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A career at Booking.com is all about the journey, helping you explore new challenges in a place where you can be your best self. With plenty of exciting twists, turns and opportunities along the way.

We’ve always been pioneers, on a mission to shape the future of travel through cutting edge technology, to make it easier for everyone to enjoy amazing experiences wherever they go. Under a desert sky, or in the heart of a bustling city. Discovering the perfect hideaway, or the perfect paella.

When you join us, you’ll be part of a community where taking a different path and trying something new is celebrated and supported. And where making a difference counts.

We’re determined to make the world of travel more sustainable, more accessible, and more inclusive, to create a positive impact on a global scale.

That’s why we’re always looking for people who search for better solutions, the ones eager to stray off the beaten path to find new ways of doing things.

Because at Booking.com it’s more than a job, it’s a journey we’re on together.

Omschrijving functie/werkzaamheden

Who you are

  • Good functional knowledge (strategy, process, best practices) of their respective COE area
  • Solid HR Tech product knowledge. Good understanding of Tech requirements, ways of working and standards
  • Good project and stakeholder management skills
  • Fluent in English
  • Bachelor or Master's degree
  • 2 -5 years of relevant job experience
  • The Technology solutions Manager needs to have a good understanding of business processes and strategy in his/her respective area. From a technology perspective, they need to have a deep product knowledge of the People systems and technologies that they own
  • Proven track record in taking ownership and successfully delivering results in a fast paced environment
  • Good understanding of basic system engineering, information and risk guidelines and system architecture standards
  • Solid understanding of the HR Sub functional area: strategy, processes, best practices.:
  • Good working knowledge of Workday and other HR Cloud Solutions
  • Understanding of today’s IT methodologies agile, waterfall, design thinking, process mapping, project management,
  • Good understanding of IT landscape in functional area
  • Basic knowledge on API’s, Architecture, SaaS, Paas and DaaS
  • Curious, self driving, inspirational, business driven and costs conscious

What the job involves

  • The Product Manager Workday - People Technology, is end-to-end support for all product deliverables in her/his respective product area (Workday modules HCM, Compensation and Advanced Compensation) and to provide input to the overall People Technology product roadmap
  • The Product Manager People Technology works with the Functional owners who are usually positioned in the Centers of Expertise (e.g.C&B, Talent, L&T) or in People Operations (e.g. Payroll, Absence Management, Life cycle Management) to ensure that People systems and technologies are leveraged to deliver effective and (cost) efficient processes
  • The Product Manager People Technology is accountable for the full life cycle of their solutions: inspiration, requirements gathering, vendor selection, solution design and configuration, deployment, sustain, adoption and solution retirement and thus the Total Costs of Ownership (TCO for their respective solutions
  • With regards to the execution, the Product Manager works closely with the People Technology and IT Services teams who will be responsible for many of the deliverables, specifically integration in overall Booking ERP, Vendor management, Config and development and Run/Sustain strategy
  • Discovery and ideation: scan the latest technology trends in the respective product area and share these with the functional owners
  • Priority setting: understand (sub) functional strategy, processes and ways of working and align with functional owner on priorities and plans
  • Business Case: provide input to functional owners on business case specifically on the product deliverables
  • Solution Design: translate functional/business requirements into a technology ideally leveraging the out of the box processes and functionalities of our preferred technology vendors (buy, configure, built). Basic principles: standardization and simplicity putting the user at the center of the process and technology design
  • Solution Configure: provide the IT Services configuration teams with input on configuration and support with relevant testing activities
  • Deployment and delivery: based on the deployment priorities and plans set by the functional owner, work with the regional People Systems and Tech teams on deploying the technology solutions
  • Sustain: work with the IT Services team on solution RUN and maintenance as per IT Services technology operating model. Accountable for potential escalations acting as the single point of contact back to functional owners, IT services and technology providers
  • Architecture: work with the People Systems solution and overall ERP architects to ensure solutions are flawlessly integrated into People Systems and technology landscape and roadmaps and overall Booking.com ERP architecture and roadmaps/plans
  • Release strategy: ensure releases are reviewed, prioritized and tested in collaboration with functional owner, IT Services (configurations) and strategic vendors and support change management and communication activities where necessary
  • Security and compliance: conduct Cloud security and compliance assessments as per IT security processes and practices to ensure solutions data protection
  • Value management (adoption and continuous improvement): work with functional owners and regional People Systems teams to ensure maximum value delivery through solution adoption and continuous improvement activities. Leverager OPEX methodology and metrics where possible
  • Solution retirement: assess when the solution life cycle has come to an end and the solution needs to be decommissioned and replaced by one that is meeting our future needs. Work closely with the IT Services teams
  • Influence and co-innovation: work with strategic vendors (e.g. Workday, SAP, Greenhouse) to ensure their roadmaps are reflecting our Booking.com technology needs for the future. Attend user groups, vendor conference and participate in co-innovation activities where necessary

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • Free access to Headspace for you and your loved ones
  • Global Employee Assistance Program
  • Meditation and Breastfeeding rooms at the office
  • Booking Cares - 2 days per year to volunteer and learn
  • Life insurance
  • Disability insurance
  • Pension plan
  • Annual paid time off
  • Parental leave - 22 weeks
  • Grandparent leave - 10 days
  • Care leave - 10 days
  • Bereavement leave - up to 4 weeks
  • Anniversary leave
  • Working from Home Furniture and Ergonomic Support
  • Working from Abroad - up to 20 days per year
  • Discounts & Wallet credits to spend on our products
  • Upgrade to Booking.com Genius Level 3
  • Friends & Family Booking.com discount vouchers
  • Free access to online learning platforms
  • Development and mentorship programs to support career growth
  • Access to trainings and workshops
  • Team development opportunities
  • Local discount programs
  • Game rooms in offices
  • On-site meals, coffee and snacks including vegan options