Product Owner - E2E Pay Remediation | Best in Class Pay Tribe

About Us
The Woolworths Group is a proud, home grown Australian business with more than 185,000 team members working throughout Australia, New Zealand and Asia for our trusted brands including Woolworths Supermarkets, Countdown and BIG W. Our commitment to our team members is to create compelling reasons for them to choose Woolworths as the best place to work and grow. We are a purpose led, people business and Create Better Experiences Together for a Better Tomorrow as we keep innovating the future of retail for our customers and teams.

Delivering on our Group purpose by shaping and driving the Woolworths team experience is integral to our People Team ambition and strategy. We support our significant team base and enable working end to end with other teams in the business through partnerships.

About the role
You will be a part of our E2E Accelerated Pay Tribe whose mission is to be the key enabler for the business to build confidence and trust in our E2E pay solutions and achieve our best in class ambition.

Reporting to the Tribe Lead, the Remediation Product Owner is responsible for maximising the value created by the squad by balancing the needs of all stakeholders, and understanding the needs of the customer. The squad is responsible for managing and delivering all remediation programs to ensure our Team Members have received the correct entitlements for work performed. The role forms part of a value stream working closely with the Data Insights and Modelling squad and Team Support squad to deliver a seamless experience for the business and our team members.

As a Product Owner you will be responsible for:

• Setting the direction and prioritisation of the squad to ensure the mission is realised;
• Maintaining an ordered backlog and working with the squad and the broader tribe to clarify requirements and maintain the product roadmap;.
• The quality of the squad’s released work and will anticipate, resolve and escalate strategic risks/issues;
• Leading agile ceremonies as a member of the squad and driving collaboration across the People Team and with business teams;
• Bringing to life our new agile ways of working by showcasing working end to end to solve problems; and
• Navigation the squad through big room planning activities in order to prioritise and create value for Woolworths and our teams.

About you
You’re known as a highly collaborative and engaging leader who is able to energise a cross functional squad/team to deliver key results. You bring energy and experience in leading large scale programs in a complex environment. You are excited by change and embrace agile practices and adapt to new ways of working. Optimistic for what’s possible, you have the ability to cut through complexity to create simple yet compelling plans, shaping the roadmap and priorities with squads to deliver the mission. You are able to balance your energy for the future with the everyday, remaining attuned to the work and showing deep care for the squad.

You will have a good understanding of retail or navigating large complex organisations, with 5+ years in HR, Culture & People or Finance, with a track record in leading large remediation programs relating to pay compliance or related experience. You have a solid understanding of the current industrial relations environment coupled with strong stakeholder management and forward planning skills. You have held roles leading project managers, and will be able partner with other squads to scope, quantify, and guide stakeholders through complex remediation programs ensuring our team members have been accurately remediated.

We’d love to hear from you
If you meet a number of the requirements, but not all, we encourage you to apply regardless of which role you think you are best suited to.

Grow with the Group

Woolworths Group has announced it will be requiring Australian team members to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (subject to medical and religious exemptions).

As an inclusive, team-first company, our people are at the core of everything we do.

We care deeply about creating a workplace where our team members feel valued, respected and empowered. We are committed to providing equal opportunity regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or life stage. We are proud to be recognised as a Gold Tier Employer in the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTQ+ inclusion and as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.

As our Group continues to evolve, innovate and support our communities, we encourage our team members to do the same with their own careers, by providing ongoing opportunities to grow and make a real difference.

We value flexibility, and encourage our team members to work in ways that meet their work/life commitments and support their wellbeing.

We work hard to create a safe and inclusive environment for all, and most importantly, we're all about creating better experiences – for our customers and for each other.

We’d love to hear from You

If you meet a number of the requirements, but not all, we encourage you to submit your application. You can learn more about working with us on LinkedIn or via www.wowcareers.com.au. #LI #work180.

Our Talent Acquisition Team and Hiring Leaders kindly request no unsolicited resumes or approaches from Recruitment Agencies. Woolworths Group is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.