Lead Product Manager

Company Overview:
With 80,000 customers across 150 countries, UKG is the largest U.S.-based private software company in the world. And we’re only getting started. Ready to bring your bold ideas and collaborative mindset to an organization that still has so much more to build and achieve? Read on.

At UKG, you get more than just a job. You get to work with purpose. Our team of U Krewers are on a mission to inspire every organization to become a great place to work through our award-winning HR technology built for all.

Here, we know that you’re more than your work. That’s why our benefits help you thrive personally and professionally, from wellness programs and tuition reimbursement to U Choose — a customizable expense reimbursement program that can be used for more than 200+ needs that best suit you and your family, from student loan repayment, to childcare, to pet insurance. Our inclusive culture, active and engaged employee resource groups, and caring leaders value every voice and support you in doing the best work of your career. If you’re passionate about our purpose — people —then we can’t wait to support whatever gives you purpose. We’re united by purpose, inspired by you.

What we are looking for:
This passionate company is expanding and searching for motivated, talented and driven Lead Product Manger to join our growing team. As part of the Product team, and working closely with the Senior Manager Product Management, you will have an exciting opportunity to be involved in the full project lifecycle, designing and implementing next generation payroll solutions enabling our customers to streamline payroll activities across all regions and areas of their business. This is a truly exciting role, working with customer-facing systems, and leveraging the very latest technologies.

**This is a hybrid role. The employee will be expected to work onsite up to 3 days/week at our Kilkenny, Ireland, Dublin, Ireland or Varna, Bulgaria office**

Required capabilities:
• 5+ years of professional experience in product management
 • Work closely with the Sr Manager Product Management to organize, refine and Lead a feature backlog, ensuring deliverables are in line with strategic goals.
• Lead a Product Pillar through the Product Development Life Cycle, working closely with Product Managers, Development and QA team.
• Analytical
o Understanding complex business processes & procedures and continually identifying opportunities for efficiency and automation.
o Gathering and evaluating information from multiple data sources and reconciling conflicts and drawing conclusions from the data set

• Problem Solving
o Diagnosing various business challenges and offering suitable suggestions and solutions.
o Diagnosing feature gaps and technical bugs within the platform; escalating and solutioning with the technology tea

• Communication:
o Working co-operatively, participating in and supporting product design workshops and various team sessions.
o Writing systematic functional specifications for new platform features and updates
o Ensuring functional specifications and requirements are fully understood by the development team
o Clearly and confidently communicating the latest platform features and updates both cross functionally and to Immedis’ customers
o Excellent level of English, both written and spoken.

Desirable:
• 6+ years of experience working within a HR, payroll, financial or tech-based environment
• Can demonstrate that you take responsibility for your work and follow through on assigned work tasks and commitments
• Experience Leading on large scale projects involving various applications and technologies
• An understanding of Agile and Scrum frameworks
• Skilled with Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Experience with management tools such as JIRA, Azure DevOps or similar for tracking projects and product development
• Basic knowledge of relational databases and APIs
• University degree or equivalent in a relevant or related field

Where we're going:
UKG is on the cusp of something truly special. Worldwide, we already hold the #1 market share position for workforce management and the #2 position for human capital management. Tens of millions of frontline workers start and end their days with our software, with billions of shifts managed annually through UKG solutions today. Yet it’s our AI-powered product portfolio designed to support customers of all sizes, industries, and geographies that will propel us into an even brighter tomorrow!

UKG is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace, including the recruitment process. 

Disability Accommodation: 
For individuals with disabilities that need additional assistance at any point in the application and interview process, please email UKGCareers@ukg.com