Product Owner - Finance - 12mo Contract/C2H - Hybrid in NYC

**No sponsorship/C2C** AT A GLANCE: Product Owner of Back Office Operations & Global Business Finance Hybrid in NYC (Midtown Manhattan - in-office 1 day/week until July, then 3 days/week) 1-year contract, conversion to perm likely Market rate Needed ASAP Financial services experience required THE OFFICIAL JOB DESCRIPTION: Overview Were a global team of alternative investment managers passionate about delivering uncommon value to our investors and shareholders. With over 30 years of proven expertise across Private Equity, Credit, and Real Assets in various regions and industries, were known for our integrated businesses, strong investment performance, value-oriented philosophy, and our people. Were looking for a Product Owner who can own outcomes, not just artifacts. This role blends product thinking with strong delivery discipline: shaping a roadmap, aligning stakeholders, planning intelligently, and driving execution with transparency. Youll partner closely with Back Office Operations and Global Business Finance, helping modernize workflows and platforms in a way that is practical, controlled, and genuinely improves how the business runs. Our team has a track record of delivering ~95% of projects on time and under budget. We do that by treating ambiguity as work: we break complex initiatives into two phasesDiscovery (to distill the real problem, align stakeholders, and establish a confident plan) and Delivery (to execute with clear milestones, risks, and dependencies). What Youll Do Own discovery.Lead structured discovery efforts to clarify problem statements, current-state workflows, constraints, and success metricsthen translate that into a plan stakeholders can believe in. Set direction.Build and maintain a product roadmap that balances transformation, near-term outcomes, and operational stability. Run delivery with discipline.Define milestones, manage dependencies, track progress, and surface risks earlywithout drama or surprises. Be the connective tissue.Coordinate across business users, engineering, architecture, and leadership; communicate status, tradeoffs, and decisions clearly. Bring users along.We use agile practices, but not every user group is mature in agile. Youll build trust through honest conversations, humility, and transparencyhelping partners adopt better ways of working over time. Own the backlog.Translate needs into well-formed epics and stories with clear acceptance criteria; prioritize based on business value, risk, and effort. Handle conflict well.Navigate competing priorities, resolve disagreements constructively, and keep teams focused on outcomes. Champion quality and controls.Ensure solutions are operable and auditable where neededclear definitions, controlled rollouts, and attention to reliability. Use AI responsibly.Leverage AI tools to move faster (analysis, writing, summarizing, prototyping, documentation), while maintaining strong judgment, validation, and appropriate guardrails. What Were Looking For 5+ years in a Product Owner, Product Manager, Program Manager, or Senior Business Analyst role (ideally, in financial services) Demonstrated strength in planning, budgeting, tracking, and delivery executionyou can run a tight ship without turning it into bureaucracy. Strong stakeholder management skills: you build rapport, create clarity, and keep diverse groups aligned. Excellent written and verbal communication; you can make complex work understandable and actionable. Proven ability to break down complex problems and drive decisions with incomplete information. Comfort working closely with engineering teams; you dont need to code, but you should understand how software gets built and shipped. High integrity and maturity: youre transparent, consistent, and trustedespecially when things are hard. Nice to Have Experience supporting Operations, accounting, finance, or other control-oriented business functions. Experience working in modern delivery environments (CI/CD, cloud platforms, event-driven systems, workflow orchestration, data platforms). A track record of driving transformationprocess, platform, or operating modelwithout losing the business in the process. Why Join Real ownership:Youll shape meaningful work that impacts day-to-day operations and firm-wide financial outcomes. Growth through scope:Youll operate across strategy, discovery, and deliverybuilding a strong foundation for senior product leadership. A modern toolbox:Youll work in a tech-forward environment where AI is embraced as a productivity and innovation acceleratorpaired with the judgment required for real-world systems. A team that delivers:Clear expectations, direct communication, and a culture that values outcomes over theater.