JOB_POSTING-3-79374-3
Job Description
Role Title: VP, Network Connectivity Technical Product Manager (L12)
Company Overview
Synchrony (NYSE: SYF) is a premier consumer financial services company delivering one of the industry's most complete digitally enabled product suites. Our experience, expertise and scale encompass a broad spectrum of industries including digital, health and wellness, retail, telecommunications, home, auto, outdoors, pet and more.
- We have recently been ranked #2 among India's Best Companies to Work for by Great Place to Work. We were among the Top 50 India's Best Workplaces in Building a Culture of Innovation by All by GPTW and Top 25 among Best Workplaces in BFSI by GPTW. We have also been recognized by AmbitionBox Employee Choice Awards among the Top 20 Mid-Sized Companies, ranked #3 among Top Rated Companies for Women, and Top-Rated Financial Services Companies.
- We offer Flexibility and Choice for all employees and provide best-in-class employee benefits and programs that cater to work-life integration and overall well-being
- We provide career advancement and upskilling opportunities for all to take up leadership roles
Organizational Overview
The Connectivity Product Manager will function as the Agile Product Manager leading a portfolio of DevOps Teams responsible for architecting, engineering, and supporting network technology in both Datacenter and Cloud environments. The role will report to the VP of Enterprise Network Connectivity
Role Summary/Purpose
The Product Manager role is responsible for the strategy and execution of technology roadmaps that aligns business priorities, technology objectives, regulatory requirements, and infrastructure capabilities. They are responsible for realizing value from network infrastructure investments, automating, and optimizing processes, and ensuring overall network security and availability.
The Connectivity Product Manager will play a significant role with stakeholders from many business units and IT teams to provide end-to-end usage and technical capabilities for our users and customers. The successful candidate will analyze the current system, lead roadmap and project planning efforts, and will have ownership for delivering business value through technology investment.
Key Responsibilities
- This position plays a Technology Product Management role, leading strategy, developing a technical road map for network technology in both on-premises datacenters and the public cloud.
- Manage and monitor network infrastructure for faults, vulnerabilities, and performance problems to ensure we are meeting customer and client objectives.
- Deploy network security services and products to meet business, regulatory, and security requirements.
- Communicate & influence teams to understand technical stacks and initiatives to stakeholders & leadership.
- Plan and manage technology lifecycle events end of life, end of support.
- Manage day to day fiscal responsibilities as well as yearly budget responsibilities and forecasting of connectivity products
- Build team talent and manage multiple Agile DevOps Teams using Scaled Agile Framework.
- Collaborate with various stakeholders to understand business objectives and priorities.
- Build solutions that comply with internal, industry (e.g., PCI), and government regulations (e.g., FedRAMP)
- Respond to internal and external audit requests providing detail to attest to compliance requirements
- Manage strategic vendors and relationships in support of connectivity strategies and operational support
- Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned
Required Skills/Knowledge
- Bachelor's degree 7+ years in Technology and in lieu of a degree 9+ Technology with Strong experience designing and implementing enterprise networking architectures, with a proven ability to operate with a big-picture mindset.
- Strong Proficiency with routing protocols (e.g., EIGRP, OSPF, BGP).
- Strong understanding of access control (e.g., RADIUS, TACACS+, SAML, OKTA).
- Strong understanding of end host security (802.1X, firewall, anti-virus, malware protection).
- Experience and understanding of encryption solutions (e.g., VPN, IPSec, MACSEC).
- Understanding of fabric traffic steering (e.g., Cisco ACI or VMWare NSX).
- Ability to design and execute a defense-in-depth security strategy.
- Strong technical acumen and aptitude.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and multi-task.
- Ability to lead teams of technical experts to set examples and guidance for team objectives.
- Strong leadership in support of employee skill growth and career pathing
- Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
Desired Skills/Knowledge
- Diagram skills (e.g., Visio, OmniGraffle, LucidChart)
- Industry Certifications in Security and/or Advanced Routing (e.g., Cisco, Arista, Palo Alto or Fortinet).
- Strong understanding of network security attack vectors (e.g., DDoS, Spoofing).
- Experience and understanding of Intrusion Detection and Prevention solutions and technologies (IDS/IPS).
Eligibility Criteria
- Bachelor's degree 7+ years in Technology and in lieu of a degree 9+ Technology with Strong experience designing and implementing enterprise networking architectures, with a proven ability to operate with a big-picture mindset.
Work Timings
This role qualifies for Enhanced Flexibility and Choice offered in Synchrony India and will require the incumbent to be available between 06:00 AM Eastern Time 11:30 AM Eastern Time (timings are anchored to US Eastern hours and will adjust twice a year locally). This window is for meetings with India and US teams. The remaining hours will be flexible for the employee to choose. Exceptions may apply periodically due to business needs. Please discuss this with the hiring manager for more details. We are proud to offer flexibility at Synchrony. Our way of working allows you the option to work from home or workspaces in our Regional Engagement HubsHyderabad, Bengaluru, Pune, Kolkata, or Delhi/NCR.
As directed by the management, you will be required to commute or travel to Hyderabad or one of the Regional Engagement Hubs for in-person engagement activities such as business/ team meetings, trainings, and events.
We are proud to offer flexibility at Synchrony. Our way of working allows you the option to work from home or workspaces in our Regional Engagement HubsHyderabad, Bengaluru, Pune, Kolkata, or Delhi/NCR.
As directed by the management, you will be required to commute or travel to Hyderabad or one of the Regional Engagement Hubs for in-person engagement activities such as business/ team meetings, trainings, and events.
For Internal Applicants
- Understand the criteria or mandatory skills required for the role, before applying.
- Inform your Manager or HRM before applying for any role on Workday.
- Ensure that your Professional Profile is updated (fields such as Education, Prior experience, Other skills) and it is mandatory to upload your updated resume (Word or PDF format)
- Must not be any corrective action plan (First Formal/Final Formal LPP)
- L10+ Employees who have completed 18 months in the organization and 12 months in current role and level are only eligible.
- L10+ Employees can apply
Grade/Level: 12
Job Family Group
Information Technology
