Product Manager Payroll

Product Vision, Strategy & alignment

Prioritisation & roadmap planning

Delivery & execution

Measuring Success & product Evaluation

Product Financial Management & Operations

Data Analysis & Interpretation

Product Design

Market Research & Competitive Analysis

Stakeholder Management

Leadership & Development

Product Vision, Strategy & alignment - They have advanced skills in anticipating market trends and aligning the product with overall business goals. They can independently develop and communicate product strategies that drive success. They actively contribute to the alignment of the product with business objectives and ensure a shared understanding among stakeholders.

Prioritisation & roadmap planning- Experts in prioritisation and roadmap planning represent the highest level of proficiency. They have extensive experience and expertise in setting OKRs that drive organisational success and tracking progress with precision. They excel in balancing complex and competing priorities across business needs, tech strategy, and best practice engineering to create a prioritised roadmap that aligns with the overall organisational strategy. Experts can anticipate future challenges and opportunities, proactively adjusting the roadmap to ensure continued alignment with objectives and maximise value delivery. They serve as mentors and leaders, guiding others in prioritisation and roadmap planning and driving continuous improvement in these processes.

Delivery & execution- They excel in overseeing the entire product development lifecycle, ensuring on time and on-budget delivery with a strong focus on quality and efficiency. Individuals at this level take ownership of identifying and managing dependencies with other teams at a Tribe or Pillar level, demonstrating advanced skills in influencing and coordinating with these teams to prioritise and address dependencies effectively. They provide strategic leadership, mentorship, and make critical decisions to ensure successful project delivery.

Measuring Success & product Evaluation -Product managers at this level possess advanced skills in measuring success and product evaluation. They excel in defining comprehensive success metrics and leveraging sophisticated data analytics tools and methodologies to conduct in-depth analysis of product performance. They have a deep understanding of user behaviour, product usage patterns, and market trends, allowing them to make strategic decisions to Optimise product performance effectively. They conduct thorough reviews and retrospectives, identifying actionable insights to drive continuous improvement and innovation.

Product Financial Management & Operations - Individuals at this level possess advanced skills in financial acumen and product operations. They excel in leading and optimising operational activities, managing financial budgets across multiple teams and projects with precision, and ensuring strict alignment with the overarching product strategy. They have a deep understanding of how financial decisions impact organisational objectives and actively collaborate with Engineering Leads to provide advanced financial options regarding engineering resource management, considering factors like in-house versus outsourced capabilities.

Data Analysis & Interpretation --They demonstrate advanced skills in extracting actionable insights from diverse datasets, using sophisticated analytical techniques. They are capable of independently leading data-driven initiatives, contributing to the development of data-driven decision-making processes within the product team.

Product Design -Individuals at this level possess advanced skills in product design. They excel in championing a user-centric approach to product development, ensuring that the customers perspective remains central to all decision-making processes. They demonstrate expertise in conducting comprehensive user research, developing detailed personas, and conducting thorough usability testing to inform design decisions. They collaborate seamlessly with cross-functional teams to translate user insights into innovative and intuitive product designs. They continuously iterate and refine designs based on user feedback and market trends, striving to exceed customer expectations.

Market Research & Competitive Analysis -They have advanced skills in staying informed about industry trends and competitors, conducting thorough analyses to inform product strategies. They are capable of independently leading market research initiatives, contributing significantly to identifying opportunities and threats.

Stakeholder Communication -The successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to review, communicate, and address application performance with business stakeholders, software providers and service providers, adapting their style where necessary to establish an effective communication and performance improvement framework.

Leadership & Development:- The successful candidate will demonstrate advanced skills in leading and developing direct reports in line with HR and Tech strategies, driving matrix teams when necessary. They will use their experience to support the development of their team, making sound decisions and encouraging motivation, strategic thinking, innovation, and action.

Exceptional understanding of and exposure to Payroll, Time & Attendance processes within the end-to-end HR & cross functional business processes and being able to navigate the complexity of payroll touchpoints, e.g., SAP (general ledger), banking integrations, Workday integrations, secure file exchange and delivery.

8+ years experience of working with enterprise solutions in these areas: Payroll vendor SaaS solutions (e.g., SDWorx, ADP, etc),Workday Payroll (especially for US market), Workday Time Tracking & Absence modules, Workday integration tool set (e.g., PECI Connectors, Workday Studio, XSLT, Web Services, etc), Other Workday modules/areas (e.g., Reporting, Extend) are a plus,Other Payroll technologies (e.g., GPCP) are a plus, Product/software development tools: A-ha, Jira is a plus.

Being certified in Workday (Workday payroll, Workday Time Tracking and Absence & Integrations)

Proven track record in successful product delivery, via Agile and waterfall delivery methods (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2 or Scrum Inc. Product Owner)

Experience of ensuring Tech solutions are compliant with internal security, risk management policies and practices, external regulatory and statutory requirements (e.g., SOX)

Experience of managing change and release activities, including Software as a Service (SaaS) updates, in the production service and ensuring compliance

Experience of gathering business / system functional requirements and translate them into technical design specs, test scenarios/cases & documentation.

Experience of working on global deployments (Global / Localisation concept)

Experience of troubleshooting various system issues by being able to correctly identify the root cause and providing the technical fix, solution, or workaround.

Experience working with third parties in the delivery of working products.

Experience of leading & working with teams across diverse countries and cultures effectively, within a large global FMCG or FMCH organisation.

Understanding of ITIL Frameworks and service management practices for a complex, global service