Payroll & Benefits Product Manager (People & Culture)

Join us in shaping a unified ecosystem that delivers meaningful People & Culture experiences at scale.

As part of our Global Operations & Digital Solutions team, you will help ensure our P&C products meet real business needs and enable data-driven decisions. Together, we connect expertise, drive transformation, and create the conditions for people and performance to thrive.

You will be responsible for:

• Definition and analysis of internal customer needs to derive concrete product requirements
• Ongoing review and critical evaluation of the existing service portfolio in terms of relevance, efficiency, and user orientation
• Identification of missing or redundant services and derivation of corresponding improvement measures
• Close collaboration with key stakeholders from HR, IT, Controlling, and external service providers to ensure a stable and future-ready payroll solution
• Development and maintenance of a clear product vision and roadmap for Payroll; steering implementation through agile development cycles.
• Responsible for the standardization, harmonization, and continuous improvement of payroll processes within regions
• Drive harmonization initiatives within and where possible across regions in close collaboration with both regional HR Operations leads and Global HRIS Product Owner
• Be an active part of the regional improvement project teams

• University degree in HR, Business Administration, IT, or related field
• Minimum 5 years of experience in HR Operations, preferably in a global or matrix environment
• Deep process expertise in the field of payroll, country specific payroll knowledge (Germany , Liechtenstein) is a plus
• Strong project management and change management skills
• Analytical mindset with a focus on KPIs and process efficiency
• Excellent communication skills in English
• Intercultural competence and experience working with international teams

thyssenkrupp is an international industrial and technology group with around 98,000 employees. In the fiscal year 2023/2024, the company generated sales of €35 billion in 47 countries. Its business activities are bundled in five segments: Automotive Technology, Decarbon Technologies, Materials Services, Steel Europe and Marine Systems. With extensive technology know-how, the businesses develop innovative solutions for the challenges of the future, especially in the fields of climate protection, the energy transition, digital transformation in the industry and mobility of the future.

In the Hungarian development center with our engineering team of 1000 we are present as an innovative and significant partner in one of the fastest growing and most exciting segment of the automotive industry, in the field of electromechanical steering systems. With outstanding quality and high-tech developments we meet the needs of renowned car manufacturers and our developments can be found in 25 % of the manufactured cars all over the world. Our engineers work on new challenges that can change the future of automotive.