Director, GT&O Strategic and Operational Planning

Prudential Financial
Newark, NJ

Job Classification:

Technology - Agile Delivery & Product

Are you interested in building capabilities that enable the organization with innovation speed agility scalability and efficiency The Global Technology team takes great pride in our culture where digital transformation is built into our DNA! When you join our organization at Prudential youll unlock an exciting and impactful career all while growing your skills and advancing your profession at one of the worlds leading financial services institutions.

Your Team & Role

As a Director Strategic and Operational Planning in the Global Technology and Operations (GT&O) Strategic Portfolio Management team you will collaborate across the enterprise on the development prioritization and implementation of a range of strategies and initiatives to drive profitable growth across your assigned businesses and to solve sophisticated business problems deploy innovative products services and experiences to delight our customers! In addition to significant portfolio management expertise and experience you will bring excellent problem solving communication and teamwork skills along with agile ways of working strong business insight an inclusive leadership attitude and a continuous learning focus.

Here is What You Can Expect on a Typical Day

  • Lead the development of integrated GT&O strategic plans that align with enterprise goals and technology roadmaps.

  • Facilitate cross-functional collaboration to identify priority initiatives resource needs and success metrics.

  • Support the strategic initiatives advancement and prioritization process to develop and assess the initiatives that will have greatest impact on the business and its customers.

  • Translate strategic objectives into actionable programs projects and portfolio epics with clear timelines and ownership.

  • Support the development and ongoing refinement of the overall strategy and strategic priorities for the GT&O.

  • Drive capability mapping assessment and planning in partnership with Enterprise Architecture.

  • Support initiative work with existing forecasts identifying incremental needs or savings based on program priorities and gaining buy in as needed. Manage overall budgets for initiatives and escalate needed changes to leadership.

  • Implement innovation by identifying and promoting opportunities for improvement or efficiencies through process enhancements or new technologies resulting in benefit realization.

  • Lead cross-functional teams to deliver impactful outcomes on key strategic initiatives driving results that benefit multiple organizations through effective collaboration and execution.

  • Work on significant and unique issues in which analysis of situations or data requires the evaluation of intangible variables and may impact future concepts products or technologies. Exercise latitude in determining objectives and approaches to critical assignments.

  • Drive the development of insights on trends and market intelligence to inform decision-making.

  • Create strategy documents and communication materials including business and strategic reviews to senior leaders including the GT&O Senior Leadership Team (SLT) Executive Leadership Team (ELT) US Management Committee (USMC) and the Board of Directors.

  • Partner with Corporate Development (M&A) and Finance to develop and assess potential acquisitions as needed.

The Skills & Expertise You Bring

  • Demonstrated expertise in portfolio and program management for large initiatives.

  • Experience with agile development methodologies.

  • Strong understanding of business concepts tools and processes essential for making sound decisions in the context of the companys business.

  • Excellent problem solving communication and collaboration skills.

  • Ability to optimally leverage diverse ideas experiences thoughts and perspectives to the benefit of the organization.

  • Ability to learn new skills and expand knowledge on a continuous basis through self-initiative and tackling challenges.

  • Bachelors degree (technical business management or finance degrees preferred) or experience in related fields.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Financial/Insurance industry experience a plus.

Youll Love Working Here Because You Can

Join a team and culture where your voice matters; where every day your work transforms our experiences to make lives better. As you put your skills to use well help you make an even bigger impact with learning experiences that can grow your technical AND leadership capabilities. Youll be surprised by what this rock-solid organization has in store for you.

What we offer you:

Prudential is required by state specific laws to include the salary range for this role when hiring a resident in applicable locations. The salary range for this role is from $152500.00 to $206200.00. Specific pricing for the role may vary within the above range based on many factors including geographic location candidate experience and skills.
  • Market competitive base salaries with a yearly bonus potential at every level .

  • Medical dental vision life insurance disability insurance Paid Time Off (PTO) and leave of absences such as parental and military leave .

  • 401(k) plan with company match (up to 4%).

  • Company-funded pension plan.

  • Wellness Programs including up to $1600 a year for reimbursement of items purchased to support personal wellbeing needs.

  • Work/Life Resources to help support topics such as parenting housing senior care finances pets legal matters education emotional and mental health and career development.

  • Education Benefit to help finance traditional college enrollment toward obtaining an approved degree and many accredited certificate programs.

  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Shares can be purchased at 85% of the lower of two prices (Beginning or End of the purchase period) after one year of service.

Eligibility to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program is subject to the rules governing the program whereby an award if any depends on various factors including without limitation individual and organizational performance. To find out more about our Total Rewards package visit Work Life Balance Prudential Careers. Some of the above benefits may not apply to part-time employees scheduled to work less than 20 hours per week.

Prudential Financial Inc. of the United States is not affiliated with Prudential plc. which is headquartered in the United Kingdom.

Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion national origin ancestry sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin genetics disability marital status age veteran status domestic partner status medical condition or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you need an accommodation to complete the application process please email .

If you are experiencing a technical issue with your application or an assessment please email to request assistance .

Required Experience:

Director

Posted 2025-11-30

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