E&C - Technology (Product Owner) | Manager

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

IFS - Internal Firm Services - Other

Management Level

Manager

Job Description & Summary

At PwC, our people in risk and compliance focus on maintaining regulatory compliance and managing risks for clients, providing advice, and solutions. They help organisations navigate complex regulatory landscapes and enhance their internal controls to mitigate risks effectively.

Those in independence, ethics and business conduct at PwC facilitates adherence to ethical standards and promote a culture of integrity within the organisation. Working in this area, you will be responsible for developing and implementing policies and procedures to facilitate compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.

Enhancing your leadership style, you motivate, develop and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching, leveraging team member’s unique strengths, and managing performance to deliver on client expectations. With your growing knowledge of how business works, you play an important role in identifying opportunities that contribute to the success of our Firm. You are expected to lead with integrity and authenticity, articulating our purpose and values in a meaningful way. You embrace technology and innovation to enhance your delivery and encourage others to do the same.

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

• Analyse and identify the linkages and interactions between the component parts of an entire system.
• Take ownership of projects, ensuring their successful planning, budgeting, execution, and completion.
• Partner with team leadership to ensure collective ownership of quality, timelines, and deliverables.
• Develop skills outside your comfort zone, and encourage others to do the same.
• Effectively mentor others.
• Use the review of work as an opportunity to deepen the expertise of team members.
• Address conflicts or issues, engaging in difficult conversations with clients, team members and other stakeholders, escalating where appropriate.
• Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.

• Product Owners bridge product strategy and technology delivery by translating strategic priorities from Ethics & Compliance leadership into actionable product plans. These roles support the delivery of technology-enabled solutions, operational improvements, and cross-functional initiatives across the firm. As the portfolio of initiatives continues to expand, dedicated Product Owner capacity is required to maintain delivery timelines and support consistent coordination across multiple projects and stakeholders.
• Working closely with Product Managers (e.g., Ethics & Compliance program leaders and SMEs), engineering/development teams, and business stakeholders, Product Owners support planning activities, backlog management, testing and validation processes, and cross-functional coordination that advance initiatives through the product lifecycle.Responsibilities:

Bridging the Product Manager’s vision with development teams so that the product is built in alignment with strategic priorities; without dedicated product ownership, development efforts may drift from product goals.

Translating product vision and business requirements into Epics and Features that clearly define business problems and expected outcomes; without this translation layer, development teams may lack the clarity required to deliver appropriate functionality.

Continuously reviewing and refining the product backlog with Product Managers to maintain alignment with the product's roadmap and evolving priorities; gaps in this work may lead to inefficient prioritization and slower delivery cycles.

Facilitating and supporting Business Validation Testing (BVT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to confirm that delivered functionality meets business needs; without coordination, testing cycles may slow or produce less reliable outcomes.

Supporting product demonstrations and stakeholder reviews that showcase features developed in alignment with the product vision; the absence of structured review processes may reduce stakeholder visibility and feedback.

Managing key product deliverables, including product roadmaps, Epics and Features, backlog prioritization, sprint goals, and release planning; without this oversight, development work may become fragmented or poorly coordinated.

Supporting planning activities such as Big Room Planning, Sprint Planning, and backlog replenishment to prioritize work items, including technical debt and defects; insufficient product ownership may reduce delivery efficiency and increase operational risk.

Assisting with ethics and compliance audit response efforts by coordinating requests, documenting results, and supporting remediation efforts; lack of coordination may increase response time and reduce consistency in follow-up.

Maintaining effective communication across project teams and stakeholders; gaps in coordination increase the risk of delays, misalignment, and duplication of effort.

Ensuring AI

-supported solutions align with product strategy and deliver meaningful outcomes for ethics and compliance programs.

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum Degree Required:High School DiplomaMinimum Years of Experience:6 year(s) of relevant experiencePreferred Qualifications:Degree Preferred:Bachelor DegreePreferred Knowledge/Skills:Demonstrates proven intimate knowledge of and/or success in roles involving project management, global delivery and continuous improvement techniques and tools that are applied across a broad spectrum of ethics and compliance processes and programs, preferably for a global consulting firm, emphasizing the following areas:
• Supporting the execution of projects, driving change management and successfully delivering results by applying both US and international lenses and enabling cross-functional ethics and compliance-related areas to prioritize and execute multiple projects simultaneously;
• Working with team members in the development of project charters that clearly define project mission, scope, key objectives and milestones;
• Collaborating with ethics and compliance leaders and project teams to provide guidance and successfully implement change, translating strategic business goals into operational strategies and work plans;
• Performing process improvement activities (assessing operating procedures (e.g., SOPs), team roles and responsibilities, developing RACIs and process flow documentation) in support of a wider ethics and compliance operational effectiveness capability;
• Possessing the ability to communicate effectively verbally, in writing, and interpersonally.
• Assisting ethics and compliance audit response efforts to drive collaboration both internally and externally on plans or requests, documenting requests and results, and supporting closeout and remediation efforts; and,
• Developing and managing reporting dashboards and management reporting to leadership;
• Working with teams in analysis and documentation of business processes to meet compliance needs, recommending technology improvements for compliance processes and integration of the processes with core compliance activities;

Additional application instructions

Understand the importance of have a correct information management

Knowledge of Information Security and Data Protection

Correct Information Security Management

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to ethnicity; creed; color; religion; national origin; age; disability; neurodiversity; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; marital; or any other status protected by law. PwC is proud to be an inclusive organization and equal opportunity employer.

Travel Requirements

Not Specified

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