Product Strategy Manager

Would you like to help drive the growth of a global company that works with 91% of the Fortune Global 500? Do you have a passion for turning complex, varied HR and payroll data into trusted, usable insight? Have you built products that connect to HRIS platforms through common-model APIs? If so, we have an exciting opportunity to join our Global Product Management team in Rewards Data Intelligence (RDI) as Director of Product Management, Data Acquisition, where you will lead the vision and delivery of our data acquisition systems. This is a full-time, permanent role.

The Role

• Own the product vision, strategy and multi-year roadmap for the data acquisition strategy, sequencing capabilities from data element and validation governance through ingestion, and high-confidence automated matching
• Lead the HRIS integration pathway, partnering with technical partners to scale client connections across a variety of HRIS platforms.
• Partner with data engineering to scale and maintain a medallion architecture, ensuring data lineage, auditability and governance throughout the pipeline
• Guide the design of AI-enabled capabilities related to client data ingestion and validation.  
• Translate the needs of Survey Operations, data management, consulting and downstream product teams into clear requirements, acceptance criteria and prioritized backlogs
• Define and track success measures such as participation and renewal rates, cost per submission, time to validated data, data quality and participant NPS
• Lead stakeholder alignment and change management across regions, manage dependencies with adjacent platforms and teams, and communicate progress, risks and trade-offs to senior leadership
• Lead and mentor product managers and product owners, fostering an inclusive, collaborative and high-performing team culture 

• 8+ years of product management experience, including at least 5 years leading data-intensive or data platform products, with demonstrated progression into senior product leadership
• Considerable experience working with complex, varied and high-volume data sets, including data modelling, mapping, normalization, data quality and validation
• Deep, hands-on experience with HRIS and payroll data (e.g., Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle HCM, ADP, Dayforce, UKG), including employee, job, organizational and pay structures
• Direct experience delivering products built on common-model (unified) HRIS APIs such as Merge, including integration onboarding, field mapping, sync strategy and data completeness challenges
• Proven track record in the HR technology domain, ideally with an HR technology vendor, HR consulting firm or HR data provider
• Experience with compensation disciplines and practices, such as compensation surveys, job leveling and matching, pay structures, incentive and variable pay or pay equity, strongly preferred
• Working knowledge of modern data platforms and architectures (e.g., Databricks, medallion architecture, data catalogs and lineage) and API-based integration patterns
• Familiarity with applying AI and machine learning to data matching, classification, extraction or anomaly detection
• Strong understanding of privacy, security and governance requirements for sensitive employee data (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, SOC 2)
• Exceptional ability to turn ambiguous, cross-functional needs into clear strategy and prioritized roadmaps, and comfort making decisions with incomplete information
• Outstanding communication and stakeholder management skills, with experience influencing senior leaders and leading change across global, matrixed organizations
• Experience with Agile product delivery methods and working closely with engineering, data and design teams
• Bachelor’s degree in business, information systems, computer science, human resources or a related field; advanced degree preferred.

Employment-based non-immigrant visa sponsorship and/or assistance is not offered for this specific job opportunity.  

This position will remain posted for a minimum of three business days from the date posted or until a sufficient/appropriate candidate slate has been identified

Company Benefits

WTW provides a competitive benefit package which includes the following (eligibility requirements apply):

• Health and Welfare Benefits: Medical (including prescription coverage), Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Commuter Account, Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Group Accident, Group Critical Illness, Life Insurance, AD&D, Group Legal, Identify Theft Protection, Wellbeing Program and Work/Life Resources (including Employee Assistance Program)
• Leave Benefits: Paid Holidays, Annual Paid Time Off (includes state/local paid leave where required), Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Other Leaves (e.g., Bereavement, FMLA, ADA, Jury Duty, Military Leave, and Parental and Adoption Leave), Paid Time Off  (only included for Washington roles)
• Retirement Benefits: Qualified contributory pension plan (if eligible) and 401(k) plan with annual nonelective company contribution. Non-qualified retirement plans available to senior level colleagues who satisfy the plans’ eligibility requirements.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

At WTW, we trust you to know your work and the people, tools and environment you need to be successful. The majority of our colleagues work in a ”hybrid” style, with a mix of remote, in-person and in-office interactions dependent on the needs of the team, role and clients. Our flexibility is rooted in trust and “hybrid” is not a one-size-fits-all solution.

We understand flexibility is key to supporting an inclusive and diverse workforce and so we encourage requests for all types of flexible working as well as location-based arrangements. Please speak to your recruiter to discuss more.
 

EOE, including disability/vets