Description
The Associate Director, Product Owner - Time & Absence is responsible for maximising the value of their HR Product portfolio 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:
- Serve as the functional and technical SME for Workday Time and Absence, offering expert guidance on configuration, statutory compliance, and best practice.
- Partner with business stakeholders to understand functional needs, refine requirements, and define product outcomes that support business priorities.
- Own and manage the Product backlog, ensuring requirements are well-defined and supported by minimum data inputs.
- Make prioritisation decisions for the Product backlog based on value, cost, risk, business continuity, and resource capacity.
- Lead the Product team’s delivery activities, guiding Engineers, Architects, and Testers to ensure solutions are fit-for-purpose, secure, compliant, supportable, and aligned to architectural standards.
- Drive operational readiness by applying a delivery readiness checklist covering support model requirements, training needs, continuity planning, configuration/runbook documentation, release notes, and user onboarding.
- Define and maintain the Product performance dashboard, tracking adoption, cycle time/throughput, stability/defects, UX signals, and support effort.
- Ensure product changes follow required security controls, risk assessments, data handling policies, and regulated change processes.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field (e.g., Computer Science, Information Technology, or Engineering), or equivalent experience.
- 15 to 19 years of experience working in product delivery, digital solutions, business systems, or process-led technology roles.
- Hands-on experience in Workday Time & Absence configuration, including at least one full implementation or major re-configuration project.
- 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.
Benefits: No benefits mentioned in the job posting.