Product Owner – HRIS Integration Platform

Description

Job Title: Product Owner – HRIS Integration Platform

Hybrid preferred: 1–2 days/week onsite in the Philadelphia area

Remote option: Considered for exceptional non-local candidates

Position Summary

• We are seeking a technically fluent Product Owner to drive the implementation of our HRIS Integration Platform.
• This role collaborates with IT Product Managers, Architecture, Engineering leads, and Business stakeholders to translate strategic goals into executable workstreams.
• The Product Owner ensures integration capabilities are delivered in alignment with enterprise priorities, technical feasibility, and data governance standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Refine and implement product vision through actionable backlog items
• Author and manage detailed user stories for API development and streaming workflows
• Ensure technical feasibility and alignment with platform architecture and data lineage
• Document data lineage across processing steps for traceability and compliance
• Facilitate sprint planning, backlog grooming, and demos
• Coordinate cross-team dependencies across Agile Release Trains (ARTs)
• Partner with external vendors and internal stakeholders for onboarding and integrations
• Participate in release activities as needed

Non-Negotiable Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in product ownership or enterprise application integration
• Strong understanding of data lineage across ingestion, transformation, and consumption layers
• Experience working in an Agile delivery environment
• Familiarity with HRIS platforms such as Workday, ADP, or Alight
• Experience with cloud-native environments (AWS, Azure) and platforms like Fineos

Proven experience writing technical stories for:

• Java-based APIs
• Kafka streaming
• Data transformation pipelines

Deal Breakers

• Lack of required technical skills listed above
• Unwillingness to convert to full-time employee if the opportunity arises
• Poor communication skills

Desired Soft Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Strong organizational and multitasking abilities
• Collaborative team mindset
• Ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects