Product Leader - Platforms

Aon plc; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 250,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Employee stock purchase plan

Long-term incentive awards

Medical insurance

Tuition assistance

Commuter benefits

EAP

Job summary

Aon plc seeks a Product Leader to drive end-to-end platform strategy for risk and human capital solutions. You will own platform outcomes, define roadmaps, and partner with global teams to deliver scalable products.

The role is hybrid in the United States, emphasizing cross-functional leadership and delivering client value and growth across ABS, HC, and Finance.

Qualifications

• Fifteen plus years of product design/build/management experience.
• Proven ability to translate product ideas into execution plans.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent years of industry experience.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end platform ownership and drive value for clients.
• Define, build, and implement platforms in collaboration with ABS, HC, and Finance leaders.
• Ensure platform alignment with client value and growth objectives.
• Lead with cross-functional teams to allocate resources and manage budgets.
• Promote standard product management methodologies and act as primary contact for delivery teams.
• Contribute to client strategy and planning aligned to business priorities.

Skills

Fifteen plus years of product design

Strategic leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Change adaptability

Fast-paced collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in relevant field

Job description

Product Leader - Platforms

As the Risk and Human Capital Solutions leader, Aon is committed to investing in technology that will change how our clients make decisions. As a product owner, this is the chance of a lifetime to build and manage platforms at scale that will result in worldwide implications and global advancements in technology and business practices. The position is a hybrid role with the flexibility to work virtually from one of our main offices in the United States.

Aon is in the business of better decisions

At Aon, we shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world.

As an organization, we are united through trust as one inclusive team and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed.

What the day will look like

• Accountable for end-to-end process ownership of Platform.
• Responsible for defining, building, and implementing Platforms, collaborating with key leaders across ABS, Human Capital, and Finance.
• Ensures Platform is strategically aligned to deliver client value and drive solution line growth.
• Partners with key internal clients, global technology, and program management teams to create efficiencies and build the business value proposition of the platform.
• Responsible for developing, scoping, testing, and launching new products prioritized based on client needs and overall product portfolio vision.
• Drives critical leadership discussions to develop a deep understanding of strategic challenges, client needs, and opportunities to build and refine products.
• Tracks and runs cost allocations, cost recovery, and budget utilization plans. Partners with technology product managers to appropriately allocate resource costs from infrastructure components or services shared across multiple functions/solution lines.
• Adheres to defined metrics and reliably achieves deliverables on time, within budget, and producing high-quality results. Collaborates with cross-functional teams, including engineering leads, architects, and project managers.
• Promotes product management standard methodologies and is the primary point of contact for product delivery teams.
• Participates in client strategy and planning initiatives aligned to business priorities and growth outcomes.
• Pioneers new thinking, tools, and techniques to enable Aon to deliver higher value, scalable client solutions.

How this opportunity is different

Aon is a global professional services firm that provides a fertile ground for the innovative use and application of powerful technology, which will significantly impact real-world scenarios.

Skills and experience that will lead to success

• Fifteen plus years' experience in product design/build/management
• Strategic leader with a proven track record of translating product ideas and concepts into tactical execution plans.
• Experience building and leading cross-functional teams.
• Adaptable to change and able to successfully navigate through periods of significant transformation.
• Thrives in fast-paced, cross-functional, and highly collaborative team environments.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in relevant field or equivalent years of industry experience.

For positions in San Francisco and Los Angeles, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction record in accordance with local Fair Chance ordinances.

Aon is not accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this position. If you are a search firm, you will not be compensated in any way for your submission of a candidate, even if Aon hires that candidate.

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Compensation and Benefits

The salary range for this position (intended for U.S. applicants) is $250,000 to $300,000 annually. The actual salary will vary based on applicant’s education, experience, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data. The salary may also be adjusted based on applicant’s geographic location. This position is eligible to participate in one of Aon’s annual incentive plans to receive an annual discretionary bonus in addition to base salary. The amount of any bonus varies and is subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable incentive plan.

• 401(k) savings plan with employer contributions
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Consideration for long-term incentive awards at Aon’s discretion
• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• This role does not accrue vacation. Rather, this role is eligible to take paid time off at the discretion of the employee and management in accordance with company policy and practices.
• Various other types of leaves of absence; paid sick leave as provided under state and local paid sick leave laws, short-term disability and optional long-term disability
• Health savings account, health care and dependent care reimbursement accounts
• Employee and dependent life insurance and supplemental life and AD&D insurance
• Optional personal insurance policies, adoption assistance, tuition assistance, commuter benefits, and an employee assistance program that includes free counseling sessions

Eligibility for benefits is governed by the applicable plan documents and policies.