PRODUCT MANAGER - HR STREAM

• Define and evolve product vision and roadmap across HR systems and contribute to the overall HR stream product strategy.
• Aligning CE product strategy with global initiatives and vendor innovation.
• Track and maintain product and project backlogs (functional, essential, legislative).
• Facilitate quarterly planning (4Q), roadmap presentations, and updates.
• Accountable for the performance/ adoption of the product and work towards achieving the Outcomes and Key Results (OKRs)
• Understand trade-offs in delivery, using experience and influencing skills to drive consensus with our Business, Technology and Engineering teams to obtain the best value and solution.

• Lead prioritization discussions with stakeholders and vendors.
• Moderate delivery scope agreements, backlog grooming, and feasibility reviews.
• Organize and facilitate demos, backlog and priority discussions, and other relevant meetings.

• Be expert in Product(s) functionality, perfectly understand business processes using the Product(s)
• Collect Business needs/opportunities on Product(s) functionality from your Business partners in High level, help them with more detailed description of need, value and benefit.
• Actively collect Feedback on Product functionality from End users (onsite in stores, distribution centers and head office) and Bring own ideas into Product improvement backlog, ongoing.
• Be part of technical discussion between technology teams and vendors (infrastructure, security, development, …)
• Coordinate and own continuous improvement initiatives and benefit evaluations.

• Contribute to Project delivery lifecycle, covering Product Sub-Delivery in project.
• Be Responsible for Project activities: Requirements gathering, design, testing, demo& feedback, defects resolution with vendor, training, deployment, live testing functional consultancy, inputs to communication and training materials and hypercare.
• Project delivery in short iterations, small increments (Releases delivery, Scrum, or Kanban) or in larger projects, using Traditional methodologies, combined with Agile delivery techniques.

• Collaborate with vendors and Tesco Legal on system-related legislative requirements.
• Coordinate delivery of legislative updates in HR systems.

• Coordinate functional and UAT testing and occasionally support testing activities.
• Provide functional consultancy for post-implementation support and major incident assessments.

• Prepare and maintain user guides and process documentation.
• Support change & comms activities, including stakeholder mapping and training.

• Build strong relationships with internal teams, vendors, and external partners.
• Lead discussions on product design, delivery timelines, and strategic alignment.
• Coach peers and other roles, teaching where required, on methodologies of product management.
• Actively contribute to continuous improvement in team ways of working, explore opportunities to adopt trends and new concepts in product delivery in your area.
• Play active role in technology Product community.

• 3+ years in Product management or Business Analysis or Project management in an Agile environment.
• HR area experience is highly beneficial.

• Proven record of accomplishment in delivering technology Products, using agile methods.
• Strong coordination, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong leadership skills – communication, influencing skills, prioritization, decision making.
• Ability to build credible relationships and influencing mid-senior management.
• Strong vendor management and negotiation skills
• Open-minded, independent, and practical thinking. Enthusiastic, and responsive person with the ability to plan and organize, team-player.
• Ability to demonstrate resilience during change and continue delivery.
• Experience with planning and risk management
• Ownership and commitment towards assigned Products.
• Experience with Software delivery in agile environments, understanding of end-to-end development lifecycle.
• Able to understand and facilitate technology product discussion to be able to foresee the impact on dependencies, delivery timelines and implementation plans.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, great presentation, 'storytelling' and persuasion skills (English)
• Problem solving and good analytical skills.
• Fluent Czech/Slovak and English languages.
• Willingness to travel occasionally (across Europe)

• Retail Technology Awareness, HR system experience
• Knowledge of Technologies and Cyber Security
• Experience with work in international environment
• Hungarian language.

• Up to 20% yearly salary bonus – based on both individual and business performance
• Sick leave Compensation
• 1 extra week of annual leave above your legal entitlement of 4 weeks of annual leave of paid leave to support your well-being and family life
• Pension insurance contribution
• Cafeteria benefit system & Multisport card
• Training and Development Plan, supported by certified training and learning platforms like Udemy, Udemy Pro and LinkedIn
• Referral Bonus
• Flexible work time

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