Product Owner - People Technology

Product Owner, People Technology (Workday) 

 
KONE Technology and Innovation (KTI) is where the magic happens at KONE. It's where we combine the physical world – escalators and elevators – with smart and connected digital systems. We are changing and improving the way billions of people move within buildings every day. We are on a mission to shape the future of the industry with new technologies and sustainable innovations.  
 
KONE IT is part of the KONE Technology and Innovation (KTI) unit with the mission to power KONE with sustainable information flow. KONE IT also supports KONE in its digital transformation journey by introducing digital cloud-based IT services, artificial intelligence (AI) and automation to support productivity, business growth and technological disruption.  

Our Corporate Functions IT team is seeking a Product Owner for People Technology (Workday).  

You will have the end-to-end responsibility on KONE’s global People Technology product: future vision and the roadmap to get there, development of our existing platforms (Workday being the focus) and their integration landscape, and ensuring the daily operations run smoothly supported by our service partners.  

You will drive the vision of People Technology architecture forward, using agile and DevOps working methods. As the main contact for business stakeholders, you will assess development ideas and oversee technical design and delivery in your area. 

In this role, you collaborate closely with People Tech Product Manager, Product Designer, Enterprise- and Product Architects, HR Functional Leads, local payroll teams and HR- and IT Operations teams, and actively support HR related projects from IT side.  

Current People Technology scope is based on global platforms and tools such as Workday (with a wide range of capabilities), connected with SAP ERP, AWS, Microsoft Power Platform, and local solutions (e.g. payrolls, time tracking). Your job is to ensure that the solutions within the People Tech domain as a whole meet KONE's business needs and follow market best practices. 

Position will be based in Pune/Chennai India. 

If you're a driven, sociable professional who thrives on translating vision into action, we invite you to apply! 

In this role you get to 

• Collaborate with stakeholders to define the product roadmap, prioritize new capabilities, features and improvements, with focus on realizing value from investments through the application life cycle.  

• Set up the overall product performance KPIs and targets including for operations and IT activities related to benefit realization. Responsible for regularly following the KPIs and communicating with key stakeholders. 

• Collect and clarify the needs of stakeholders and end users and translate them into backlogs. In this process, take responsibility for solution functional and/or technical designs, where applicable. 

• Prioritize the product backlogs, plan their execution, ensure successful execution of the plans together with relevant IT team(s) and partners.  

• Ensure that the product operations and performance are as planned and take timely corrective action when needed. Follow and address technical debt in the product to ensure continued and sustained operations. 

• Follow the product’s business value, utilization level and cost and ensure that solutions within the product are accordingly adjusted. 

• Apply agile and DevOps principles to maximize the flow of value. Use feedback loops to understand stakeholder and user needs and use that knowledge while planning and executing. 

• Provide necessary guidelines and instructions for stakeholders to use the solutions within the product and ensure that the instructions are followed. 

• Be responsible for the financial aspects of the product 

• Guide agile team members when needed on functional and/or technical matters. Collaborate with other agile teams to plan the dependencies and joint development. 

• Manage collaboration with and governance of technology- and service partners. 

To be successful in this role you need:  

• 8+ years of experience in People Technology, especially with Workday 

• 2+ years of project management or team leadership experience 

• Experience in working in IT projects in different roles and delivering successfully end-to-end e.g. integration or automation development project 

• Workday Certified (for Core HCM and integration tools) 

• Deep understanding of Workday (Core HCM, Compensation, integration tools, Extend, Prism), MS Power Platform knowledge is considered as a plus 

• End-to-end People Tech process and technical solution understanding with focus on integrations with global business solutions and payrolls. 

• Understanding of how to enhance the process- and operations efficiency with the help of automation and AI. 

• Analytical and conceptual thinking, innovative and ability to think big 

• Experience in working in a multicultural, global organization 

• Excellent communication and documentation skills in English, ability to visualize and communicate clearly complex topics 

We are looking for a collaborative and proactive team player who approaches situations with an open mind, adapts quickly in a changing and agile environment and can create structure, clarity and results in a transparent way. Strong communication and interpersonal skills in English are essential for building relationships with stakeholders and peers. You naturally embrace and promote cultural diversity and inclusion within your team and organization. 

What do you get in return? 

• Possibility to have an impact on People Technology product environment 

• Opportunity to make a difference on designing more automated, improved E2E solutions and IT processes 

• International and professional environment 

• Attractive package of benefits and bonus scheme 

• Social and sport events on regular basis 

• Great place to work 

• Informal culture and friendly colleagues 

• KONE trainings in various areas 

• Promotion on performance/competence