Senior Product Manager (Corporate Finance Area)

Job description

The FinanceTech team is responsible for the development and maintenance of IT systems that support the area of corporate finance. We work with systems such as SAP, IBM Cognos, and Kyriba. We ensure that financial, controlling, and procurement processes run efficiently with the support of IT systems.

As a Senior Product Manager, you will be responsible for managing the corporate finance application landscape and developing this area in line with the expectations of internal customers and strategic objectives.

In your daily work, you will handle the following tasks:

• You will collaborate with stakeholders to understand and reconcile their needs and translate them into new functionalities, product features, and extensions.

• You will manage and prioritize the product backlog and project portfolio in collaboration with a Service Manager and a team of consultants and engineers to ensure work is aligned with strategic goals.

• You will develop roadmaps and timelines, and manage the delivery of features and enhancements.

• You will coordinate key development initiatives at every stage: from needs analysis, creation of Value Proposition and business requirements, through business case to go-to-market strategy, as well as for maintenance and further product development.

• You will facilitate communication across different teams and stakeholders to align objectives and ensure everyone is on the same page.

• You will proactively run continuous product discovery to identify opportunities to improve user experience and product KPIs.

• You will prepare documents and conduct presentations for key stakeholders (Executive Team, VPs, Directors).

We are looking for people with:

• Proven experience as a Product Manager or similar role in project management (roadmapping, resource planning, risk assessment, stakeholder cooperation).

• Excellent knowledge of ERP systems supporting financial management, particularly SAP and IBM Cognos, which will be your management products.

• Proven domain knowledge in the area of corporate finance processes (accounting, planning, budgeting, payments, procurement, expenses management).

• Experience in designing and implementing changes both in processes and IT services.

• Exceptional problem-solving abilities and strong decision-making skills.

• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

• Proven leadership skills with the ability to challenge the status quo.

• Experience with managing product backlogs.

• Ability to see the product through the eyes of the clients and understand their needs.

• Fluent in Polish and English.

What we offer:

• A hybrid work model that you will agree on with your leader and the team. We have well-located offices (with fully equipped kitchens and bicycle parking facilities) and excellent working tools (height-adjustable desks, interactive conference rooms).

• Long term discretionary incentive plan based on Allegro.eu shares.

• Annual bonus up to 20% of the annual salary gross (depending on your annual assessment and the company's results).

• A wide selection of fringe benefits in a cafeteria plan – you choose what you like (e.g. medical, sports or lunch packages, insurance, purchase vouchers).

• English classes that we pay for related to the specific nature of your job.

• Laptop with m1 processor, 32GB RAM, SSD - a 16” or 14” MacBook Pro or corresponding Dell with Windows (if you don’t like Macs), two monitors and all other gadgets that you should need.

• Working in a team you can always count on — we have on board top-class specialists and experts in their areas of expertise.

• A high degree of autonomy in terms of organizing your team’s work; we encourage you to develop continuously and try out new things.

• Hackathons, team tourism, training budget and an internal educational platform, MindUp (including training courses on work organization, means of communications, motivation to work and various technologies and subject-matter issues).

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