Product Owner (Recruitment & Onboarding Technology)

Place of work
Twin City B, Mlynské nivy, Bratislava, Slovakia (Job with occasional home office)
Contract type
full-time
Wage (gross)
From 3 300 EUR/monthOur offer to you may be higher based on your skills and experience and will include additional rewards and benefits.

Information about the position

Job description, responsibilities and duties

About the role:

• Direct, inform and prioritize the order of work to maximise value within constraints of resource, strategy and compliance with an entrepreneurial attitude
• Understand the needs of the stakeholders and business process owners; and, work with them to shape the target state that the solution enables
• Co-create, prioritize and communicate product roadmaps and high-level squad backlogs using iterative techniques with feedback loops
• Ensure that development practices include clear test outcomes to guarantee quality of code within the development cycle; establish and run L3 Operational Support processes within squad and adoption of DevSecOps practices
• To work closely with internal and external data engineers, developers, and analysts in the squad to design and deliver product improvements.
• To balance & manage technical debt in line with customer value work, aligning with the engineering lead on delivering to the architecture blueprint
• Ensuring cooperation between functions and teams and manage interdependencies and remove impediments and create an environment for people to excel
• To support the squad to deliver on budget, to clear scope, with clear guidance on timelines with clear acceptance criteria

About the team:

We are looking for a product owner to lead Recruitment and Onboarding technology at Swiss Re. Acquiring and onboarding the best talent is a strategic priority for Swiss Re and it is critical that the processes and technology that enable it are effective, efficient and help us to differentiate and succeed in the talent market.

As Product Owner you will be responsible for working with the stakeholders from the Swiss Re recruitment and other HR Operations teams to understand their needs and to implement, change and operate technology that delivers on those needs. You will be embedded in a Squad and work directly with fellow squad members to prioritise and manage what needs to be done and by when. You will coordinate closely with your Product Delivery Director and key Stakeholders to stay aligned on business goals and make sure your Squad is progressing and delivering against them. You will also represent the voice of the customer, ensuring Squad members understand customer needs and preferences.

To get this work done, you will maintain and prioritize the backlog of user stories that your Squad members will use to inform their work. Through your passion for the Recruitment technology, you aim at maximising its value for Swiss Re.

Employee perks, benefits

Attractive performance-based bonus
Modern office spaces in attractive location
5 additional days of holiday
Lunch allowance fully paid by Swiss Re
Kindergarten on the ground floor
Referral bonus
Pension & risk insurance contribution
Sick days and sick leave support
Public transport benefit
Multisport card

Information about the selection process

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity at our company. Our aim is to live visible and invisible diversity – diversity of age, race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, physical abilities, personalities and experiences – at all levels and in all functions and regions. We also collaborate in a flexible working environment, providing you with a compelling degree of autonomy to decide how, when and where to carry out your tasks.

Requirements for the employee

Candidates with education suit the position

University education (Bachelor's degree)
University education (Master's degree)
Postgraduate (Doctorate)

Language skills

English - Upper intermediate (B2)

Personality requirements and skills

• 6+ years of work experience in IT leadership role (e.g. Product Owner, IT lead, IT project coordinator)
HR and Recruitment teams
• Several years of experience implementing and operating HR Technology in particular Recruiting / Talent Acquisition and Onboarding solutions
• Direct experience of SAP Success Factors Recruitment and Onboarding modules
• Outstanding communication, presentation and leadership skills, with experience managing a range of stakeholders particularly from, passion towards people development and motivation of junior team members to build a strong talent pool and encourage them to work well in a distributed team with diverse partners spread across the world
• Strong analytical skills

Nice to have:
• Detailed real-world experience with Scrum or similar agile methodologies. A Scrum Product Owner certification is a plus
• German or any other language is a plus

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Brief description of the company

As the world's leading and most diversified global reinsurer, we offer as our core business financial services products that enable risk taking essential to enterprise and progress. Our company was founded in Zurich, Switzerland in 1863, and operates in more than 25 countries and provides its expertise and services to clients throughout the world. We combine financial strengths with experience, knowledge and creative thought to explore new opportunities in the interests of our clients, staff and shareholders.

Number of employees

1700 and more employees

Company address

Contact

Contact person: Livia Pasztorova

ID: 4830029  Dátum zverejnenia: 14.5.2024  Základná zložka mzdy (brutto): 3 300 EUR/month