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What You'll Do

The Product Owner must be a leader who is customer-centric and enjoys working with teams to design and deliver exceptional products to customers. You will lead a Core HR squad for BCG’s Workday system and work directly with its members to prioritize and manage what needs to be done and by when. Your team will be responsible for Core HR (Hire to Retire Processes), Absence (Leaves and Time Off), and Mobility (Secondments). You will work closely and help to drive work within Talent & Performance in Workday as well.

You will continue to optimize our Workday footprint and lead a team to develop new functionality and new processes as we transform the way BCG works. You will be responsible for developing and presenting new business cases for continued investments into our HR technology systems. You will represent the voice of the customer, whether internal or external, and make sure that squad priorities are aligned to business needs. You will do this through a deep functional understanding of HR process design coupled with a strong technical background. Successful product owners will manage conversations with functional stakeholders and HR/BCG leadership and turn those discussions into action with the support of their squad members. You will coordinate closely with your Product Team Lead to stay aligned on business goals and make sure your squad is progressing and delivering against them. To get this work done, you will own and prioritize the backlog of enhancements as well as take leadership roles in transformational projects within the Core HR functional area.

To realize our digital transformation, we need to transform our products, experiences, processes, technology and how we operate. Delivering our clients unrivalled experience of exceptional service, value and flexibility is part of our DNA. To execute this transformation, we need people who take the lead within the squads and are able to set, prioritize, and evaluate the work generated by the Squad team to ensure success. The Product Owner will take end-to-end ownership of Squad goals, set the product roadmap and drives value realization by translating the voice of the customer into product features.

Among your responsibilities, you will:

Deliver business results and customer valueEnsure that the product is built in an incremental way, releasing new working features at the end of each squad and creating value for the customerTrack product performance to inform future workPrioritize work that is most impactful for end usersDeliver on specific and measurable KPIs to be defined for your SquadManage relevant product budget process and support the Product Team Lead in engaging with the funding processServe as the voice of customer or end-userTranslate the voice and needs of customer into user stories, engaging users as neededEffectively manage stakeholders’ and users’ expectations while building credibility through a strong business sense and balancing of prioritiesEngage in continuous discovery (e.g., via surveys & interviews) to understand customer needsLeverage empirical and qualitative data to assess feature performance and inform prioritizationDetermine tradeoffs involving customer value, cost, and speed to executionRepresent customer needs to ensure they are understood and integrated into the Squad’s workOversee what is delivered by the Squad and whenApply design-thinking to technical issues to understand how users engage with the system and consider multiple alternatives to find the best solutionOwn end-to-end delivery of enhancements by understanding second and third order implications of decisions and cross-functional impactPrioritize work through a well-organized backlog of user stories and clearly communicate what needs to be done and by whenDefine and clearly communicate acceptance criteria for output based on business & customer needsSupport and enable the Squad to get its work doneChallenge guidance/answers when necessary to arrive at the best possible understanding of issues and proposed solutionsRegularly engage with the Squad to offer feedback on work-in-progress and clarify requirementsEngage with Chapter Leads regarding resourcing and functional expertise required in SquadProvide feedback as part of performance management of Squad members and other members of the portfolioSet an overall vision to direct and inform the Squad’s workWork closely with the portfolio lead to understand and drive alignment on the portfolio’s business strategy, goals, and objectivesTranslate objectives into a clear vision (e.g., via KPIs, sprint goals) for your Squad to inform the creation and prioritization of the Squad's backlog of workShare information about the Squad’s output and priorities with other Product Owners to ensure alignment across the organizationEnable the organization’s new way of workingActively create and maintain a Squad culture based on the organization and Agile behaviorsProvide informal and formal feedback within context of larger HR systems

YOU’RE GOOD AT

Critical thinking and balancing information from multiple sources (technical and functional) to guide the squad to the correct outcomeApplying a consultative approach to interactions with the squad and stakeholders to build strong relationships and trustBeing customer-focused and dedicated to understanding and learning about customer needs and requirementsOperating with a transparency mindset, communicating clearly and openlyWorking with ambiguous requirements and multi-disciplinary teamsInfluencing stakeholders up to the senior levels of the organizationBringing a data-driven approach to decision making, both in day-to-day management and in making strategic trade-offsLooking for opportunities to innovate and get things done better and faster

What You'll Bring

Total 10+ years’ leading in complex HR transformations, especially in Workday implementations or consulting engagements as an architect or leadership role; or relevant experience as Product Owner, leading design/support of HR Technology systemsStrong functional understanding of Core HR and Absence processes, especially related to consulting organizationsStrong experience in implementing and enhancing Workday products and features in Core HR, Absence, Performance, and TalentGood understanding of technology enabled business transformation, Digital transformation, Organizational transformation, delivering enterprise-level IT and Digital projectsExperience collaborating with senior HR leadership and influencing decision making / project planning at a program levelDeep understanding of Core HR, Absence, or Workday configuration is a plusExperience driving innovation in products with AI and bringing industry experience to enable product visionExceptional communications and stakeholder management skillsExperience in consulting is a plus

Who You'll Work With

Every member of your squad, for which you will be the product ownerInternal customers, translating their voice and needs into user stories and engaging users as neededTribe Leaders, who will set the vision, roadmap, budget, and priorities for the tribes and subsequently, for the squadsTechnical Area Leaders, who will drive alignment between Strategic Architecture and product visionScrum Masters, which will act as your right hand to remove impediments and will assist you in dealing with the different artifacts and ceremoniesOther Product Owners within BCG, to share best practices and ensure alignment between squads and a cultureAgile Coaches, with whom you will develop BCG’s Agile ways of working and your own experience

Additional info

Mostly from the BCG office, occasionally work at other BCG offices.

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