Product Specialist

Job Summary

We are looking for a Product Specialist to lead the SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central platform within our People Platform. You will play a key role in shaping the roadmap, governance, and evolution of our core HR systems, ensuring secure, compliant, and seamless master data management across the employee lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• As Product specialist for SAP SuccessFactors (EC), you will own the strategic direction of the platform and ensure it continues to deliver value to HR, business users, and employees globally.
• You will work closely with Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, Security, HR Product teams, HR Process Owners and external vendors to continuously improve the platform while maintaining stability, compliance, and operational excellence.
• Work and communicate the product roadmap for SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central and SAP SuccessFactors Platform.
• Prioritize business requirements, platform enhancements, and operational stability in accordance with business needs.
• Collaborate with Engineering teams to define and deliver scalable business solutions.
• Partner with HR and Product teams to translate business requirements into application capabilities.
• Ensure secure, compliant, and efficient employee data management across the entire employee lifecycle.
• Drive continuous improvements in core HR processes, workflows, automation, and user experience.
• Support SAP Half Yearly releases, Upgrades and transformation initiatives affecting the platform.
• Monitor platform health, operational KPIs, service quality, and user satisfaction.
• You will work within the Group Function Digital Area supporting People & Culture platforms across IKEAs global organization.
• Our team is responsible for delivering a world-class HR platform built on SAP SuccessFactors, enabling secure, compliant, and efficient management of employee master data and organization data throughout the employee lifecycle.
• We work closely with HR Product teams, Engineering, Security, Enterprise Architecture, Service Delivery, HR Process Owners and external technology partners to ensure the platform remains reliable, scalable, and aligned with business priorities.
• We believe in delivering secure and compliant HR Master data and org management.
• We believe in building scalable enterprise platforms.
• We believe in continuous improvement and innovation.
• We believe in strong collaboration across business and technology.
• We believe in ownership and accountability.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of HR business processes, co-worker Lifecycle, Hire to Retire processes, and SAP leading practices.
• Experience working with SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central platforms and AI Joule.
• Understanding employee lifecycle management, hire to retire processes, Employee Data structure, global template, Role based permission and security model, data privacy, compliance and Audit governance.
• Strong knowledge of employee data lifecycle management, including hires, job changes, transfers, global assignments, and offboarding.
• Experience managing integrations between SuccessFactors EC and enterprise systems (Data hubs, Payroll, Identity systems, Finance) using APIs, SAP BTP, Data hubs or middleware.
• Proven experience owning and communicating a product roadmap, balancing business priorities, technical debt, and platform evolution.
• Ability to collaborate across engineering, architecture, HR Process owners, security, and external vendors.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• 4-6 years of experience in Product Ownership of HR Technology with SAP SuccessFactors implementations.

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