Product Owner - Ihcm - Chennai - Adp Solutions @ ADP

• As a Product Owner working on the next generation of our core platform, you will
• You will be tasked with uncovering customer problems and driving the delivery of the solution through go-to-market and launch activities, ensuring full pull through of the solution across its respective geographies. You will be the deep expert on your product domains and so will be responsible for coordinating, educating and supporting other teams.
• You will have product and agile understanding, with experience working within a shared platform environment with complex requirements. The ideal candidate will combine their technical and strategic thinking with their understanding of the latest innovations and technologies, to create new experiences for our users.
• You should be a strong motivator and possess excellent interpersonal skills required to communicate and coordinate the activities of a diverse set of cross functional engineering, product management, UX, support and customer facing professionals.
• You will be passionate about what they do, always put the user first, and be looking to keep your hands dirty with creating new, easy to use and visually appealing experiences, while exploring new techniques and the science around how best to achieve results.

You will:

• Work closely with multi-disciplinary, international people; our team is made up of product, development, and UX people.
• Have the opportunity to influence and direct our business in your product domains and delivery.
• Meet with customers, users and internal stakeholders, where you will need to maximise your observational skills in order to understand and interpret not just what users say but do, driving deep discovery with consumers to identify real user needs and product value opportunities.
• Have the freedom to innovate and experiment; we are looking for people who will not be afraid to take ownership and push new ideas forward.

Responsibilities:

• Work with other Product Managers where appropriate to develop user stories, working with the product SCRUM teams to clarify requirements balances business needs with technical requirements, and recommend alternative technical approaches to meet design requirements when needed.
• Ensure products are fit for each geographical market once launched. Working alongside marketing, sales and other teams to ensure the product offering is clear and fully integrated into the business, demo product developments, training courses, sales collateral, etc. to ensure that business objectives are achieved.
• Develop business cases and return on investment for new opportunities to drive product innovation.
• Align product offerings with strategic direction, where appropriate develop migration strategies from legacy sunset functionality to innovative next generations solutions.
• Maximise Product Launch Results. Work with team to define effective launch goals, identify and prioritise launch strategies, assess organisational readiness, and measure post-launch results. Provide regular feedback about the state of the market, and ensure Sales, Marketing and Product Management are not isolated from changes in the marketplace.
• Build relationships with key stakeholders representing each assigned vertical
• Act as user champion when coordinating product development with business stakeholder and align all development activity with business goals and priorities.
• Communicate Product Roadmap. Help define and drive the product strategy and associated product deliverables. Have a clear understanding of the product roadmap to be able to communicate to internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure stability of core functionality

Desired Skills and Experience

Requirements:

• Product management experience; at least 5 years of experience within an agile product environment is essential.
• Experience within HCM product offerings
• Deep understanding and experience of using analytics tools to understand user behaviour, product trends, marketing strategy, conversion metrics, opportunities to optimise product, etc.
• Understanding of user experience and how to communicate ideas to UX people.
• Knowledge of new technologies and current web trends.
• Experience in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment preferred.
• Ability to creatively and functionally translate user and business needs, taking into consideration technical capabilities.
• Experience of working and managing 3rd party partners and their roadmaps
• Have understanding of system operations and providing services

Additional Knowledge, Skills Abilities:

• Proven analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Energetic, proactive individual with practical sensibilities, creative instincts and an innate sense of curiosity.
• Strong ability to absorb and make sense of large amounts of data to direct decision making
• Strong ability to juggle and prioritise multiple projects and deadlines with ease and comfort while consistently maintaining a professional demeanour.
• Creative thinker and idea generator; not afraid to take strategic chances when appropriate.
• Not afraid to fail -- then learn from that failure and try it differently the next time.
• Ability to self-motivate and work independently but must thrive in, and be willing to actively contribute to, a small, collaborative team.
• Highly organised and detail-oriented.
• Excellent oral and written communication.
• A demonstrated interest in keeping up to date with the evolving world of Product and Web best practices, news, and trends and apply those to your everyday work.
• Ability to embrace constructive criticism in stride; readiness to be flexible, try new things and take on new challenges.
• Exposure and knowledge within HCM and HR would be great but not compulsory to be considered
• Some international travel expected