Head of Product, Core Journeys
About Safeguard Global : We enable global expansion without the risk.
Safeguard Global has been at the forefront of global workforce enablement since we pioneered centralised global payments in 2008 and launched the employer of record (EOR) category globally in 2010. And we haven't stopped there.
Today, with our 500+ in-country HR experts, cutting-edge technology, and comprehensive solutions, we've helped over 2,000 organisations hire, recruit, pay, and manage employees in 170+ countries.
Because we created this category, we've learned that successful global expansion isn't driven by technology alone. It requires deep global expertise. We call this the marriage of expert and technology, human when it matters.
This means we have the people and the technology to ensure 100% compliance with local, regional, national, and international laws. Together, this ethos and our solutions portfolio allow businesses to scale up or down wherever, however, and whenever they want to expand, without the risk.
Overview of the role
We're looking for a Head of Product, Core Journeys to lead the platform experience across our core client journey, from hiring a worker through to invoicing for them.
The roleis accountable for the platform experience, delivery, and outcome achievement acrossthe core transactional workflows. You'll translate thattarget experience, combined with the product strategies set by the Directors of Productinto a prioritised order of work;leadingthe product managers who deliver itand ensuring we deliver on business andcustomer experience objectives.
What you will be responsible for
Platform experience
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Own the end-to-end platform experience across the core client journey, including the transitions between one part of the platform and the next
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Identify where the experience is failing clients and set the plan to correct it
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Own regulatory and compliance obligations as product requirements within your area, working with legal, tax, and the in-country teams so that they are designed in rather than retrofitted
Prioritisation and roadmap
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Translate the platform strategy and commercial priorities into a prioritised order of work for your area
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Feed that prioritisation into the single prioritised roadmap owned by the SVP, Product
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Recommend what is built, what is deferred, and what is retired within your area, and secure agreement with the SVP, Product and the Directors of Product
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Build the case for significant investment, including the value expected, the payback, and the trade-off against the alternatives
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Work with the Directors of Product to sequence commercial priorities in a way the platform can deliver
Delivery
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Hold accountability for delivery against commitment, on time and to the quality bar set in the definition of done
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Work hand in hand with engineering and design leadership, from the earliest shaping of an idea through to release, so that trade-offs between client need, technical feasibility, and cost are made together
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Work with sales, marketing, customer success, finance, and legal so that what we build is understood, sellable, supportable, and compliant on the day it launches
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Identify and resolve delivery risk early, including teams that are blocked, unclear, or behind
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Manage dependencies within your area and into the connected experience areas
Customer insight and product performance
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Build the relationships, with clients and with internal teams, that sustain a continuous understanding of customer and internal pain points, and of the opportunities they point to
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Ground product decisions in client insight, usage data, and market evidence
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Raise the standard of discovery and validation across your teams
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Define the expected outcome for each investment and own the value delivered against it
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Own platform NPS and adoption for the core journey, and act on the results
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Act as the product expert in senior client and prospect co