Product Lead - London, United Kingdom - Schroders

Schroders

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Who we're looking for

The Schroders Human Resources Technology Team are looking for experienced Product Leads to work on a variety of exciting initiatives.

Working collaboratively with business owners and technology, you will ensure the successful delivery of the product vision and strategic outcomes.

You should believe in building products with purpose, utilising the right technology and good human-centred design to deliver outcomes.

You should thrive in small, agile teams of smart problem solvers who are passionate about creating products and delivering a great service.

About Schroders
We are a global investment manager.

We help institutions, intermediaries and individuals around the world invest money to meet their goals, fulfil their ambitions, and prepare for the future.

We have around 5,000 people on six continents, have been operating for over 200 years and keep adapting as society and technology changes.

What does not change is our commitment to helping our clients, and society, prosper.

The team

Our aim is to be the best asset and wealth manager employer globally To achieve this, we rely on our Human Resources Technology Team to enable us to meet this objective.

Recently, our HR department migrated to Oracle HCM Fusion and is currently undergoing a significant transformation to modernize our working methods, establish a flexible and scalable architecture and data strategy, digitize our experiences, and extract insights from our vast amounts of data.

Our team is committed to working collaboratively to solve problems and is dedicated to delivering value to our clients.

What you'll do

Be a passionate advocate of the Schroders HR Technology product vision and act as the voice of the customer throughout the product development cycle and portfolio management
Work in tandem with business owners to create a value driven HR Technology product vision, roadmap and set of desired outcomes aligning to the HR and company strategy
Ensure the right products are delivered to the business for its intended market (internal or external)
Develop, refine and prioritise the product goals and backlog, at an epic and user story level
Partner with Delivery and Engineering Leads
Manage risks and dependencies and product backlog prioritisation throughout the product lifecycle, with regards to feasibility, desirability and viability
Use discovery methods to quickly test and validate hypothesis for product improvement
Use evidencebased management techniques to identify and measure key value areas
Make daily decisions and tradeoffs through considering which alternative provides the most business value and improves time to market
Facilitate discovery workshops, planning and stakeholder meetings
Contribute to the sprint backlog when clarity is required from the delivery team
Accept completed epics and user stories according to the team definition of "done" and Schroders quality standards and policies
Accountable for maximizing business and customer value through the delivery of new and enhanced products
Shared responsibility for managing people in your teams, their inrole development, and supporting career progression in collaboration with your engineering and delivery counterparts as appropriate
Collaborate and contribute within the product community to define best practices taking initiative to work on your circle of influence to contribute to wider change
Providing support for your fair share of the administrative elements of a smoothrunning team such as budgeting and forecasting
Work with stakeholders to understand problems and opportunities and clearly articulate these to the delivery team to solution.
Work in close partnership with multiple 3rd Party suppliers to ensure our product requirements and enhancements are built into their roadmaps to ensure the best return of investment and vice versa
Discover, manage and prioritise Core HR requirements for the new Schroders HCM

The knowledge, experience, and qualifications you need

Product Roadmap and adoption of Oracle HCM suite into the business and experience leading HCM cloud solutions
Expertise in HR Product Management, Agile delivery principles, System Implementation, Project Delivery, HR Process, Change Management.
Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills at all levels
Experience of working in a variety of agile ways
Ability to plan and organise effectively and deliver against outcomes
Successful B2B or B2C product management / ownership experience
Ability to use data, qualitative and quantitative, in your decisionmaking process
Good knowledge in the use of Tools & Techniques for Backlog prioritisation, managing dependencies

The knowledge, experience, and qualifications that will help