HR and Finance AI Lead, Functional Product Owner

General Information

Job Advert Title HR and Finance AI Lead, Functional Product Owner Location Poland Function/Business Area General Management Department GBS Employment Class Permanent

Description

HR and Finance AI Lead, Functional Product Owner
About Astellas:
At Astellas we are a progressive health partner, delivering value and outcomes where needed.
We pursue innovative science, focussing initially on the areas of greatest potential and then developing solutions where patient need is high, often in rare or under-served disease areas and in life-threatening or life-limiting diseases and conditions.
We work directly with patients, doctors and health care professionals on the front line to ensure patient and clinical needs are guiding our development activities at every stage.
Our global vision for Patient Centricity is to support the development of innovative health solutions through a deep understanding of the patient experience. At Astellas, Patient Centricity isn’t a buzzword - it’s a guiding principle for action. We believe all staff have a role to play in creating a patient-centric culture and integrating an awareness of the patient into our everyday working practices, regardless of our role, team or division.
We work closely with regulatory authorities and payers to find new ways to ensure access to new therapies. We deliver the latest insights and real-world evidence to inform the best decisions for patients and their care-givers, to ensure the medicines we develop continue to provide meaningful outcomes.
Beyond medicines, we support our stakeholder communities to drive initiatives that improve awareness, education, access and ultimately standards of care.
The Opportunity:
In this role, you will play a key part in enhancing the employee experience by leveraging agile ways of working to identify opportunities for enabling technologies within our Global Business Solutions (GBS). You will collaborate with Pod Leads to document functional requirements, with a strong focus on AI-driven solutions. Partnering closely with product owners across DigitalX, you will bring use cases and proofs of concept to life, ensuring scalable and impactful solutions that drive real change.
You will play a crucial role in the development of experience-driven solutions across the GBS.
Hybrid Working:
At Astellas we recognize that our employees enjoy having balance between their professional and home lives. We are proud of our hybrid approach which empowers you to have flexibility on whether to work from home or in the office.
Key Activities for this role:

• Defining and communicating the vision for enabling technology to enhance Employee Experience and meet functional goals.
• Creating, prioritizing, and maintaining the backlog, ensuring alignment with business value and technical feasibility.
• Engaging stakeholders to gather requirements, providing clarity, and ensuring alignment between teams.
• Reviewing completed work against acceptance criteria, making decisions on approval or necessary revisions.
• Actively participating in agile ceremonies, tracking progress, and adjusting priorities to maximize value delivery.

Essential Knowledge & Experience:

• HR or Finance experience in technology-focused roles or service delivery environments with an emphasis on business and functional perspectives.
• Expertise in Employee Experience across multiple or single corporate functions.
• Background in working within matrixed multinational companies.
• Proven ability to lead technology-related projects.

Preferred Experience:

• Skilled in setting strategy and vision in collaboration with senior stakeholders.
• Experience as a business product owner in system selection and implementation.
• Proven track record in leading multinational employee engagement initiatives and surveys.
• Expertise in managing customer sentiment analysis to enhance satisfaction and net promoter scores.
• Proficiency in business English is essential for effective cross-country collaboration.

Education/Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, Human Resources, Finance, Information Technology, or equivalent.

Additional Information:

• This is a permanent, full-time position.
• This position is based in Warsaw, Poland
• This position follows our hybrid working model. Role requires a blend of home and 1 day per week in our Warsaw office. Flexibility may be required in line with business needs. Candidates must be located within a commutable distance of the office.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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