Product Owner (Recruitment)

Quick Facts

• Role: Product Owner (Recruitment)

• Focus: Recruitment tools and solutions supporting talent acquisition

Description

The Product Owner (Recruitment) manages the full lifecycle of recruitment products, bridging HR business needs with technical functionality to deliver an optimal experience for recruiters and candidates. You will define and own the recruitment product roadmap, gather and prioritize requirements, and translate them into user stories and functional specifications. You will coordinate enhancements and releases across recruitment platforms (ATS, career sites, CRM, assessment tools, internal mobility) while ensuring operational stability, data integrity, and improved reporting and analytics.

Responsibilities

• Define and manage a recruitment product roadmap aligned with HR and digital strategies

• Gather, challenge, and prioritize business requirements

• Facilitate workshops with Talent Acquisition and HR stakeholders

• Translate business needs into user stories and functional specifications

• Maintain product vision and user experience consistency

• Manage and enhance recruitment platforms (ATS, career sites, CRM, assessment tools, internal mobility)

• Drive functional and technical enhancements

• Coordinate releases, testing, and deployments

• Ensure operational stability and application performance

• Lead recruitment implementation and transformation projects

• Coordinate business, IT, and vendor teams; deliver within timelines, budget, and quality

• Organize and manage User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

• Ensure recruitment data quality and integrity

• Contribute to reporting and analytics capabilities

• Provide expert functional support for recruitment applications

• Identify opportunities for process simplification and automation

• Support change management and user adoption

• Create and maintain functional documentation and knowledge materials

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years of experience in HRIS, Digital HR, or Product Management (SaaS)

• Strong experience supporting Recruitment and Talent Acquisition processes

• Experience in international and multi-country environments

• Proven track record in project delivery and cross-functional stakeholder management

• Complete knowledge of IT processes including incident, problem, and change management

• Fluent English with strong communication skills

• Strong knowledge of SmartRecruiters, SmartLite, SmartAttrax, and AssessFirst

Benefits

Not specified in the provided posting.