Innovation Manager

Who are Experian?

We are the world's leading global information services company. During life's big moments – from buying a home or a car, to sending a child to college, to growing a business by connecting with new customers – we empower consumers and our clients to manage their data with confidence. We help individuals to take financial control and access financial services, businesses to make smarter decisions and grow, lenders to lend more responsibly, and organizations to prevent identity fraud and crime.

We have 20,000 people operating across 44 countries and every day we're investing in new technologies, accomplished people, and progress to help all our clients maximize every opportunity. We are listed on the London Stock Exchange (EXPN) and are a member of the FTSE 100 Index.

Here's a fantastic opportunity to join us as an Innovation Manager who will research, source, and deliver solutions and technologies to help promoting the best solutions in financial services products. You will report to the Chief Product Officer.

Responsibilities

1. You will design, implement, refine and deploy prototypes and new product offerings and features that our clients value.

2. Responsible for the Go-to-Market of new products, delivering successful results for the business by developing time-integrated plans with sales, advertising, and production.

3. You will manage complex priorities and communicating risks, managing communication with internal, and external team members.

4. You will manage the portfolio lifecycle and solutions from idea to execution.

5. Partner with operations, IT, finance, marketing, analytics, data management, and partners to provide a solid roadmap and backlog priorities ensuring a smooth Agile development process and minimize blockers.

6. Recommend the nature and scope of present and future value propositions and products by reviewing product specifications and requirements, appraising new product ideas and product or packaging changes.

7. Assess market competition by comparing our product to competitors' products.

8. Obtain product market share by working with sales director to develop product sales strategies.

9. Assess product market data by working with customers with field salespeople and evaluating sales meeting results.

10. Provide information for management by preparing short-term and long-term product sales forecasts and special reports and analyses, answering requests.

11. Manage change management process and collaborate with Regional & Global product manager(s) and technical teams to ensure epics and user stories are clearly defined and properly phased to facilitate delivery of functionality.

12. Bring new products to market by analysing proposed product requirements and product development programs; prepare return-on-investment analyses and business case; establish time schedules with operations and teams.

Our benefits:

23 days of Paid Leave

Hybrid flexible work #LI-Hybrid

Private Health Care

Lunch Vouchers

• 5 years related experience (Data Science, Analytics Modelling, ML, AI, and Financial Services products).

• Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Engineering Education.

Experian is committed to diversity and all external recruitment will support the achievement of our Employment Equity goals. Preference will be given, but not limited to, candidates from designated groups in terms of the Employment Equity Act.

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