Product Owner – Payroll & Workforce Management

Quick Facts

• Role: Product Owner – Payroll & Workforce Management

• Focus: Enterprise payroll technology deployments and managed service provider transitions (Europe)

• Contract: 12 months initially (extensions possible)

• Work model: Hybrid (Warsaw, Poland)

• Start: ASAP

Description

Own the product strategy and technology roadmap for enterprise payroll and workforce management platforms. Act as the key technology link between Payroll Operations, Digital Technology, Enterprise Architecture, and external service providers to ensure delivery of reliable and secure payroll services. Coordinate Agile execution, backlog prioritization, integrations (Core HR, Time & Attendance, WFM), and compliance through UAT, parallel runs, cutover planning, and post-go-live stabilization.

Responsibilities

• Define and manage product strategy and technology roadmap for payroll and workforce management

• Lead payroll technology deployments and transitions to managed service providers across European jurisdictions

• Serve as primary technology contact for the payroll managed service provider (delivery, integrations, service levels, releases)

• Translate business, operational, and statutory requirements into epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria

• Drive integrations between payroll systems and Core HR, Time & Attendance, and broader workforce management platforms

• Support scalable, standardized solutions that accommodate local legislation and enable global expansion

• Coordinate Agile delivery (sprint planning, backlog refinement, demos, testing, release readiness)

• Oversee User Acceptance Testing (UAT), parallel payroll runs, cutover planning, and post-go-live stabilization

• Ensure compliance with country-specific payroll regulations, GDPR, employment legislation, and Works Council requirements

• Collaborate with HR, Payroll, IT, Enterprise Architecture, Information Security, and external vendors

Benefits

• Key role in a major global payroll and workforce technology transformation

• Influence product strategy, technology roadmaps, and the future operating model for payroll services

• Work across enterprise technology, HR transformation, integrations, and managed service delivery

• 12-month initial contract with extension potential and possibility of a permanent position