Product Manager - Finance, Investments in Luton

The Director, Finance Product Impact, Value and Portfolio is accountable for proving and growing the value delivered by all 17 Finance IT products across Core Finance and Finance Planning and Analytics. This role owns product health and maturity measurement, value-realisation and benefits tracking against the run-cost bridge, the product portfolio and demand pipeline, product craft standards, and the single in-house performance scorecard for AI agents and partner delivery pods. Reporting to the Executive Director, Finance IT, and leading a team of four, the Director gives the leadership team the evidence needed to decide where to invest, sustain, consolidate or retire, and to confirm that the product-and-platform operating model is delivering outcomes, not just activity. recognising IT not merely as a cost to be contained but as a driver of capacity, speed, quality, control and competitive advantage for the Core Functions and translating that value into hard outcomes, including a measurable productivity saving of at least 10% for each function served. The Director partners closely with the two Product Line Leads, the Senior Director Product Design and Solutions, the Director Transformation and Product Experience, senior Finance business leaders, strategic partners, Procurement, and Central Technology Risk and Data Governance to maximise value and innovation in a product-centric organisation. Report the value of agents that run IT itself and of agents that serve the business separately, never netted. Own the target of delivering a 10% productivity saving for each Core Function releasing time, effort and spend to be reinvested in higher-value work and evidence it product by product alongside the run-cost bridge, so the function sees a clear, auditable return on its IT investment. Maintain one consistent health and maturity view of every product, covering adoption, quality, user experience, run cost and control health. Trigger intervention with the Product Line Leads where a product falls below threshold, and keep the evidence base current for leadership and gate reviews. Recommend which products to invest in, sustain, consolidate or retire, and support the phased launch of the 17 products. Agent and Pod Performance Scorecard: Own the single scorecard for AI agents and partner delivery pods, covering accuracy, deflection, Service-Level Agreement and Experience-Level Agreement performance, and cost. Raise product-management craft across Product Owners and Product Analysts through standards, playbooks, coaching and a graduate pipeline, so that every product team operates to a consistent, defensible bar. Foster a culture of evidence, accountability and continuous improvement, and own talent development and succession planning for key roles. Stakeholder and Partner Management: Manage and influence the Executive Director, Product Line Leads and senior Finance business leaders on value and portfolio decisions. Hold the embedded Outsourcing partner to account on outcome measures, working with EUIT Operational Excellence on supplier governance and with Procurement on commercial terms such as gain-share and service credits. Governance, Risk and Compliance: Ensure value, benefits and scorecard reporting is auditable and evidence-based. Work with Central Technology Risk and Data Governance on AI guardrails, and ensure no agent is treated as a control until the first clean financial year-end and per-agent auditor sign-off are in place. AI Adoption and Change Management: Be the thought leader for measuring the impact of AI digital workers. Feed adoption and performance evidence to the Director Transformation and Product Experience and the Senior Director Product Design and Solutions so that digital-worker leverage is directed where it creates most value. Bachelor's degree in a relevant field of study – Finance, Business, Engineering, Computer Science or Information Technology. Significant experience in a client-facing IT or product role, including strategic planning, business plan and case development, and client management. Significant experience in value realisation and benefits tracking, including business models, operating models, financial models, cost-benefit analysis, budgeting and risk management. Significant experience working with diverse business ecosystems, Cloud and software-as-a-service models, and business applications. SAP S/4HANA, BlackLine, Anaplan, Snowflake, Coupa, Concur and AWS Bedrock plus AI foundation models, large language models and measuring the performance of AI agents. Significant experience in one or more Finance areas with a comprehensive understanding of business processes and drivers for success, such as record to report, purchase to pay, order to cash, and planning and forecasting. Experience working with regulatory and control aspects of IT solutions in Finance, including Sarbanes-Oxley attestation and audit-ready evidence. Experience having led large-scale change initiatives from planning to implementation. Experience managing outcome-based managed-service contracts, including Service-Level Agreements, Experience-Level Agreements, service credits and gain-share mechanisms. Substantial experience communicating with and influencing diverse internal and external stakeholders, including supplier and vendor networks, across areas and geographies to drive value and portfolio outcomes. Substantial experience anticipating, assessing and managing programme and portfolio risks. Certification in product management, portfolio management or business analysis preferred. Influences the broader business strategy with data and insights and anticipates futuristic changes. Business & Sustainability: Leverages a strong understanding of the organisational structure and business financials to make strategic recommendations and advocate for sustainable business strategies. Talent Development: Champions a culture based on feedforward, coaching, and stretch development and ensures a level playing field for diverse talent. Leverages a strong understanding of Finance functional domains, customer processes and the related IT landscape to judge where product investment creates most value. Turns product, cost and performance data into clear, decision-ready evidence for the Executive Director and senior Finance leaders, and is candid when the evidence is unwelcome. Applies product-management standards and portfolio thinking to prioritise, sequence and retire products, balancing value, risk and capacity. AI Performance Measurement: Designs and runs measures for AI agents and partner delivery pods, and drives a culture of proactive change, skill building and application around emerging technologies and ways of working. Are you ready to step up and take ownership of your work, solutions for the business and your personal career development? Apply now and join us in our mission to bring life-changing medicines to people! Our Social Media, Follow AstraZeneca on LinkedIn Follow AstraZeneca on Facebook Follow AstraZeneca on Instagram When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. LI-HYBRID Date Posted19-oct-2026Closing Date02-nov-2026Our mission is to build an inclusive and equitable environment. We want people to feel they belong at AstraZeneca and Alexion, starting with our recruitment process. We offer reasonable adjustments/accommodations to help all candidates to perform at their best. If you have a need for any adjustments/accommodations, please complete the section in the application form. SummaryLocation: UK - LutonType: Full time