with enterprise objectives and delivering measurable business value.

• Own and drive product strategy and roadmap for a product or product suite, aligning with business goals, customer needs, and market opportunities.
• Translate complex business challenges into product solutions, leveraging deep domain expertise and data-driven insights.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives spanning multiple teams, ensuring alignment, prioritization, and successful delivery of high-impact outcomes.
• Act as a subject matter expert (SME) in the product domain, advising stakeholders and influencing best practices across teams.
• Make strategic prioritization decisions balancing customer value, technical feasibility, regulatory considerations, and financial impact.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders (including leadership) to shape product vision, influence decisions, and manage expectations.
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance processes, products, and customer experience.
• Oversee backlog management and execution, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities while empowering Agile teams to deliver effectively.
• Analyze market trends, competitive landscape, and internal performance metrics to proactively identify risks and opportunities.
• Lead or play a key role in large, complex programs with significant business and/or operational impact.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent experience.
• Typically 5+ years of experience in product ownership, product management, or related domain.
• Demonstrated ability to own product strategy and influence outcomes across multiple teams or functions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience addressing complex and ambiguous business challenges.
• Proven ability to collaborate and influence at all levels, including senior leadership.
• Deep understanding of Agile methodologies and product management best practices; Agile certification preferred.
• Experience working in complex, regulated, or enterprise environments preferred.

Requirements

• Colorado Statement: It is recommended that all qualified candidates apply to this posting as soon as possible. Residents of Colorado are hereby notified that the deadline to apply is two weeks from the Posting Date listed above.

Benefits

• We provide a full package of benefits for employees – and have unique offerings for a modern workforce, including leave programs, adoption assistance, and student loan repayment programs.
• Based on feedback from our employees, we continue to refine and add benefits to our offering, so that you can flourish both inside and outside of work.