This is a high-impact role where you drive the roadmap, improve HR processes at scale, and ensure our technology keeps pace with business growth across all markets. You operate at the intersection of HR, IT, and business, with full ownership from day one.
What You’ll Do
Own the Product
- Define and deliver the global HR tech roadmap and backlog (Workday-driven)
- Translate business needs into clear user stories and priorities
- Lead Workday releases, enhancements, and continuous improvements
- Understand our user landscape: Drive simplification, standardisation, and automation of HR processes
Connect Business & Technology
- Act as the key interface between HR and IT
- Challenge stakeholders to work smarter using Workday capabilities
- Manage external vendors, integrations, and align across tech teams
- Ensure clear communication of system changes and impact to the business and SuperUsers
Drive Performance & Adoption
- Guarantee system stability, data quality, and compliance
- Improve end-to-end HR processes (hire-to-retire, absence, compensation)
- Enable the global HR community by training and upskilling superusers
- Ensure all markets stay aligned on releases and best practices
Lead & Deliver
- Guide and develop an application manager
- Ensure clear ownership, strong execution, and delivery discipline
What You Bring
Experience
- 5+ years as a Product Owner in HR technology
- Strong, hands-on Workday HCM experience
- Experience in Agile environments
- Background in international / retail / multi-site organisations is a plus
Capabilities
- Strong in stakeholder management (including senior leaders)
- Able to translate strategy into scalable system solutions
- Data-driven and structured in prioritisation
- Proven in driving system improvements and change adoption
- Clear communicator across strategic, tactical, and operational levels
Mindset
- Ownership-driven and pragmatic
- Comfortable challenging the status quo
- Focused on continuous improvement and real business impact
What we offer
25 days of annual leave, with the option to buy or sell up to 4 additional days
Hybrid work model, combining office and remote working
Possibility to work from abroad for up to 2 weeks per year
An international work environment, working with teams across different countries
Travel allowance to support commuting costs
Access to the Hunkemöller Academy for professional development
25% employee discount on all Hunkemöller products
Please note: We take care of our recruitment directly at Hunkemöller. For this reason, we kindly ask agencies not to reach out, and applications sent by email cannot be considered. If you’re interested in this role, we’d love to receive your application via our official career channels.
We are looking for a hands-on Product Owner HR Technology to lead and evolve our global HR systems, with Workday HCM at the core.Skills Required
- 5+ years as a Product Owner in HR technology
- Strong, hands-on Workday HCM experience
- Experience in Agile environments
- Experience managing external vendors and integrations
- Proven stakeholder management, including senior leaders
- Ability to translate strategy into scalable system solutions
- Data-driven prioritisation and structured decision-making
- Proven experience driving system improvements and change adoption
- Experience enabling and training HR superusers or HR community
- Background in international, retail, or multi-site organisations
What We Do
Hunkemöller is committed to being a much-loved, social, and inclusive brand. We take pride in creating an environment where people not only love to work but also become true brand ambassadors. Our purpose and values have undergone a transformation, our purpose is to inspire and empower women to be their most beautiful and authentic selves, together we lift each other up! Our values emphasize what we hold as fundamental to our brand identity: Empowering, Playful, In-touch, Inclusive, Inspiring, and Responsible. With these principles we are shaping our culture, steering our actions and aligning with our expanding dedication to setting industry benchmarks in inclusivity and responsibility through innovative and sustainable initiatives. With a robust presence spanning over 900 stores across 15 countries, we are on a trajectory of continuous growth. Our commitment to World-Class service is not just a promise but a reflection of our ethos, extending seamlessly across channels and locations, including our upcoming opening of our state-of-the-art Distribution Center in Almere, aimed at stream-lining productivity, and boosting efficiency for our customers. Hunkemöller proudly holds the prestigious title of TOP EMPLOYER in the Netherlands for 2024, marking seven consecutive years of winning, while Germany maintains a 5-year streak. In Denmark, we are back-to-back winners for the 2nd year, a testament to our unwavering commitment to our people and the utmost care we invest in our employees
