Senior Product Manager

Role & responsibilities

egeneron is seeking a seasoned, highly motivated Technical Product Manager with HCM technical solutions capabilities and systems/software expertise to support both US / ex-US countries. This position requires skills in HCM product design, technical solutions, in depth technical knowledge and integration of the product/software being implemented. With minimal supervision, this individual will need to work closely with the business and technical teams to ensure that the IT work is completed with proper requirements, solid technical designs, oversee build, ensure proper testing and oversee delivery that is on time and on budget.

Responsibilities

• System-specific and implementation knowledge. This includes but is not limited to product design, implementing solutions, in-depth technical knowledge, and integration of the product/software being implemented.
• Technical expertise in platform, product, and service knowledge is required.
• Ensure proper requirements are gathered, documented and clearly state the needs of the business.
• Translate requirements and processes into realistic, innovative business and system design solutions.
• Ensure designs are well documented and socialized with technical teams to achieve alignment on approach and future strategy.
• Work closely with all technical teams, including boundary systems, and close gaps quickly to speed up the system development process.
• Ensure unit testing and integration testing including the documentation of unit test plans and evidence of testing is completed
• Conduct quality assurance testing of application and integrations prior to business testing and provide signoff
• Assist with the user acceptance testing for major initiatives, small projects and enhancements ensuring that the final solution delivers against business requirements.
• Serve as the conduit between the internal functional owner community and the software development team(s) through which requirements flow and are designed, built and tested.
• Keep project manager and other critical members of the team updated on task status and ensure risks and issues are logged and tracked.
• Provide input to project plan and create implementation / deploy plans for larger more complex deployments.
• Provide post go live / hyper-care support with ability to troubleshoot issues with critical thinking in pressure situations.

Business Technology Planning

• Support G&A IT leadership to identify gaps in existing processes, determine disposition (major project, small project, enhancement) and provide recommendations for future process & technology improvements.
• Build and maintain relationships with assigned customers.
• Develop and continually strengthen deep knowledge of HR and Service application technologies and business processes for assigned areas.
• Act as a workstream lead to ensure plans that support key process areas meet business requirements now and for the future.

Requirements:

• 8+ years of proven HR experience working as a technical lead and experienced systems analyst for major projects.
• Strong experience with core HR processes and supporting cross functional technology platforms.
• 6+ years of experience with Workday Integration types including EIB, Core Connectors, Cloud Connect, Workday Studio, BIRT reports, RAAS, custom and calculated fields, XPATH, XML, and XSLT File Transformation Knowledge.
• 6+ years integrating systems with third-party service vendors.
• 6+ years of Dell Boomi iPaaS Integration Hub using APIs, web services connectors, packaged components, extensions, security certifications, debugging error and process logs. Experience deploying code from Atoms to Molecules and ensuring technical development produces performance best practices in Boomi.
• 6+ years technical foundation experience with Workday Recruiting, HCM (Position Mgmt., Security, MSS/ESS, Onboarding), Compensation, Advanced Compensation.
• Experience with Performance, Succession Planning, Learning, Absence, Time Tracking, Payroll, Prism and Extend is a plus.
• Experience with ServiceNow or similar cloud application.
• Experience with of Beeline experience a plus.
• Technical expertise with application development to assist with the design and specification development desired.
• Ability to analyze and document complex business processes.
• Experience documenting process and system flowcharts in Visio required.
• Experience facilitating, supporting and ensuring traceability with requirements exists during testing phases (SIT, UAT, etc.); experience using testing tools a plus.
• Strong ability to collaborate with G&A IT leaders, business leadership, senior technologists, to define business processes, analyze operational efficiencies, implement creative solutions and measure delivery results.
• Ability to think analytically, a proactive problem solver.
• Ability to creatively and constructively challenge/influence technical designs to ensure simplicity and supportability.
• Collaborative, agile mindset to drive speedy, creative and efficient use of technology and data to drive business value.
• High degree of business acumen and urgency to act.
• Capable of translating and presenting technical concepts into practical business terms in both small and large group settings.
• Well organized individual who can prioritize tasks and cut through details to identify units of work needed to complete the project.
• Excellent communications skills are essential.
• A "get-it-done" attitude; ability to juggle multiple high priority tasks quickly.
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
• Bachelors Degree required.
• Certifications a plus in cloud technology applications (Workday, AWS, ServiceNOW, etc.).