Vice President, International Program Management (Annuities Division)

Prudential Financial, Inc. is a multinational financial services leader with operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Leveraging its heritage of life insurance and asset management expertise, Prudential is focused on helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth. The company's well-known Rock symbol is an icon of strength, stability, expertise and innovation that has stood the test of time. Prudential's businesses offer a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, asset management, and real estate services. For more information, please visit www.prudential.com This position will hold ownership responsibility for managing the implementation and execution of key strategic partnerships within Prudential's new International Retirement business. The successful candidate will be a proven leader and have expertise in a broad range of critical areas, including directing and holding responsibility for large-scale projects, building strong partnerships with internal and external entities, providing strategic direction to project managers, identifying and communicating project risks to senior management, and establishing processes and systems in line with business objectives. International project management experience would be a plus in this position. Primary Responsibilities: * Sets the strategic direction and vision for large-scale business initiatives with ultimate accountability for execution excellence and financial results. Serves as the bridge between executive sponsors and extended core and working teams to achieve desired results. * Leads large, challenging, enterprise-level, inter-area initiatives and implements avenues for continual improvement to existing and new businesses * Leads and coordinates relationships with resources inside and outside of the company, including interfacing with external entities (i.e., vendors, consultants, corporate and end-clients) and creating and maintaining strong partnering relationships. Includes coordination with cross-cultural, multi-language team members * Provides strategic direction to core and working teams in the development of business and systems requirements, project plans, resource allocations, schedules, and innovative solutions to complex problems * Identifies material challenges, implements mitigating factors, and notifies senior management of risks associated with the successful completion of the initiative and/or risks to the enterprise * Establishes processes and systems to support long-term program maintenance, including relationship management and growth, documented operating procedures, business controls and financial metrics * Ensures program execution is consistent with long-term strategic goals of the business unit and related partnerships * Results-oriented professional with 8-10 years in the financial services industry, variable annuity, wire house and/or mutual fund experience preferred * Attention to detail with extraordinary business analysis and problem-solving skills * Exceptional business judgment and strategic leadership * Proven ability to create strong relationships with key partners across departments, business units and companies * Subject matter expertise in product, information planning and/or operational support * Experience in project management and/or process management * International project experience a plus * Ability to travel internationally, approximately 10 to 20 percent * Bachelor's degree required The Prudential Insurance Company of America and its affiliates, Newark, New Jersey are Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employers and are committed to diversity in our workforce. Prudential is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this employment opportunity unless contracted with Staffing. Agencies must work with Staffing as the primary point of contact and follow the Prudential application process to be considered for business. Regardless of past practice, all resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Prudential via-email, the Internet or directly to hiring managers at Prudential in any form without a valid written search agreement in place for that position will be deemed the sole property of Prudential, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Prudential as a result of the referral or through other means. Note: Any search agreement entered into with Prudential before January 2004 is null and void. Search firms are essential to the recruitment and staffing efforts at Prudential and we value the partnerships we have built with our preferred vendors. For this reason, Prudential has established and regularly maintains a preferred vendor list. Please note that even preferred vendors need to have a written search agreement signed by the Director, Recruiting Programs, Staffing at Prudential in place for the specific position in order for a fee to be paid for any candidate referrals.