Product Owner - HR Systems (FTC)

Entain plc; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global company in the United Kingdom is seeking a Product Owner to enhance their HR Systems. This role involves aligning technology solutions with HR business goals, managing the product backlog, and ensuring effective communication between HR stakeholders and the IT team. The ideal candidate will have strong experience with HR Systems, particularly Oracle HCM, and be adept in agile methodologies, ensuring that the systems support an excellent employee experience and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge of HR Systems is essential.
• Experience implementing new HR Systems is required.
• Strong communication skills to engage with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a product vision and roadmap for HR Systems.
• Own and manage the product backlog for development.
• Act as the key contact between HR stakeholders and IT development team.

Skills

Agile product management practices

Stakeholder management

User experience focus

Tools

Oracle HCM

Redwood

Job description

Our global People Solutions team strives to create and deliver a seamless and positive employee experience across the entire employee lifecycle. Our aim is to develop efficient and simple people processes, systems, and maximise our technology. We are seeking a Product Owner to join the team and lead the day-to‑day planning, delivery and optimisation of our HR Systems. This role is critical in aligning HR technology solutions with business objectives, ensuring the platform supports efficient HR operations and an excellent employee experience. The ideal candidate will possess in‑depth knowledge of HR Systems. You will understand agile product management practices, have implemented new HR Systems and have a deep understanding of integrations. Your stakeholder management skills and ability to communicate will be what sets you apart from others, and you will be passionate about coaching and training less experienced members of the team and the wider business. We're looking for an execution‑focused individual who can look at the big picture from a user experience, technology, and business standpoint. You'll be keen to challenge our assumptions and ways of working, rethink existing processes, and see every challenge as an opportunity for improvement.

Strategic vision

• Support the Product Manager to develop and maintain a clear product vision and roadmap for the HR Systems, aligned with HR business goals and organisational strategy. This includes the rebuild of our Oracle HCM system and deploying the Redwood upgrade globally.
• Gather and prioritise strategic requirements from HR leadership, stakeholders, and users.
• Conducting demos and collating feedback with valuable insights.

Tactical delivery

• Own and manage the product backlog, ensuring stories are well‑defined, prioritised, and ready for development. Lead sprint planning, reviews and backlog grooming sessions.
• Translate HR business needs into clear functional and technical requirements for the development team.
• Work closely with developers to ensure successful delivery of new features and improvements.
• Actively involved in performing internal testing, documenting unit testing scripts, reviewing user acceptance criteria and smoke testing for platform upgrades.
• Handling Hypercare post go live and assisting during the control room activities.

Stakeholder Management and Communication

• Be the key point of contact between HR stakeholders and the IT development team.
• Lead stakeholder engagement with key business areas to gather and prioritise business requirements.
• Gather feedback from HR users and continuously improve the system based on user experience insights.

Governance and Best Practices

• Ensure adherence to data privacy, compliance, and security standards in all HR System configurations and workflows.
• Define and maintain governance structures and approval processes for HR system changes and upgrades.
• Maintain system documentation, process maps, and configuration records to support HR operations and audits.

Operational Excellence

• Support change management activities - including training, communications, and adoption initiatives for HR system capabilities.