Product Manager

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John Deere Bank S.A. is one of the European branches for John Deere Financial, along UK, Spain, Germany, and Luxembourg. The primary activity is providing financial services to customers and dealers who want to finance John Deere equipment.

In our financial department, you can expect an international team with a global presence in a highly collaborating network using benchmark processes and systems (e.g., SAP ERP) to support the business objectives. Our teams are working in an innovative environment where new ideas (e.g., artificial intelligence) and continuous process improvements are appreciated and promoted. We provide the best solutions and opportunities for our employees with high engagement toward creative thinkers with outstanding financial expertise.

Due to the development of John Deere Bank in Poznań, we are currently seeking candidates for the position of:

Product Manager

Poznań, Poland 

Your responsibilities:​

• Represent the voice of the customer to the product team, deeply understanding customer needs and required technology capabilities.

• Maintain and prioritize the product backlog to maximize business value and deliver necessary functionality.

• Collaborate with the business, Engineering Managers, and product teams to define product functionality and priorities.

• Use global processes to understand the scope, complexity, and dependencies of the business and product functionality.

• Communicate with the Group Product Manager to ensure alignment across products within a product family.

• Responsible for managing software vendor relationship; product complexity and impact are medium.

• Understand technical topics at a conceptual level, including systems and data that enable major capabilities and drive innovation.

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Our requirements:

• 8 or more years of experience in Financial Services or Product Management.

• Strong English written and verbal communication, working collaboratively with technical development teams across the business and IT organization, including other business and technology leaders.

• Ability to analyze and evaluate the feasibility and relevance of proposed complex products and services, with guidance from senior colleagues.

• Ability to monitor all aspects of a product life cycle, including long- and short-term development and marketing. Exploring issues or needs, establish potential causes and barriers, and identify related issues.

• Delivering defined features, functionality, or outcomes from a designated part of the development/engineering program, selecting the best available approach within established systems.

• Supervising activities performed by a product development/vendor development team.

• Completing research and analyze data to develop or supporting a sound understanding of customer segments, trends, needs, and expectations.

• Supporting internal and external customers and developing and/or deliver communications.

Nice to have:​

• ​Business model, business context, and business process understanding of financial services businesses.

• Experience working with global teams and with European banking supervisors, handling financial regulatory implications for financial systems.

What we offer:​

• Employment contract.

• Company car and/or car allowance.

• Strong support for work-life balance, including flexible working hours (start time between 7:00 and 10:00 AM) and a hybrid work model at Business Garden in Poznań.

• Opportunities for professional development within the company, with strong support for internal career growth.

• Employee referral program.

• Additional vacation days based on length of employment.

• Holiday allowance when taking at least 2 weeks off.

• Daily use of a foreign language in a friendly international working environment.

• Private medical care, life insurance, sports card, meal allowance, language courses, a social fund budget, and various additional fun events in our office.

• Free access to our e-learning platform, featuring over 1,000 courses.

Please attach an English version of your CV.

John Deere is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, status as a qualified individual with disability.