Tax - Technical Product Owner – Manager
Description
If you are a technology visionary with a passion for transforming global tax business with digital technology, consider working with the US Tax Transformation technology team. This is an exciting opportunity to support global execution of Deloitte’s tax strategy as we shift from “doing digital” to “being digital” by reimagining how we engage with our clients, deliver our services, operate our business, and create value.
Work you’ll do
You will be responsible as a Technical Product Owner for managing a vendor team in building and delivering platform features according to prioritization. You will track and monitor progress, ensure timely reporting of milestone and dependency status, monitor risks and issues to escalate to leadership, and execute day-to-day coordination activities to support the technology transformation. Additional responsibilities include:
- Set development team’s priorities and adherence to delivery standards.
- Provide leadership coordination and oversight within one delivery team to deliver functionality on behalf of Tax.
- Coordinate with business representatives when details are needed.
- Partner on the design and ensure product meets specifications by conducting demos at Program Increment Sessions.
- Follow standards, guidelines, and metrics aimed at delivering business value quickly and efficiently.
- Proactively identify and mitigate product-related risks (escalate issues to the Delivery Lead and/or Portfolio Lead as needed).
The Team
Deloitte Tax LLP's Tax Transformation Office (TTO) is responsible for the design, development, and deployment of innovative, enterprise technology, tools, and standard processes to support the delivery of tax services. The TTO team focuses on enhancing Deloitte Tax LLP’s ability to deliver comprehensive, value-added, and efficient tax services to our clients. It is a dynamic team with professionals of varying backgrounds from tax technical, technology development, change management, Six Sigma, and project management. The team consults and executes on a wide range of initiatives involving process and tool development and implementation including training development, engagement management, tool design, and implementation.
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline
- 4+ years’ experience leading technical delivery teams
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills; strong listening, interpersonal, and facilitation skills
- Able to interact effectively with professionals at all levels and communicate recommendations
- Demonstrated experience working with and influencing as part of a team
- Motivated, resourceful, and dependable
- Well organized with the ability to multitask and prioritize multiple, ongoing projects
- Able to respond quickly to high-priority deadlines with little lead-time and adaptable to direction changes
- Knowledge of risk management and tracking techniques
- Ability to travel 25%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve
- CPA, Enrolled Agent, or other appropriate technology certification (either in process or able/willing to obtain)
Preferred
- Previous tax experience
You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.