Head of People Technology Products & Engineering

United Kingdom·Londonexecutive

Hr ManagerPeople

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Key Responsibilities

Own integrated product roadmaps and outcomes, translating People and workforce strategy into end-to-end digital experiences rather than isolated system improvements.

Requirements Summary

£90,000-£110,000 DOE with an indicative bonus range of 30% -60% , 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection,

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Hr ManagerPeople

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What We Offer

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This role is accountable for translating People strategy, stakeholder needs and colleague insight into a coherent portfolio of digital products that improve colleague experience and deliver measurable business outcomes. It owns the People Technology demand front door, product roadmaps, product management, engineering capacity, delivery cadence, testing and value realisation.

Reporting to the Head of People Technology & Digital Excellence and as part of the leadership team, the role will build sustainable Product and Engineering capability while working effectively with the Platform team, enterprise technology and partners.

Oracle HCM remains the core system of record, but this is a broad technology role spanning Oracle, best-of-breed People technologies, Microsoft 365 including Co-Pilot, alongside other agentic and automation technologies.

Responsibilities

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→Own integrated product roadmaps and outcomes, translating People and workforce strategy into end-to-end digital experiences rather than isolated system improvements.
→Operate the single front door for People Technology demand, consulting with stakeholders to shape needs, challenge solution-first thinking and recommend priorities within agreed portfolio governance.
→Determine the right response to business needs across process change, existing platforms, enterprise technology, engineering, integration, external products, AI and automation.
→Lead Product teams as trusted consultants, accountable for product vision, roadmaps, backlogs, adoption, outcomes and value realisation.
→Build and lead Product Engineering, Test and Delivery capability across prototyping, low-code, workflow, automation, AI, testing and product enhancement.
→Partner with Colleague Experience teams to embed user insight, accessibility and inclusive colleague centric design throughout product discovery, delivery and optimisation.
→Own an effective delivery rhythm from discovery and build through testing, controlled release, adoption and continuous optimisation.
→Lead the development and delivery of AI-enabled People products and in-flow-of-work experiences utilising Oracle, Teams, Co-Pilot and other connected services ensuring appropriate evaluation, controls, human oversight and operational ownership.
→Partner with Platforms, IT, AI and Risk teams to ensure solutions are secure, scalable and maintainable, and delivery aligns with architecture, engineering and production standards.

Significant leadership experience in digital product management, People Technology or product engineering, translating strategy and complex business needs into executable product roadmaps.
Strong product-management capability across discovery, user needs, prioritisation, roadmaps, backlogs, product metrics, adoption and lifecycle management.
Experience across major HCM platforms alongside broader digital technologies, Microsoft 365, AI, automation and best-of-breed solutions.
Proven experience building and leading multidisciplinary Product and Engineering teams and taking digital or AI-enabled products from discovery through controlled release, adoption and optimisation.
Strong understanding of engineering, low-code, APIs, integrations, testing and deployment, with the judgement to make credible technology and delivery choices.
An influential, outcome focused leader who creates clarity and pace through prioritisation, empowered teams and transparent trade-offs.
Relentlessly customer outcome and user focused, balancing innovation, curiosity and experimentation with evidence and control.
Curious, pragmatic and outcome-focused, balancing experimentation and innovation with evidence, control, sustainable capability and measurable value.

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