Product Owner and People Lead, HCM

JYSK; Aarhus; On-site; DKK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

International environment

Lead a team

Work-life balance

Growth opportunities

Collaborative culture

Job summary

JYSK is seeking a Product Owner and People Lead for HCM to translate business strategy into IT solutions within a SAFe-inspired matrix and to lead cross-country HR tech initiatives across 29 countries. The role focuses on implementing a global HCM solution and ensuring adoption by the business and leaders.

You will shape digital HR and finance processes, manage a high-performing team, and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver value while maintaining a strong company culture and growth

Qualifications

• Experience with product ownership and project management.
• Solid HR/HCM domain experience and HR processes.
• Ability to manage a complex international stakeholder landscape.
• Fluent English communication and strong interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Set and prioritise the team agenda aligned with business objectives across 29 countries.
• Lead and motivate the team to deliver solutions.
• Translate strategy into clear, ambitious goals and priorities.
• Ensure business requirements are translated into IT solutions delivered on time.
• Communicate progress, challenges, and achievements to stakeholders.

Skills

Product ownership

HR domain experience

Stakeholder management

English fluency

Leadership

SAFe familiarity

Tools

SAFe

Job description

Product Owner and People Lead, HCM

Are you ready to take ownership and help shape digital solutions that support HR and Finance processes in a global retail organisation? Are you able to translate business needs into effective and reliable IT solutions? Do you see yourself taking a key role in implementing a new HCM solution and ensuring that these business needs are met?

Then you might be the Product Owner we are looking for.

What we offer you

You will have a key role in a strategic, business-critical HCM implementation programme impacting thousands of people. The HCM implementation is critical for our digital HR enablement, ensuring great employee experiences while providing leaders and HR with the insights they need to make informed decisions.

Furthermore, we offer you:

• A workplace in an exciting international company where results, expansion and development have a high priority
• Leading a highly competent and experienced team
• A healthy work-life balance as well as a strong company culture
• Excellent opportunities for professional and personal growth
• An informal working culture with great colleagues from multiple countries

What your next job will be about

Your role is to translate business strategy into clear priorities, ensuring that solutions delivered by the Agile team effectively support business processes. You will operate within our SAFe inspired matrix organisation.

As a Product Owner, you will ensure that the new solution is implemented and fully adopted in all 29 JYSK countries. This will require an ability to handle a complex stakeholder landscape.

Your tasks and responsibilities include:

• Setting and prioritising the agenda for the team, ensuring alignment with business objectives and implementation across all JYSK countries
• Lead and motivate your team
• Translate strategy into ambitious goals with well-established priorities
• Ensure that business requirements materialise in IT solutions that the team can understand and deliver in due time
• Regularly communicate the team's commitment, progress, challenges, and achievements, ensuring a shared understanding of the development process, expectations and requirements

What should you bring

We are looking for a new colleague who has:

• Experience with product ownership, product or project management
• Brings solid domain experience within HR systems and HR processes including HCM implementation
• A natural flair for managing a complex international stakeholder landscape
• Takes initiative and achieves results which are aligned with the strategic prioritisation
• Naturally takes ownership and accountability for own area of responsibility
• Is curious, and able to quickly grasp complex systems
• Possesses strong interpersonal and communication skills, with fluency in English communication
• Cares for details and ensures tasks with a high level of quality and accuracy

If you have any questions regarding the position, please contact Sustainability & Total Rewards Director, Ditte Revsbæk Hansen, at [phone].

About us

We believe our employees are key to our success. That is why we strive to offer development and possibilities of growing and finding new challenges within JYSK. Since our founder, Lars Larsen, opened his first store in Denmark in 1979, JYSK has expanded our global presence with stores and web shops in countries around the world.

Our three fundamental JYSK Values – Tradesman, Colleague and Corporate Spirit – express the behaviour and attitude that we can expect from each other. We trust each other, and we believe in Empowerment and freedom with responsibility. We also take pride in rewarding engagement and a great effort among our employees. With the right attitude, opportunities abound in JYSK.

JYSK wants to include everyone, no matter the age, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, and experience. Together, we secure our inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of our employees. Because a great mix of minds, talents and unique personalities makes us a stronger team.

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