CSS Finance Business Process Excellence & Automation Lead/Manager

Hitachi, Ltd.; Kraków; Remote; PLN 190,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday entitlement

Group Personal Pension

Private Medical Insurance

Life Assurance

Employee Capital Plan

Annual Leave Bonus

Educational Assistance Programme

Long Service Awards

LSA

Job summary

Hitachi, Ltd. is seeking a seasoned product owner for Power Platform and internal workflow applications. You will shape automation strategy, own the backlog, and collaborate with vendors to optimise processes across Hitachi CSS.

This role is remote with periodic visits to the Kraków office, leveraging a decade of experience in technology‑driven process improvement. We value strong product ownership, platform management, and exceptional communication to drive AI‑enabled automation and scalable

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in technology-driven process improvement and automation.
• Strong experience in product ownership or platform management within Power Platform.
• Excellent project delivery and stakeholder management skills.
• Understanding of workflows, integrations, and security design.

Responsibilities

• Lead requirements gathering, scope definition, delivery planning, kickoff, risk management, stakeholder engagement, UAT oversight, hypercare, and project closure.
• Own the product backlog: intake, prioritisation, release planning, enhancement review, and change governance.
• Track adoption and performance, identify opportunities for optimisation.
• Analyze business processes and define workflows, data models, integrations, and security controls.
• Create and maintain architecture diagrams and solution documentation.
• Build value cases, estimate effort, assess options, and present recommendations.
• Own enhancement lifecycle for Power Platform applications.
• Manage user onboarding, permissions, audit logs, guides.
• Lead triage of user issues and coordinate fixes.
• Administer configuration and releases for the custom workflow application.
• Liaise with vendors and validate fixes.
• Identify optimisation opportunities across processes and solutions.

Skills

Power Platform

Product Ownership

Project Delivery

Solution Design

Documentation

Stakeholder Management

Job description

Our Company

Through its Social Innovation Business that brings together IT, OT (Operational Technology) and products, Hitachi contributes to a harmonized society where the environment, wellbeing, and economic growth are in balance. Hitachi operates globally in four sectors – Digital Systems & Services, Energy, Mobility, and Connective Industries – and the Strategic SIB Business Unit for new growth businesses. With Lumada at its core, Hitachi generates value from integrating data, technology and domain knowledge to solve customer and social challenges. Revenues for FY2024 (ended March 31, 2025) totaled 9,783.3 billion yen, with 618 consolidated subsidiaries and approximately 280,000 employees worldwide. Visit us at www.hitachi.com.

About Hitachi Centralized Shared Services (CSS)

Hitachi Centralized Shared Services was formulated to support Hitachi Group Companies growth, global expansion and portfolio optimization. CSS is a strategic partner for transforming and delivering business operations by enabling global, social innovation and maximizing the value that powers One Hitachi. We provide the best employee and customer experience through agile and scalable solutions, enabling optimized enterprise processes, driving continuous improvements, excellence, and innovation.

What you’ll be doing

Lead the continuous improvement & automation strategy, roadmap, and delivery of internal business applications built on Microsoft Power Platform and a third‑party‑developed workflow application.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead requirements gathering, scope definition, delivery planning, kickoff, risk management, stakeholder engagement, UAT oversight, hypercare, and project closure.

• Own the product backlog: intake, prioritisation, release planning, enhancement review, and change governance.

• Track adoption and application performance, identifying opportunities for optimisation.

• Analyze business processes and define workflows, data models, integrations, and security controls.

• Create and maintain architecture diagrams and solution documentation.

• Build value cases, estimate effort, assess solution options, and present recommendations.

• Own enhancement lifecycle for Power Platform applications.

• Manage user onboarding, permissions, audit logs, guides.

• Lead triage of user issues and coordinate fixes.

• Administer configuration and releases for custom workflow application (third‑party developed).

• Liaise with vendors and validate fixes.

• Continuously identify optimisation opportunities across processes, workflows, and digital solutions, ensuring applications evolve with business needs.

• Drive a culture of improvement by analysing performance data, prioritising enhancements, and embedding best‑practice methodologies into solution design and delivery.

• Develop and drive an AI strategy for business processes and internal applications, identifying where AI capabilities can enhance efficiency, decision‑making, and automation.

• Proactively identify opportunities to embed AI and intelligent automation into existing tools, workflows, reporting, and user journeys.

• Collaborate with other group companies to share best practices, align on automation and AI initiatives, and jointly explore cross‑enterprise opportunities for smarter, scalable solutions.

What you bring to the team

We’re looking for a team player, who is motivated by delivering great work and the Hitachi vision. The role will be a remote with occasional work in the Hitachi Office (Karakow, Poland).

The ideal candidate will possess the following skills and background:

Required Skills & Experience:

• Having 10 years of experience, specializing in technology-driven process improvement and automation

• Strong experience in product ownership or platform management within Power Platform.

• Strong project delivery and stakeholder management.

• Understanding solution design: workflows, integrations, security.

• Excellent documentation and communication skills.

Soft Skills:

• Influencing ability

• Clear communication

• Problem solving

• Organizational skills

Benefits Package

Company Funded Benefits

• Generous holiday entitlement

• Group Personal Pension

• Private Medical Insurance

• Life Assurance

• Employee Capital Plan

Voluntary Benefits including:

• Annual Leave Bonus

• Educational Assistance Programme

• Long Service Awards

• LSA

Our Values

We are proud to say we are an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to any factor that doesn’t impact your ability to do the job, including race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. We are proud of Japanese heritage, with our values expressed through the Hitachi Spirit:

Wa – Harmony, Trust, Respect

Makoto – Sincerity, Fairness, Honesty, Integrity

Kaitakusha-Seishin – Pioneering Spirit, Challenge

If, like us, you’re motivated by delivering first class services, thrive in a fast paced and supportive environment and want to help Hitachi to drive social innovation, we’d love to hear from you.