Position Summary
The Carlyle Group's Fund Management (FM) team seeks an experienced technical Product Owner responsible for managing the segment's reporting and data platforms with a broad array of business stakeholders in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. This role, sitting in the business, will pair with a technical lead, sitting in Carlyle's Global Technology & Solutions (GTS) team, to lead an Agile team of external and internal resources responsible for delivering and supporting Deal Team, Fund Management, and various corporate reporting needs. Carlyle's reporting and data platform currently leverages various technologies including: Seismic, PowerBI, UpSlide, .Net custom solutions, and Snowflake and SQL databases. The Product Owner will partner with business stakeholders and GTS to create and maintain product roadmaps and backlogs that align with the Firm's strategic goals and priorities. The Product Owner will drive the strategic vision of the firm's reporting and data platforms and will proactively work with business stakeholders and fellow Product Owners to identify and implement expanded usage of the platform to solve complex and critical business challenges. In addition to leading the strategic vision of the platform, the Product Owner will also be directly responsible for supporting Fund Management's usage of these tools, especially during peak usage at quarter-end and year-end reporting. The Product Owner will maintain a backlog of enhancements. Strong communication and executive presence are required to successfully interact with business stakeholders and act as the lead driver for continued growth and scaling of the segment's reporting and data platform.
Responsibilities
Product Development
- Maximizes the value of delivered products to ensure they meet stakeholders' needs
- Empowered ultimate decision maker for the product, responsible for defining its vision, and prioritizing features/stories according to business value
- Understands all value stream's key capabilities within the respective team, domain, and focus area
- Works with the team to breakdown capabilities and/or value streams into backlog items (epics, stories, etc.) and prioritizes backlog for the team
- Consistently engages with agile team to provide enough information to estimate amount of work and activities for value streams and helps slot them onto the rolling four quarter roadmap
End User Adoption
- Represents stakeholders/end users of a product
- Communicates to end user community on consistent basis
- Provides hands-on training to end users as needed and can translate their needs into business requirements for the team
Production Support
- Works with our GTS technical leads to understand technical debt and other technical impediments at a high level so that they can be prioritized on the roadmap
- Identifies and escalates capacity, resource, and deliverable risks as needed
- Works with GTS Partner to manage vendor relationships
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree required
- Concentration in Finance, Computer Science, Information Technology, Accounting Information Systems, or related field, strongly preferred
- 6+ years of overall relevant experience (or related consulting experience), required
- Experience working with business intelligence or enterprise / corporate performance management applications supporting business customers, strongly preferred
- Minimum of 3 years of Product Owner experience in an Agile environment
- Minimum of 1 year experience with SQL, R, or Python.
- Robust experience with Seismic, PowerBi, and Snowflake or similar technologies
- Proven ability to lead and execute responsibilities simultaneously
- Understanding of Accounting and Finance functions, strongly preferred
- Excellent communication skills
- Good knowledge of private equity/asset management business, value streams, and technology and a deep, tactical way of thinking
- Ability to translate strategic directions and business objectives into goals
- Know how to break down key features into appropriate user stories
- Experience running high-impact initiatives within the organization
- Effective delegator with proven management of cross-functional teams without direct supervision
- Ability to manage conflicting priorities and can differentiate between distractions and the roadblocks that can impact goals
- Ability to drive consensus among stakeholders, manage expectations, and build strong relationships
Benefits/Compensation
The compensation range for this role is specific to DC and takes into account a wide range of factors including but not limited to the skill sets required/preferred; prior experience and training; licenses and/or certifications.
The anticipated base salary range for this role is $130,000 to $140,000.
In addition to the base salary, the hired professional will enjoy a comprehensive benefits package spanning retirement benefits, health insurance, life insurance and disability, paid time off, paid holidays, family planning benefits and various wellness programs. Additionally, the hired professional may also be eligible to participate in an annual discretionary incentive program, the award of which will be dependent on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.
Company Profile
The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) is a global investment firm with $435 billion of assets under management and more than half of the AUM managed by women, across 606 investment vehicles as of June 30, 2024. Founded in 1987 in Washington, DC, Carlyle has grown into one of the world's largest and most successful investment firms, with more than 2,200 professionals operating in 29 offices in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. Carlyle places an emphasis on development, retention and inclusion as supported by our internal processes and seven Employee Resource Groups (ERGs). Carlyle's purpose is to invest wisely and create value on behalf of its investors, which range from public and private pension funds to wealthy individuals and families to sovereign wealth funds, unions and corporations. Carlyle invests across three segments - Global Private Equity, Global Credit and Investment Solutions - and has expertise in various industries, including: aerospace, defense & government services, consumer & retail, energy, financial services, healthcare, industrial, real estate, technology & business services, telecommunications & media and transportation.
At Carlyle, we value diversity as a key driver of performance and success. Our CEO, Harvey Schwartz, has stated that, "To build better businesses and create value for all of our stakeholders, we are focused on assembling leadership teams with the strongest insights from a range of perspectives." Our aim is to cultivate a community where insights are continually exchanged and different perspectives are embraced. We recognize that diverse teams perform better and we are dedicated to leveraging diversity as a competitive advantage at Carlyle.
Due to the high volume of candidates, please be advised that only candidates selected to interview will be contacted by Carlyle.
