The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc

Product Manager Lead - API Governance Program

Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or similar (or equivalent experience).
  • 7-10 years in Product Management, Product Owner, or related technical role, notably in API Governance.
  • Experience in Agile environments, particularly with developer platform products.
  • Strong grasp of API Gateway technologies (IBM DataPower, IBM API Connect, etc.).
  • Familiarity with API Security solutions (e.g., Akamai).
  • Knowledge of cloud service providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) and on-prem solutions (Kubernetes).
  • Exceptional communication skills to convey complex ideas effectively.

Responsibilities

  • Establish the long-term vision and roadmap for API Governance.
  • Lead an API Governance board to ensure compliance and review API controls.
  • Define and oversee KPI/KRI metrics to track API performance and risk.
  • Ensure security policies are enforced among API developers and owners.
  • Integrate automated policy checks into CI/CD Pipelines to enhance compliance.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical and prescription drug coverage with Health Savings Account options.
  • Dental and vision coverage.
  • Life insurance and short/long-term disability protection.
  • 401(k) with matching contributions and pension plan.
  • Educational assistance programs, including fully paid select degrees.
  • Robust wellness program featuring financial incentives.
  • Generous paid time off including maternity/parental leave and paid holidays.
Full Job Description

Position Overview

As a Product Manager within PNC's Technology organization, you will be based in Phoenix AZ.

PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.

We are looking for an accomplished and experienced Product Manager Lead to oversee the API Governance Program. The successful candidate will be instrumental in shaping the strategic direction, defining the roadmap, and facilitating KPI/KRI Metric reporting of APIs used at PNC.

A Product Manager Lead is a senior-level role focused on driving the vision of the API Governance Program. They will need to lead in referencing approved architectural designs and best practices for API development, defining policies and controls for application teams to follow, and running a governance board with stakeholders from all LOBs.

Key Responsibilities:
Product Strategy & Roadmap: Establishes the long-term vision, strategic direction, and roadmap for API Governance including the policies and controls associated to the program.
Technical Leadership: Responsible for the maintenance of the Centralized API Inventory catalog. Leads an API Governance board with stakeholders from all LOBs to review controls, policies, risk ratings, and remediations from API teams on APIs found to be non-compliant. Guides API Gateway and Management platforms to drive controls and policies.
Metric Measurement: Responsible for defining KPI/KRI metrics around risk and performance of APIs developed/used at PNC. Oversees governance metrics of APIs developed/used to determine risk, compliance, and performance across various environments. Use metric data to inform management and API teams of non-compliance and/or risk.
Security & Compliance: Ensure policies and controls are measured and enforced against API owners/developers. Partner with Security to ensure latest patterns are detected and used by APIs.
Automation Integration: Partner with CI/CD Pipeline to build automated policy-as-code checks to reduce risk and ensure compliance before deployment to Production.

Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 7-10 years Relevant Product Management, Product Owner, or Architecture/Software Engineer experience in running an API Governance program preferred.
• Experience in Agile software development environments, preferably with developer platform products.
• Strong background in API Gateways (IBM DataPower, IBM API Connect, Tetrate Service Mesh, optional: Google Apigee).
• Familiarity with Akamai API Security (formerly Noname).
• Familiarity with cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) and on-prem solutions (OpenShift, bare-metal Kubernetes, etc.).
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to present complex technical information to non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage multiple stakeholders effectively.

Preferred Skills:
• Strong background of OpenAPI/Swagger, REST APIs, GraphQL, and API management platforms (IBM API Connect, Azure APIM, AWS API Gateway, etc.).
• Exceptional communication skills to lead governance board and drive enterprise-wide adoption with API teams.
Licenses and Certifications:
• Certified Product Manager (CPM) or SAFe POPM (Preferred).

PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.

Job Description
  • Responsible for end-to-end business and financial results for multi-faceted, complex products through the selection, design, development and promotion of new and existing products utilizing traditional and emerging capabilities in technology, operations, and data analytics to offer customers a differentiated product experience.
  • Uses knowledge of emerging technologies to deliver products to customers through all applicable channels. Prioritizes and makes decisions regarding recommendations. Champions business cases, business plan and roll-out of specific products, product groups or experiences.
  • Monitors the marketplace to assess product, technology, and markets trends to identify a market need or opportunity. Recommend innovative new products, new experiences or enhancements to existing products and develops and designs the features of a designated new or existing products Manages the end-to-end development, production, roll-out, pricing or promotion of specific products, product groups or experiences and resolves complex operational and process problems that arise .
  • Partners with key stakeholders including sales, marketing, digital channel delivery, and other internal service partners. Participates and/or leads activities with external stakeholders and clients to ensure all product offerings meet their strategic goals. Develops product-specific marketing initiatives. Supports risk management, compliance and audit needs as part of the first line of defense.
  • Drives business, financial and customer experience results of new and existing products and recommends modifications in product features and/or marketing to improve results. Coordinates across groups and leads key contributors.

PNC Employees take pride in our reputation and to continue building upon that we expect our employees to be:

  • Customer Focused - Knowledgeable of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and able to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.
  • Managing Risk - Assessing and effectively managing all of the risks associated with their business objectives and activities to ensure they adhere to and support PNC's Enterprise Risk Management Framework.

Qualifications

Successful candidates must demonstrate appropriate knowledge, skills, and abilities for a role. Listed below are skills, competencies, work experience, education, and required certifications/licensures needed to be successful in this position.

Preferred SkillsBuilding High Performance Team, Business Objectives, Communication, Customer Solutions, Marketing, Product Development, Product Management, Sales, Team Collaboration

CompetenciesBusiness Acumen, Collaborating, Competitive Environment, Decision Making and Critical Thinking, Design Thinking, Effective Communications, Emerging Technologies, Innovation, Knowledge Of Product Line, Problem Solving, Producing Results, Solutions Development

Work ExperienceRoles at this level typically require a university / college degree. Higher level education such as a Masters degree, PhD, or certifications is desirable. Industry relevant experience is typically 8+ years. Specific certifications are often required. In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job specific certification(s), and experience (including military service) may be considered.

EducationBachelors

CertificationsNo Required Certification(s)

LicensesNo Required License(s)

Benefits

PNC offers a comprehensive range of benefits to help meet your needs now and in the future. Depending on your eligibility, options for full-time employees include: medical/prescription drug coverage (with a Health Savings Account feature), dental and vision options; employee and spouse/child life insurance; short and long-term disability protection; 401(k) with PNC match, pension and stock purchase plans; dependent care reimbursement account; back-up child/elder care; adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement; educational assistance, including select programs fully paid; a robust wellness program with financial incentives.

In addition, PNC generally provides the following paid time off, depending on your eligibility: maternity and/or parental leave; up to 11 paid holidays each year; 9 occasional absence days each year, unless otherwise required by law; between 15 to 25 vacation days each year, depending on career level; and years of service.

To learn more about these and other programs, including benefits for full time and part-time employees, visitpncthrive.com.

About The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc

PNC is a financial service company providing bank deposit products and services to its community. The company assets (as of December 31, 2011) of approximately $271.2 billion. PNC operations include a regional banking franchise operating primarily in nineteen states and the District of Columbia with more than 2,700 branches, online and mobile services together with 7,400 ATM machines, specialized financial businesses serving companies and government entities, and asset management and processing businesses.

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