Senior Product Manager Travel, Meetings and Employee Expense

Job Description

Our company is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines vaccines and animal health products. The difference between potential and achievement lies in the spark that fuels innovation and inventiveness; this is the space where our company has codified its 130-year legacy. Our success is backed by ethical integrity forward momentum and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.

We know that our people are the key to our success which is why our Global Supply Management and Workplace Services team in Enterprise IT works to attract develop retain and inspire our people so that they can learn grow and make a true impact on the world. Together we collaborate to create a culturally rich diverse organization ensuring we remain innovative and agile.

Enterprise IT is seeking an experienced Product Manager within the Global Supplier Management and Workplace Services Value Team to lead our Travel Meetings and Employee Expense (TMEE) products with the flexibility to extend into adjacent Supplier Management capabilities as business needs evolve. The ideal candidate will deliver technical solutions in an agile environment drive measurable business value and build trusted partnerships with stakeholders.

The Product Manager will work as a member of the TMEE Product Line. Under the direction of the Product Line Lead the selected candidate will be responsible for partnering closely with key stakeholders to define and maintain a backlog of capabilities that enable the effective management of our companys products.

Major responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Gain deep subject-matter expertise within key travel meeting and employee expense business processes systems and data

• Define overall product vision and strategy with a keen focus on value business outcomes and user experience

• Follow and apply Product Model principles to maximize value delivery

• Define objectives and key results for all products

• Partner with key stakeholders in GSM to define a product roadmap based upon business priorities

• Maintain and prioritize a healthy backlog which aligns with the overall roadmap and serve as requirements for the delivery squad

• Capture convey and manage risks impediments assumptions and dependencies for execution and focus on reducing impact early and often

• Measure the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for the in-scope products and make informed decisions which will lead to TCO optimization

• Collaborate with various IT teams to help ensure alignment between business needs and solutions

• Drive release and operational support planning and execution

• Serve as primary contact point for questions on business requirements and related questions

Required Qualifications:

• Experience with SAP Concur as a SaaS product or similar applications and technologies including industry trends

• 5 years of relevant work experience with at least 2 years of demonstrated technical leadership experience using agile methodologies

• Experience collaborating with vendors/external partners

• Demonstrable experience in building and supporting large-scale IT solutions using modern technologies

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to quickly establish credibility and trust with a variety of stakeholders

• Experience managing a globally distributed implementation squad

Preferred:

• Agile and/or Product Management Certifications

• Exposure to Global Supplier Management applications and technologies including industry trends

What we offer:

• Exciting work in a great team global projects international environment

• Opportunity to learn and grow professionally within the company globally

• Hybrid working model flexible role pattern

• Pension and health insurance contributions

• Internal reward system plus referral program

• 5 weeks annual leave 5 sick days 15 days of certified sick leave paid above statutory requirements annually 40 paid hours annually for volunteering activities 12 weeks of parental contribution

• Cafeteria for tax free benefits according to your choice (meal vouchers Lítačka sport culture health travel etc.) Multisport Card

• Vodafone Raiffeisen Bank Foodora and other discount programs

• Up-to-date laptop and iPhone company car

• Parking in the garage for drivers or showers for bikers

• Competitive salary incentive pay and many more

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