VP, Network Connectivity Technical Product Manager; L12

Job Description:

VP, Network Connectivity Technical Product Manager (L12)

Synchrony (NYSE: SYF) is a premier consumer financial services company delivering one of the industry’s most complete digitally enabled product suites. Our experience, expertise and scale encompass a broad spectrum of industries including digital, health and wellness, retail, telecommunications, home, auto, outdoors, pet and more.

• We have recently been ranked #2 among India’s Best Companies to Work for by Great Place to Work. We were among the Top 50 India’s Best Workplaces in Building a Culture of Innovation by All by GPTW and Top 25 among Best Workplaces in BFSI by GPTW. We have also been recognized by Ambition Box Employee Choice Awards among the Top 20 Mid‑Sized Companies, ranked #3 among Top Rated Companies for Women, and Top‑Rated Financial Services Companies.
• We offer Flexibility and Choice for all employees and provide best‑in‑class employee benefits and programs that cater to work‑life integration and overall well‑being.
• We provide career advancement and upskilling opportunities for all to take up leadership roles.

The Connectivity Product Manager will function as the Agile Product Manager leading a portfolio of Dev Ops Teams responsible for architecting, engineering, and supporting network technology in both Datacenter and Cloud environments. The role will report to the VP of Enterprise Network Connectivity.

The Product Manager role is responsible for the strategy and execution of technology roadmaps that aligns business priorities, technology objectives, regulatory requirements, and infrastructure capabilities. They are responsible for realizing value from network infrastructure investments, automating, and optimizing processes, and ensuring overall network security and availability.
The Connectivity Product Manager will play a significant role with stakeholders from many business units and IT teams to provide end‑to‑end usage and technical capabilities for our users and customers. The successful candidate will analyze the current system, lead roadmap and project planning efforts, and will have ownership for delivering business value through technology investment.

• This position plays a Technology Product Management role, leading strategy, developing a technical road map for network technology in both on‑premises datacenters and the public cloud.
• Manage and monitor network infrastructure for faults, vulnerabilities, and performance problems to ensure we are meeting customer and client objectives.
• Deploy network security services and products to meet business, regulatory, and security requirements.
• Communicate & influence teams to understand technical stacks and initiatives to stakeholders & leadership.
• Plan and manage technology lifecycle events – end of life, end of support.
• Manage day‑to‑day fiscal responsibilities as well as yearly budget responsibilities and forecasting of connectivity products.
• Build team talent and manage multiple Agile Dev Ops Teams using Scaled Agile Framework.
• Collaborate with various stakeholders to understand business objectives and priorities.
• Build solutions that comply with internal, industry (e.g., PCI), and government regulations (e.g., FedRAMP).
• Respond to internal and external audit requests providing detail to attest to compliance requirements.
• Manage strategic vendors and relationships in support of connectivity strategies and operational support.
• Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree 7+ years in Technology and in lieu of a degree 9+ Technology with Strong experience designing and implementing enterprise networking architectures, with a proven ability to operate with a big‑picture mindset.
• Strong Proficiency with routing protocols (e.g., EIGRP, OSPF, BGP).
• Strong understanding of access control (e.g., RADIUS, TACACS+, SAML, OKTA).
• Strong understanding of end host security (802.1X, firewall, anti‑virus, malware protection).
• Experience and understanding of encryption solutions (e.g., VPN, IPSec, MACSEC).
• Understanding of fabric…