Product Manager – Procurement Technology – Contingency Workforce Management, VP

Job Description:

Job Title: Product Manager – Procurement Technology – Contingency Workforce Management

Location: Pune, India

Corporate Title: Vice President

Role Description

- Global Procurement and Vendor Management enables Deutsche Bank to optimize supplier relationships to meet its strategic objectives. We partner across the bank to develop and execute strategies to meet our business requirements. We apply our understanding of the supply market and specialized procurement capabilities to optimize value created. We enable the bank to access suppliers by identifying and mitigating vendor risks. Additionally, we manage the platforms and technology solutions to enable efficient purchasing of goods and services.
- The Product Management team as part of the Transformation and Remediation function is responsible for developing the technology vision and roadmap for the Global Procurement organization. We work closely with key business stakeholders and technology partners to align on vision and strategy to create and deliver end to end user-centric solutions to capture value across the source to pay process.
- Join Global Procurement Product Management to design and deliver technology solutions for procurement interoperability, external workforce governance and off-payroll compliance across procurement, human resources and risk platforms.

What we’ll offer you

As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you’ll enjoy

- Best in class leave policy
- Gender neutral parental leaves
- 100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral)
- Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education
- Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members
- Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents
- Accident and Term life Insurance
- Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above

Your key responsibilities

- Own the product backlog for procurement interoperability, external workforce governance and IR35 implementation across sourcing, supplier onboarding, statement of work, buying, invoicing, contracts and risk controls.
- Translate regulatory, business and operational requirements into user stories, acceptance criteria and release plans, ensuring traceability from intake to determination, onboarding, payment and offboarding.
- Drive solution design across procurement, human resources and risk platforms by aligning data models, interfaces, approval flows, worker records and control points for contingent workforce processes.
- Lead workshops with business, compliance and technology teams to define target processes for worker classification, statement of work, supplier governance, onboarding, access management and audit readiness.
- Support implementation, testing, rollout and post-go-live stabilisation for platform changes, including external workforce tools, integration delivery and transition into business-as-usual support.

Your skills and experience

- Strong product management capability in procurement technology (such as Ariba, SAP, Coupa, Sirion), with the ability to convert complex business and regulatory requirements into implementable solutions, prioritised backlogs and measurable delivery outcomes.
- Hands-on experience with external workforce or contingent workforce platforms, including SAP Fieldglass, Beeline or Workday-related workforce components, with exposure to worker classification or off-payroll compliance processes.
- Solid interoperability knowledge across procurement, human resources, finance and risk systems, including application programming interfaces, data mapping, workflow orchestration, approvals and master-data alignment.
- Strong procurement domain expertise across source-to-pay, supplier management, statement of work, contract controls, invoicing and third-party risk, with the ability to connect process, policy and technology design.
- Confident stakeholder and delivery management skills to work across business, operations and engineering teams, challenge design decisions, manage dependencies and support implementation in a regulated environment.

Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimise workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs.

How we’ll support you

- Training and development to help you excel in your career
- Coaching and support from experts in your team
- A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
- A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs

About us and our teams

Please visit our company website for further information:

https://www.db.com/company/company.html

We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.

Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.

We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.