Oracle HR and Talent Cloud Product Owner - Senior Manager

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

IFS - Human Capital (HC)

Management Level

Senior Manager

Job Description & Summary

A career in Partner Affairs, within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to provide strategic and operational support to current and former partners of the Firm. You’ll have a big part in supporting our partners from assisting with partner admissions and talent development to partner compensation, administration, and benefits.

Our team is responsible for managing our partners financial programmes, demographic data, reporting, and metrics within various Firm Human Resource systems. You’ll focus on designing and managing partner distribution, providing partner information relating to areas of responsibility, and policy interpretation to resolve or escalate issues to upper management.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Senior Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Encourage everyone to have a voice and invite opinion from all, including quieter members of the team.
• Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.
• Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.
• Move easily between big picture thinking and managing relevant detail.
• Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realises they are required.
• Contribute technical knowledge in area of specialism.
• Contribute to an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.
• Navigate the complexities of cross-border and/or diverse teams and engagements.
• Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients and stakeholders to build trust.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

The Partner Affairs Operations pillar provides strategic and operational support across all the Partner Affairs pillars. As a center of excellence, the pillar leads our technology, analytics and digital solutions to enable Partner Affairs strategy and operations. Senior Manager roles will serve as product owners and/or senior project managers of certain technology platforms including replatforms, enhancements, upgrades, technology support, testing, etc.

Job Requirements and Preferences:

Basic Qualifications:

Minimum Degree Required:
High School Diploma

Minimum Year(s) of Experience:
6 year(s) of relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications:

Degree Preferred:
Bachelor's Degree

Preferred Knowledge/Skills:
Demonstrates intimate abilities and/or a proven record of success in managerial roles involving operating as advisor and business partner to achieve business priorities and goals through the successful execution of product and experience strategy, emphasizing the following areas:
- Collaborating with all levels of stakeholder groups to drive strategic direction and account for critical dependencies with other projects, programs, and initiatives;
- Owning accountability for workstreams of transformation and replatform projects, including project status reporting, vendor management, and communications & change plans;
- Identifying business needs and developing proposed solutions to enable the requirement in collaboration with the stakeholders; 
- Working independently and managing the delivery of day-to-day operations and delivery of technology & analytics services to stakeholders and business partners;
- Demonstrating proficiency of core Partner Affairs business processes or equivalent Human Capital processes including succession planning, talent & performance management, core payroll / HR data, admissions, health and financial benefits;
- Demonstrating proficiency of core technology solutions and applications to enable business processes: Oracle Cloud HCM security/data management, Core HR/Payroll, 3rd party SaaS, custom and mobile applications, data services / hub, digital solutions for analytics and automations;  
- Maintaining leading edge process and service delivery by encouraging citizen-led innovation & constantly expanding knowledge of organizational behavior, emerging technology and trends;
- Demonstrating proficiency in PwC core Agile competencies, with particular emphasis on contributing to team success in playing the product owner role leading multiple agile teams focused on delivering business needs;
- Demonstrating proficiency of applying advanced digital skills / digital accelerator skills to enable complex projects, solve ad hoc digital requests, etc.; 
- Advising change management and communication activities with appropriate stakeholders to accelerate and realize benefits of transformation changes; 
- Managing RAID Logs (Risks, Actions, Issues and/or Dependencies) and escalating any new items to project leaders;
- Influencing others in a senior manager capacity, while proactively building working relationships with stakeholders regarding how technology and analytics can be used to accomplish business goals;
- Preparing and presenting complex written and verbal materials; and,
- Providing coaching and real-time development opportunities to team members.

Travel Requirements

Up to 20%

Job Posting End Date

January 18, 2025

Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work

PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; creed; color; religion; national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status; veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or any other status protected by law. PwC is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.

For positions based in San Francisco, consideration of qualified candidates with arrest and conviction records will be in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled or the posting is removed, unless otherwise set forth on the following webpage. Please visit this link for information about anticipated application deadlines: https://pwc.to/us-application-deadlines

The salary range for this position is: $89,000 - $315,000, plus individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. For roles that are based in Maryland, this is the listed salary range for this position. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance