Vice President, Product Owner of Central Nervous System (CNS)

Prudential Financial
Newark, NJ
Job Description
Role Overview

As a Vice President, Product Owner for Central Nervous System (CNS), you will own the full product lifecycle for one of Prudential's most important enterprise Data & AI capabilities. CNS is designed to connect customer, advisor, market, competitor, product, operational, and risk intelligence into a common decisioning framework that helps Prudential sense what is happening across the enterprise, understand those signals in context, and take more informed action with greater speed, consistency, and precision.

What You Will Do

You will partner across businesses, data, technology, AI, architecture, operations, risk, and compliance organizations to define product strategy, roadmap, adoption, performance, value realization, and long-term evolution. You will establish and own the CNS product vision, strategy, roadmap, priorities, and measurable business outcomes. You will translate enterprise objectives into clear product priorities, investment decisions, and a multi-year roadmap that balances near-term value creation with long-term enterprise scale.

Why It Might Be a Fit

This role requires excellent problem solving, communication, and teamwork skills, along with agile ways of working, strong business insight, an inclusive leadership attitude, and a continuous learning focus. You will lead through ambiguity, build alignment across diverse stakeholders, and translate a strategic vision into practical execution and durable operating practices.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Analytics, Business, or a related field
  • Significant experience leading product strategy, product ownership, or product management for enterprise technology, data, analytics, AI, or decisioning capabilities
  • Strong understanding of AI-enabled products, data-driven decisioning, enterprise intelligence, business intelligence, and the practical application of AI agents and feedback loops to business outcomes
  • Experience defining product roadmaps, managing product backlogs, prioritizing investments, and translating complex business needs into scalable technology capabilities
  • Knowledge of agile methodologies, software delivery practices, and the full software development lifecycle
  • Ability to connect product outcomes to measurable business impact

Benefits

  • Market competitive base salaries
  • Yearly bonus potential at every level
  • Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, Paid Time Off (PTO), and leave of absences
  • 401(k) plan with company match (up to 4%)
  • Company-funded pension plan
  • Wellness Programs
  • Work/Life Resources
  • Education Benefit
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Discretionary annual incentive program
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