VP, Technology; Retail Wealth

Position: VP, Technology (Retail Wealth)
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We will stand up for and champion everyone’s access to opportunities. The status quo is not good enough … we believe every individual and every community deserves access to financial opportunities. We are determined to support both individuals and communities in reaching a better financial future.  We know that reaching this future depends on our actions today.

Like our Purpose Statement, Voya believes in being bold and committed to action.  We are committed to a work environment where the differences that we are born with — and those we acquire throughout our lives — are understood, valued and intentionally pursued. We believe that our employees own our culture and have a responsibility to foster an environment where we all feel comfortable bringing our whole selves to work.

Purposefully bringing our differences together to positively influence our culture, serve our clients and enrich our communities is essential to our vision.
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**** This is an exciting opportunity to help shape the strategic vision for Voya’s Wealth Management (RWM) platform and manage the go-forward technology strategy & roadmap.
** This role requires a deep understanding of the*
* ** Wealth Management and Brokerage/Custody platforms**, to support both advisor-led and digital self-service functions. In addition, this role must have a strong understanding of the supporting tech & ops required to win, including a robust knowledge of the current tech vendor landscape and nuances of front, middle, and back-end.

This individual will be accountable for proactively leading the holistic retail platform strategy inclusive of technology, go-to-market, operations, and monetization models. This role will involve building close relationships with the senior leadership team, business partners (e.g., IT, Ops) and third-party partners to ensure that the team’s efforts are aligned with the strategic business and customer outcomes.

This individual is responsible for managing interdependence across the organization while identifying, building and managing strategic partnerships. This individual will work closely within the team to ensure business value and user feedback is translated into new development when necessary. There will be specific business objectives based on the areas of product focus, with the Product Manager bringing industry insights as relevant (e.g., proprietary versus vendor builds, digital versus advisory retail wealth offerings, etc.).
** Profile

Description:

*** Help shape the retail product platform vision with customer-centricity and define the business value;
Develop business cases for further investment, including assessment of potential revenue, implied investment, and OKRs
* Collaborate with and manage internal stakeholders (business and technology leaders) to regularly gather feedback and refine the future of the product, factoring in business priorities, pacing, risk management, funding, scope parameters
* Collaborate with external stakeholders (e.g., customers, vendors, suppliers) to identify customer requirements, assess impacts on other data, systems, products, services, and compare costs and benefits alongside available technologies and processes to recommend a path forward
* Scope the minimum viable product considering existing resource constraints and sustained product development; build product backlog and prioritize it based on iterative business value
* Lead the development and execution of product launches, refinements, and iterations (e.g., cash, robo-advisory, brokerage)
* Lead the development and execution of technology projects, including application development, automation, and database PL/SQL programing.
* Manage individuals, and/or teams with higher level technology professionals to ensure results meet customer expectations and adhere to internal IT standards, methodologies, and strategies.
* Build relationships outside of product management to organically begin connecting the dots across the Voya and…