Description
Associate Director, Product Owner - Comp, Benefits /Well-Being is responsible for maximising the value of Reward Products by translating business needs into a prioritised backlog and leading delivery across the HR product lifecycle.
This role operates under GSK's "Performance with Choice" hybrid working approach, typically expecting 2–3 days per week in the office.
Key Responsibilities:
- Partner with business stakeholders to understand functional needs and define product outcomes.
- Own and manage the Product backlog for Tech managed products within the portfolio.
- Make prioritisation decisions for the Product backlog based on value, cost, risk, business continuity, and resource capacity.
- Lead the Product team’s delivery activities and guide Engineers, Architects, and Testers.
- Drive operational readiness by applying a delivery readiness checklist.
- Define and maintain the Product performance dashboard.
- Ensure new and existing follow required security controls, risk assessments, data handling policies, and regulated change processes.
- Support Solution Architects to assess design options and manage cross-Product dependencies.
- Act as an escalation point for the HR Product team and business users on functional product issues.
- Contribute to the improvement of delivery practices within the Product.
Required skills:
- 15 to 19 years of experience working in product delivery, digital solutions, business systems, or process-led technology roles.
- Proven experience defining and prioritising functional requirements and managing a product backlog.
- Experience working directly with business stakeholders to translate needs into feasible, value-led technology changes.
- Demonstrated ability to make prioritisation decisions based on business value, process impact, risk, cost, and technology constraints.
- Experience leading delivery teams or analysts through the product lifecycle.
- Familiarity with enterprise governance requirements.
- Exposure to continuous improvement approaches.
- Experience working within agile delivery environments.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field.
Preferred skills:
- Strong communication and influencing skills.
- Skilled in coaching and guiding Associate Product Owners and delivery team members.
- Able to interpret business processes, user feedback, and operational data.
- Comfortable working within structured governance, security, and data protection requirements.
- Strong analytical mindset.
- Ability to work in a very fast-paced and fluid environment.
- Comfortable with ambiguity and change