Senior Technology Product Owner, Talent Acquisition/HCM

About Conduent:

Through our dedicated associates, Conduent delivers mission-critical services and solutions on behalf of Fortune 100 companies and over 500 governments - creating exceptional outcomes for our clients and the millions of people who count on them. You have an opportunity to personally thrive, make a difference and be part of a culture where individuality is noticed and valued every day.

Job Description:

You'll provide industry knowledge in Human Resource systems and Software as a Service (SaaS): Core HR, Talent Acquisition (Applicant Tracking Systems, Candidate Relationship Management), Talent Management (Performance, Succession, Career Development, Learning, HR Service Delivery, Total Rewards, and associated data analytics and reporting solutions to ensure HR and Talent Acquisition IT investments have a business relevance. You'll work closely with internal business units, technology delivery teams, and third-party vendors to ensure delivery with high quality and within budget. You will manage third-party vendors and contracts. Additionally, you'll be the expert and provide technical expertise in identifying, evaluating, and developing systems and procedures that are cost effective and meet user requirements.

You'll translate product requirements into user stories, functional specifications, and acceptance criteria to be included in delivery roadmap. You will lead waterfall projects as the Technology Lead, ensuring completion of all technology artifacts, operational readiness, and transition to support, making technical decisions, managing technology risks and inter-dependencies, allocating resources.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Business Owners to understand the market demands, priorities, and overall product strategy

• Translate product strategy into detailed requirements and prototypes

• Work with engineering and vendor teams to deliver timely, quality releases that provide high business value and exceed customer expectations

• Create detailed specifications/requirements for the product features so they are clearly understood by the development team

• Write user stories and establish acceptance criteria in collaboration with the team

• Manage dependencies in and across sprints and releases

• Work with the Agile team to manage and prioritize the backlog to ensure alignment with changing business needs

• Partner with project managers on project budgets, scope, timelines, and project execution

• Act as a product champion within the company

• Manage third-party vendors and contracts

Additionally, you'll have

• Leadership and emotional intelligence skills

• Knowledge of Agile principles and process as well as waterfall methodologies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Project management mindset and ability to work on multi-projects with constrains and inter-dependencies

• Ability to influence cross-functional team without formal authority

• Time management, resource organization and priority establishment skills with the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with diplomacy and tact, including when responding to resistance

• Ability to work with an optimistic attitude both independently and as part of a team

Basic Qualifications For Consideration

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent work experience

• Minimum of 3 years as an IT Product Owner and experience with software development experience as an Agile Product Owner or similar role

• Minimum 3 years working on a Software as a Service (SaaS) delivery model

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge in technologies supporting Talent Acquisition (Applicant Tracking Systems, Candidate Relationship Management), background and skill assessment along with onboarding.

• Scrum Master experience.

• Experience with following technologies: Oracle HCM Cloud or similar, iCIMS or similar, Phenom or similar CRM, Oracle Integration Cloud, Azure Dev-Ops (ADO), Project Online, Microsoft Project, First Advantage, Skillcheck, Equifax I9/W4/Onboarding, EdCast, Skillsoft, or similar learning technologies.

The Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act requires employers to disclose the following information. If the successful applicant will be required to perform work from a physical site outside Colorado, the following information may not apply. Actual salaries will vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance. In addition to base pay, this position, based on business need, may be eligible for a bonus or incentive. In addition, Conduent provides a variety of benefits to employees including health insurance coverage, voluntary dental and vision programs, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays, and paid time off (PTO) or vacation or sick time. For Colorado considerations only the estimated salary range is $85,000 - 105,000.

Closing:

Conduent is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, gender identity, gender expression, sex/gender, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, use of a guide dog or service animal, military/veteran status, citizenship status, basis of genetic information, or any other group protected by law.

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At Conduent, we value the health and safety of our associates, their families and our community. Under our current protocols, we do not require vaccination against COVID for most of our US jobs, but may require you to provide your COVID vaccination status, where legally permissible.