IT Product Owner / Senior Product Owner, People and Culture, Sustainability and Communications

We are rapidly developing the business of Tokmanni Group and making significant investments in the development of IT operations. Sustainability is becoming an increasingly important part of our business strategy. We want to help Mr. Tokmanni and his colleagues meet future needs by supporting our business in the areas of HR, Sustainability, and Communication from an IT systems perspective.

We are now looking for an IT professional to strengthen our application services team, which consists of skilled and nice colleagues. In your role, you will work as a Product Owner and IT partner for People and Culture and sustainability teams as well as communication experts throughout the Tokmanni Group.

Main responsibilities

You will work closely with various internal stakeholders and multiple service providers. Within the Tokmanni Group, you will collaborate with People and Culture and Sustainability teams, Communication, IT colleagues, and other business development teams.

An important part of your job is to work closely with these functions to understand their needs, use your IT expertise to translate business requirements into clear technical specifications, and guide our service providers to deliver solutions that meet both technical and business expectations. You will also play a key role in ensuring that IT projects follow our processes and that technical requirements, vendor capabilities and contractual obligations meet our quality standards.

The requirements brought by sustainability reporting and directives will bring significant changes to our systems, and you will play a key role in coordinating and enabling these changes from an IT perspective. You will participate in strategic projects as a representative of your area of responsibility and act as a project manager in smaller projects.

You will be responsible for an important role within Tokmanni’s IT function, where your decisions and expertise significantly influence the success of our IT projects and help ensure that our systems support the long‑term success of the whole Group.

What we expect from you?

- At least 3 years of experience in IT roles involving IT product ownership and acting as a technical IT partner for business or support functions (e.g., People and Culture, Sustainability, or Communications)

·Experience in IT development tasks and project work including cross-functional projects

·Ability to align product goals with Business Strategy

·Ability to listen and understand diverse stakeholder needs and to translate business needs into technical requirements

·Demand Management experience in the defined responsibility area

·Experience in managing budgets for digital products or IT initiatives

·Willingness to make trade-offs and prioritize features based on value

·Ability to forecast, track, and optimize costs across projects and vendors

·Basic knowledge of information security and data protection

·ITIL process know-how (especially IM, CM and PM)

·Familiarity with modern IT development models and ability to work effectively with our suppliers and support our department in implementing modern development models

·Backlog Management experience and familiarity with tools like Effecte (MS Office365)

·Familiarity with internal communication platforms (SharePoint, MS TEAMS, internet tools, etc)

·Basic understanding of data privacy and compliance (e.g. GDPR)

·Ability to fluently engage in technical discussions with suppliers and IT colleagues as well as to communicate clearly and practically with communications, HR and sustainability teams and other business units across the company

·Willingness to develop and maintain documentation for your area of responsibility

·Excellent verbal and written communication skills

·Fluent oral and written in English and Finnish and/or Swedish.

We also value:

·Skills in facilitating workshops

·Collaborative team-player mindset and development-oriented approach

·Openness to learn new domains and technologies

·Ability to work in a fast-paced, evolving environment

·Can-Do attitude and positive solution-oriented mindset

·Experience in HR and sustainability matters is considered an advantage

·Experience with system integrations and APIs is a plus

·Awareness of sustainability reporting standards (ESG metrics, etc) is a plus

We offer you:

• A group-level role in a growing and international publicly listed company, which is one of the leading discount retail chains in the Nordic countries

• A responsible and business-critical role where you can utilize and share your expertise and actively participate in the development of organizational practices

• The opportunity to work in a workplace where the company's values genuinely reflect daily work

• The opportunity to bring forth your views and leave your mark on projects and systems as part of the continuous development of Tokmanni Group's IT

• Rewarding collaboration with friendly, encouraging, and supportive colleagues

• Hybrid work model (2 days in the office / 3 days remote work)

• The opportunity to develop in your job

• Benefits such as staff discounts in stores for yourself and your family members, staff store, exercise and culture vouchers (ePassi), staff restaurant at the headquarters, incentive bonus system, employee benefit program, and Eduhouse online courses

• Your own mentor who will support you in your new job

Application instructions and additional information

The position is permanent and full-time (37.5 hours/week). On office days, we work at our Tokmanni headquarters in Mäntsälä, Finland or Dollarstore headquarters in Kista, Sweden.

For more information, please contact Merituuli Toivio, Service Area Lead, Applications, (+358 400 382 909), preferably on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 4-5 PM (on vacation between April 20 and May 3rd) or via email at merituuli.toivio@tokmanni.fi.

Apply for the position as soon as possible or no later than April 20th by filling out the application form. We will start processing applications during the application period. Please note that we only accept applications submitted through the application form.