Senior Technical Product Owner – HR SAP

Overview

In this role you own the strategy and development of the SAP HR product landscape within GIS, aligning with technology and business stakeholders to deliver a future-ready platform. You shape the roadmap, governance and delivery, driving continuous improvements and service value. You collaborate across cross-functional teams to ensure resilience, performance and cost-effective operations. This is an opportunity to impact core HR platforms in a large-scale enterprise setting.

Pay / Benefits

• guaranteed interview scheme for Disability Confident Committed employer
• inclusive culture
• reasonable adjustments
• flexible working environment
• opportunity to contribute to digital transformation
• supportive, forward-thinking environment

Responsibilities

• Own the SAP HR product strategy, roadmap and ongoing development
• Collaborate with Technology Office, GIS and business stakeholders to set priorities and platform direction
• Develop multi-year roadmap for deployment, adoption and service evolution
• Define standards, policies and procedures for SAP HR design, build, test and use
• Lead delivery of investments and continuous improvements to meet time, cost and quality
• Drive product planning: backlog, user stories, EPICs and delivery coordination
• Oversee solution design, build, testing, implementation and production transition
• Ensure services operate with resilience, performance, SLAs and value for money
• Manage third-party providers and governance across the service
• Provide leadership to teams and partners to build capability and alignment

Key requirements

• Strong SAP HR platform knowledge
• Experience developing product strategy, roadmaps and service improvements
• Knowledge of ITIL, SAFe and DevSecOps
• Ability to balance multiple stakeholder priorities and translate needs into outcomes
• Strong project and delivery management skills
• Excellent facilitation, communication and stakeholder engagement
• Experience in customer- and user-facing environments with presenting and influencing
• Collaborative leadership across a matrix organisation
• Strong organisational and problem-solving skills

• facilitation
• communication
• stakeholder engagement
• SAP HR
• enterprise product ownership
• ITIL

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