Senior Director of Product, Wealth Management

About the Role

Northwestern Mutual is managing over $425 billion in client wealth assets and delivering integrated wealth management solutions to millions of households nationwide. With a 165-year legacy and the urgency of a company investing boldly in its future, we are executing an ambitious multi-year transformation in our Field and Wealth area – reimagining the advisor and large teams experience, modernizing our technology platform, and building next-generation Data and AI capabilities spanning across client onboarding, financial planning, Investment management and advisor enablement.

As we accelerate our investment in Wealth Tech, we are seeking an exceptional Senior Director of Product to lead a dynamic team of product managers to lead and drive the implementation of modern wealth tech stack. The director will possess and apply their wealth business domain expertise while working in close partnership with wealth business leaders to co-develop innovative technology strategies and ensure technology initiatives closely align with business goals.

Collaboration across engineering, design, servicing, Investment management, Field and other Enterprise partners is essential to drive product development and deliver impactful solutions.

• Business Influence
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  Collaborates, communicates and influences business partners, direct reports, stakeholders, and other enterprise functions based on understanding of the wealth domain and organizational needs. Building trust with business partners, direct reports, stakeholders, and other enterprise functions and brings positive impact to the overall outcome of the organization.
• Business Strategy Translation
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  Translate business strategy into actionable technology capabilities, objectives, and measurable results by partnering with business, engineering, design, servicing, field and enterprise teams and applying wealth domain expertise.
• Roadmap Creation
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  Develop a long-term (2-5 years) technology roadmap for Wealth business solutions, foster a culture of domain expertise, and enable strategic business objectives. Provide direction that illustrate the epics and features that will be delivered across a portfolio of products or platform and how it integrates with other cross functional team efforts.
• Leadership
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  Creates the future by fostering an engaging environment and encourage accountability and development. Breaks down barriers so individuals and teams can be accountable and responsible to do their best.
• Accountability
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  Holds self and their direct reports accountable for measurable, high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results, delivery, and execution. Determines team objectives, sets priorities, delegates work to direct reports, and accepts responsibility for mistakes.
• Business Acumen
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  Applies knowledge of both general and organization-specific business issues/financial implications for the organization to problem solve.
• Dependency Management
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  Utilizes data and insights to identify and monitor enterprise dependencies and guides the development and execution of sophisticated product strategies by applying risk management methodologies for optimal results.
• Goal setting
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  Partner with key functions to set technology objectives and key results aligned to the business strategy for the Wealth product portfolio. Aligns other functions like engineering, design, field, finance, service and enterprise around a common set of measurable goals.
• Requirements Specification
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  Identify and prioritize technology capabilities and drive the development and implementation of advanced product solutions or platforms for the field and home office customers.
• Team Leadership
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  Foster an engaging environment, encourage accountability and growth, and remove obstacles to maximize team performance. Identify necessary skills, build or adjust teams to fit those needs, and set long-term goals for both the product portfolio and individual team members.
• Alliance Building
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  Collaborate with employees and stakeholders, nurture talent, and proactively address skill gaps to maximize business value outcomes.
• Opportunity Creation
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  Turn challenges into growth…