Product Manager - HR & Payroll

•    Based at Manchester Airport
•    Permanent 
•    Flexible/hybrid working for a better work/life balance
•    We are proud to be a diverse employer, and we welcome candidates from all backgrounds

Why MAG?
At MAG we provide the airport facilities and travel services that people need to connect with the world. As the largest UK owned airport operator, we serve over 60 million passengers a year from Manchester, London Stansted, and East Midlands Airports. With over 270 destinations across the globe, our businesses not only bring people together but also support the prosperity of the regions in which we operate. Sustainability is one of our core values, and it shapes everything we do. We're committed to protecting the environment and supporting our local communities.  Our programmes include airport and airline decarbonisation, comprehensive education, skills and employment support and community engagement initiatives including volunteering opportunities. At MAG, we recognise creating a first-class journey for our customers starts by creating a first-class career journey for our colleagues and we are committed to building inclusive environments in which our people can thrive. You’ll also have access to some great benefits including:
•    Bonus scheme
•    11% company contribution pension
•    Car allowance
•    Private medical scheme
•    25 days holiday plus bank holidays
•    Free parking
•    Subsidised public transport
•    Huge range of company discounts
•    2 volunteering days per year
•    Free Virtual GP service, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
•    Care Concierge service 

The role
As the Product Manager for our HR & Payroll tower you’ll own the product area end to end, and lead a team of solution architects, business analysts & system analysts to optimize colleague experiences and drive efficiencies across our group services; across all 3 lens:- People, Process & Technology. 
Working closely with other Product and Platforms teams you will play a key part in achieving our vision of becoming the Worlds Most Intelligent Airports. Business Partnering is a key priority, both in driving the strategic roadmaps and landing key projects, which will be achieved through building and maintaining excellent relationships with key stakeholders and operational colleagues, including our CPO and People Leadership Team. You’ll have the opportunity to truly own your product stack, partnering with our Delivery & Service Managements teams across the change lifecycle, including working closely with your business stakeholders to define, drive and embed business benefits through your product tower. 

What will make you successful?
You’ll have a strong understanding of product development, roadmap building and prioritisation techniques – including an understanding of agile and waterfall ways of working. You’ll be commercially astute, ambitious, an effective communicator and a highly innovative leader, driven and passionate about solving business challenges through product development. You’ll have experience of blending technical products into an operational context, understanding how people, process and technology align. For this particular role, you’ll be across the HR & Payroll Tower and ideally you’ll have at least 5 years’ experience as a Product Manager or as a functional leader, with experience in driving change across HRIS applications such as SAP Success Factors, ECP being advantageous. You’ll have excellent knowledge and understanding of owning change end to end, understanding the key principles and foundational elements which build a strong foundation for teams to transform products at speed and in both a cost effective and risk controlled manner.  

Equal Opportunities & Reasonable Adjustments

At MAG we believe in the importance of diversity & inclusion for all. We are committed to creating a workforce that is reflective of our society. As such we welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.

We’re also committed to well-being with a focus on mental health and supporting colleagues from underrepresented groups through our Colleague Resource Groups.

As a Disability Confident employer we are committed to creating an environment where candidates and employees can perform at their optimum. Please let us know if we can provide you with any reasonable adjustments to aid your application or interview process.

You can contact the team by emailing HR.Recruitment@MAGAirports.com

Our Colleague Resource Groups include: Women’s Network, Embrace (Race & Ethnicity Group), Fly With Pride (LGBTQIA+), Mental Health, Parent & Carers, Disabilities (including neurodiversity).