Product Owner - Concur M/F/X

• Accor Tech & Digital is the power engine of Accor technology, digital business and transformation. Our 5,000 talents are committed to deliver the best tech and digital experiences to our guests, hotels and staff across 110 countries and to shape the future of hospitality. 

Accor Tech & Digital, jobs in the tech field where intelligence is above all human! 

Accor Tech & Digital is the innovation and technological transformation lab of the world leader in hospitality.

Our teams, known as Heartists®, bring together the best of hospitality with the best of tech and digital. Our ambition is to provide our customers with personalized, memorable, and sustainable experiences.

Here, we create new ways to travel within each of our 5,500 hotels, connecting closely with our 100 million clients in 110 countries.

Here, we are at the heart of an incredible playground for technological transition and the design of digital products and services for our customers and hotel teams.

Here, your scope will know no boundaries;

So join us and dare to make an impact on the world!

Here is where your greatest challenge awaits you: 

Within Accor Tech, the product owner is responsible for the full life cycle of the expenses, request, invoice and travel tool, CONCUR from a financial solution standpoint. This includes the full life cycle of the application, run and build - whether these are handled in-house or outsourced. The product owner is bridging the gap between business needs and technical functionalities.

Your mission: 

RUN:

•Maintain core solution, ensuring they meet internal control standards and compliance requirements.

•Backlog

•Oversee hosting and manage functional and technical third-party providers

•Manage third-party contracts, support and licenses linked to the software strategy

•Improved and further refined, priorities reassessed, and the backlog must be kept current and up to date.

•Ensure the Security and Compliance (Privacy Policy, GDPR) of the platform.

•Foster a culture of continuous improvement within the team.

•Perform a weekly reporting for head of finance community

BUILD:

•Roadmap aligned with Internal Control, Finance and businesses, and ensure the execution in line with the application

•Lead the planning, budget, execution, and successful delivery of complex projects.

•Collaborate with business process owners and other stakeholders to ensure ongoing alignment with strategy during execution.

•Maintain a hands-on approach to software architecture, design, and coding.

•Ensure and supervise the product development lifecycle, encompassing requirements gathering, analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance aligned with the editor.

•Keep abreast of new trends and best practices in technology, integrating them into the design and development of new systems and features.

•Define roadmap to ensure scalability, steady level of performance and sustainability of the solution.

And you? 

• Business school

• Proven track record of maintaining a (set of) application(s) around travel and expenses processes (performance, security, functional, availability) and internal control processes

• Complete knowledge of IT processes (incident, problem and change management)

• Several experiences in managing application teams.

• Knowledge of Service Now

• Strong analytical and problem-solving  skills

• Delivery-focused person

• Fluent in English

• Ability to communicate (written / verbally) very clearly

• Strong Knowledge of SAP CONCUR Expenses, Request, Invoice and Travel modules

• Strong travel skills

Accor dares to impact: 

- the world  

• Accor is committed to the world around us, with a strong employer culture focused on the development of our 300,000 talents. 
• We adopt a continuous improvement approach to reduce the impact of digital on the environment across all our projects.

- your career:  

• We enable all our employees to manage their work-life balance and offer them the means to shape their work environment according to their preferences. 
• Training and career paths are defined both individually and collectively, allowing us to grow together on a daily basis. 

- Specifically, at Accor Tech & Digital:

• Remote work in France and flexible work options: work from home, our offices or even our hotels and coworking spaces.
• Every Wednesday afternoon, dedicate your time to deep work and personal development.
• Work in a multicultural and English-speaking environment.
• Continuous improvement & training: Hackathons, exceptional technology partnerships, dedicated talent management, and a dedicated training platform, Digitech Academy & certifications.

and also,

• ALL - Heartist® Program: unforgettable stays and experiences at all Accor locations and partner venues worldwide. 
• Heartist® for Good Program: commit to supporting an association of your choice from those available on our volunteering platform (1 day offered per year by the Group during your working hours). 
• An Employee Social Committee (CSE) supporting the financing of your cultural and sports activities. 
• Sustainable Mobility Package up to €600 for the use of "green" transportation, or 75% coverage of Pass Navigo (public transportation pass). 
• €10 meal vouchers. 
• A mandatory health insurance plan funded at 50% by Accor without additional costs in case of enrollment of your dependents. 
• Attractive working conditions with collaborative workspaces, restaurants, and recreational and sports areas.

Your talent and motivation are our only selection criteria.

We value the richness of the diverse nationalities, personalities, and professional backgrounds.

We know how to adapt to the specific needs of our employees, including those with disabilities.
We encourage all applications, regardless of gender, so go ahead and apply!

Recruitment is all about people!  

Is this mission appealing to you? Apply, and we will offer you: 

1. A meeting with our recruitment team to present the essential aspects of the position to you or guide you towards the role that may suit you. 
2. An interview with the team manager responsible for the role you are interested in.  
3. For some roles, you might also be required to complete an assessment (use case and motivation questionnaire. 
4. A final interview with our Human Resources team to discuss our Group's culture, work environment, training program, career prospects, as well as various benefits offered by the Group. 
5. A personalized feedback. 

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