Job Title : 81044 - Product Manager - Benefits/Payroll

Job Location : OAKLAND CA 94607

Onsite Requirements :

• Peoplesoft
• Benefits
• Payroll

Job Description :

• The Product Manager for Benefits/Payroll is responsible for the overall product strategy, planning and execution for Benefits and Payroll.
• This includes overseeing the development, implementation, and ongoing management of these components.
• The Manager will be a subject matter expert and understand the system (their component(s)) as well as general business processes in this area.
• This role requires a strategic, data-driven leader who can manage end-to-end product lifecycle processes, ensuring that services meet the evolving needs of our employees and stakeholder groups.
• The Product Manager will use their advanced knowledge of product development practices to identify roadmap initiatives and operational improvements, quantify the benefits/impacts, prioritize initiatives, and develop robust business requirements.
• The product manager will be responsible for socializing initiatives, securing approvals and overall communication / engagement with the stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

Product Strategy:

• Own and develop the product strategy for Benefits and Payroll, aligning with organizational goals, compliance requirements, and business/user needs, and represent product point of view and directional roadmap internally and externally.
• Identify business opportunities; define, develop and prioritize roadmap initiatives for the product.
• Partner with stakeholders to prioritize projects based on business needs- juggling the triangle of scope, budget, and time, weighing priorities according to the needs and objectives of stakeholders.
• Present findings to senior leadership and recommend adjustments to the product roadmap based on data insights and feedback

Subject matter expert:

• Understands the overall business processes of each stakeholder team / department and ability to anticipate the client's needs and concerns.
• Understands the basic system and functionality, can interpret enhancement requests and translate into user / business requirements.

Product Development:

• Work with a cross functional team and oversee the design, development, testing, and deployment of product features and enhancements, ensuring that solutions are efficient, scalable, and user-friendly.
• Working closely with the business and IT teams, develop and document user personas, user scenarios, use cases, and detailed product requirements.
• Enough technical knowledge to speak intelligently with IT to ask the right questions to assess impact of technology considerations on product strategy.

Communication & Collaboration:

• Develop and maintain rapport with stakeholders and effectively collaborate to understand business needs to design, evaluate and implement solutions to meet those needs.
• Communicates with a cross functional team of other professionals (project managers, architects, Business team members, IT specialists, and consultants) on strategy, technology and methodology related to the design and development of a solution.
• Ability to effectively communicate with a wide variety of stakeholders tailoring the message / content based on the audience.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• 7 years' experience as a Product Manager or equivalent experience owning, prioritizing and driving a product strategy to meet market and business needs for payroll, benefits or HR solutions - Required
• Knowledge of PeopleSoft HCM Benefits and Payroll application - Required
• Working knowledge of statutes/regulations and union agreements with respect to Payroll, Benefits, Workforce Administration, etc. Preferred
• Experience with Shared Services. Preferred
• Experience with waterfall, agile and scrum methodologies - Required
• Strong project management skills. Required
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, project planning and implementation skills. Required

Education:

Bachelor's degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training-required

** 3rd party and subcontract staffing agencies are not eligible for partnership on this position. 3rd party subcontractors need not apply.

This position requires candidates to be eligible to work in the United States, directly for an employer, without sponsorship now or anytime in the future. **