Product Manager – Identity and Access Management (IAM) Identity/Access Lead

Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

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At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

Position Summary

Come join an exciting team within Global Information Security (GIS). Cyber Security Technology (CST) is a globally distributed team responsible for cyber security innovation and architecture, engineering, solutions and capabilities development, cyber resiliency, access management engineering, data strategy, deployment maintenance, technical project management and information technology security control support.         

This role is responsible for maximizing the value for our Access and Identity Management products, at the program level in a scaled Agile model. Key responsibilities include defining the vision and roadmap for the Access/Identity portfolio, defining and prioritizing the features/epics in the program backlog, and articulating this to both stakeholders and development teams. This role works closely with stakeholders to understand their needs, and with Products Owners to ensure they are aligned on priorities. They support and collaborate with the Portfolio Product Executive on financials throughout delivery. They are experts of the products, business or technology domain, and the industry in which the product competes.

Primary Level of Engagement: Works at the program level. Can be an individual contributor or manager of talent.

Primary Interactions:

• Product Owner
• Analyst
• Release/Solution Train Engineer
• Delivery Lead
• Architect/Senior Architect
• Senior/Principal Engineer
• Technology/Senior Technology Mgr.
• Product Owner Community of Practice
• GIS Senior Executives

Primary Responsibilities:

• Mentors and provides guidance to team members to foster a collaborative and knowledgeable environment.
• As an expert, create the vision and roadmap for the program based on customer requirements, industry trends, regulations, and the strategic direction for the business or technology domain.
• Provide input into defining business capabilities and aligning them to products or creating new products to support them.
• Articulate the business value to Product Owners so they understand product and strategy; Ensure alignment across product roadmap to achieve portfolio objectives.
• Create and prioritize features/epics in the program backlog; empowered to make decisions about trade-offs with emerging work versus planned work.
• Refine features/epics with the Product Owners to ensure there is enough “ready” work for the upcoming 1-2 quarters.
• Review and accept features/epics and is empowered to make on-the-spot decisions on scope and requirements.
• Work in partnership with the Product Owners and the teams to ensure that optimum value is obtained through technology and through an advanced understanding of the business and industry trends.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience at an Enterprise level for IAM, Product Management and/or related field
• Strong understanding of IAM concepts, frameworks, and technologies
• Experience working in agile methodologies and product management matched by a track record of driving successful transformation.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and a collaborative spirit that enables you to work effectively with stakeholders at all levels, and communicate product vision, strategy, progress and gather feedback to drive capability improvements.
• Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy with the ability to use data to communicate change.

Desired:

• 8-10 years of experience working at a large financial institution

How:

• Planful: Thoughtfully setting, proactively managing, and predictably achieving commitments through strategy, process, communication, and delivery.
• Ownership: Acceptance of full responsibility for delivery outcome – “buck stops here” mentality. And collaboratively addressing problems as they arise.
• Connected: Clear orientation and understanding of where you, your team, your work/priorities join with others in a common goal.
• Consistency: Drive toward and adoption of logical, efficient, and sustainable processes and tools to achieve predictable results.
• Accuracy: Achieving business value (as agreed with key stakeholders and control partners) within defined tolerance across measurable parameters (scope, schedule, cost).

Job Description:
Responsible for maximizing the value for one or more products, at the program level in a scaled Agile model. Defines the vision and roadmap for the program, defining and prioritizing the features/epics in the program backlog, and articulating this to both stakeholders and development teams. Works closely with stakeholders to understand their needs, and with Products Owners to ensure they are aligned on priorities. They support and collaborate with the Product Portfolio Executive on financials throughout delivery. Is an expert of the products, business or technology domain, and the industry in which the product competes. This role can be part of the business/LOB (recommended) or in technology. As an expert, creates the vision and roadmap for the program based on customer requirements, industry trends, regulations, and the strategic direction for the business or technology domain. Communicates the program vision and roadmap to stakeholders, Product Owners and the teams. Oversees the budget(s) for one or more products. Provides input into defining business capabilities and aligning them to products or creating new products to support them. Articulates the business value to Product Owners so they understand product and strategy; Ensures alignment across product roadmap to achieve portfolio objectives. Creates and prioritizes features/epics in the program backlog; empowered to make decisions about trade-offs with emerging work versus planned work. Refines features/epics with the Product Owners to ensure there is enough ready work for the upcoming 1-2 quarters. Reviews and accepts features/epics and is empowered to make on-the-spot decisions on scope and requirements. Works in partnership with the Product Owners and the teams to ensure that optimum value is obtained through technology and through an advanced understanding of the business and industry trends. Participates and attends relevant industry events to bring points of view and trends to the Bank. May lead a Community of Practice and participate in the Center of Excellence. May manage a team.

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