HR Digital Product Owner-Timekeeping & Workforce Management Solutions

Allegion•Carapichaima, IN

21d•Remote

About The Position

At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 30 brands, 12,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond. Additionally, in 2024 we were awarded the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award, which recognizes the most engaged workplace cultures in the world. At Allegion, we recognize that great talent and breakthrough ideas can come from anywhere. That’s why this position offers a flexible remote work arrangement, with occasional on-site visits as needed based on the role. Whether you’re working remotely or collaborating in person, we’re committed to providing the tools, support, and dynamic environment you need to succeed. At Allegion, your career thrives where innovation meets flexibility, empowering you to achieve your goals while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. While this is the current structure and we currently have no plans to change, we reserve the right to make changes to the remote schedule as needed at the Company’s discretion. The HR Digital Product Owner serves as the product owner for Timekeeping and Workforce Management solutions, ensuring they deliver maximum value to the business. The role is responsible for the roadmap, enhancement backlog, and day-to-day performance of Timekeeping and Workforce Management solutions within Allegion’s HR technology ecosystem. This role translates HR strategy and frontline feedback into system functionality that drives adoption, compliance, and improved user experiences.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Information Systems, or related field.
5+ years in HR systems, business process design, or product ownership
Demonstrated success leading Timekeeping implementations, optimizations, or enhancements.
Strong knowledge of UKG Workforce Manager Pro (Kronos) timekeeping modules.
Deep functional knowledge of Payroll or Timekeeping processes
Hands-on experience with enterprise platforms like Workday, Kronos, ADP, or similar
Business Acumen: Translate HR strategies into effective system capabilities that support organizational goals.
Curiosity and Continuous Improvement Mindset: Demonstrate a proactive focus on simplifying complexity and driving ongoing enhancements.
Strategic and Execution Focus: Seamlessly shift between a high-level strategic perspective and detailed, execution-oriented tasks.
Communication Skills: Ability to clearly convey requirements, updates, and feedback to diverse stakeholders, including technical teams, HR, and executive leadership.
Stakeholder Management: Building strong relationships with HRBPs, Payroll, Legal, IT, vendors, and end users to align priorities and foster collaboration.
Problem-Solving: Identifying issues, analyzing root causes, and developing effective solutions proactively.
Influence and Negotiation: Effectively persuading and influencing stakeholders to support product decisions, prioritize improvements, and drive change without direct authority.
Organizational Savvy: Navigate complex, matrixed environments by understanding formal and informal networks, leveraging influence, and aligning diverse stakeholder interests.
Adaptability: Flexibility to respond to changing business needs, technology updates, and user feedback.
Comfort with Ambiguity: Remain flexible and effective when faced with incomplete information, or uncertain environments.
Empathy: Understanding user needs and pain points to deliver user-centric solutions.
Collaboration and Teamwork: Working effectively across cross-functional teams to achieve common goals.
Change Management: understanding organizational change efforts, managing resistance, and ensuring smooth adoption of new features or processes.
Critical Thinking: Analyzing complex situations and making data-informed decisions.
Time Management and Prioritization: Managing multiple tasks, backlog items, and deadlines efficiently.
Conflict Resolution: Addressing disagreements constructively to maintain team cohesion and project momentum.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of Passport preferred.
Experience supporting technology needs for union and non-union locations, multi-national client groups, and experience with certified payroll preferred.

Responsibilities

Align the technical roadmap for assigned platforms with HR strategies and pain points by collaborating with HRBPs, Payroll, Legal, Finance, IT, and stakeholders, including new features, enhancements, fixes, and UX improvements.
Provide strategic input on the end-to-end HR digital strategy across integrated platforms (e.g., ServiceNow, Workday, Kronos, Passport, LCP Certified, ERPs) in partnership with the Director, HR Technology Strategy and IT key stakeholders.
Work with functional and technical teams to design and configure Timekeeping and Workforce Management solutions that meet business requirements, ensuring scalability, compliance, and alignment with strategy.
Lead product discovery and continuous improvement efforts in collaboration with Payroll, IT, and technology vendors.
Partner with HRBPs, Payroll, Legal to identify opportunities to simplify Timekeeping technical configuration.
Establish and maintain governance processes for business process changes and enhancements.
Balance competing priorities through transparent trade-offs and manage intake and triage of enhancement requests.
Serve as the primary contact regarding available functionality, upcoming changes, and enhancement prioritization.
Partner with HRBPs, Payroll, Legal, IT, vendors, and end users to deliver features, resolve issues to ensure successful rollouts, adoption, and ongoing support.
Supports requirements gathering for timekeeping system in support of M&A pipeline integration in partnership with HR M&A leads, payroll, and IT.
Lead coordination and communication of functional workstream updates to project sponsors and stakeholders.
Manage functional interdependencies across HRBPs, Payroll, Legal, Finance, and IT.
Translate user needs into clear requirements and test cases.
Validate new features through UAT, feedback loops, and adoption metrics.
Facilitate feedback sessions, demos, and solution workshops with Payroll, HRBPs, and end users.
In partnership with IT, ensure adherence to design standards, documentation, and testing protocols.
Collaborate with technical teams to maintain system stability, data integrity, and compliance.
Coordinate with IT and vendors on platform upgrades, releases, and break/fix cycles.
Assess organizational change readiness for new features, releases, and enhancements with key stakeholders.

Benefits

Health, dental and vision insurance coverage, helping you “be safe, be healthy”
Unlimited Paid Time Off
A commitment to your future with a 401K plan, which currently offers a 6% company match and no vesting period
Health Savings Accounts – Tax-advantaged savings account used for healthcare expenses
Flexible Spending Accounts – Tax-advantaged spending accounts for healthcare and/or dependent daycare expenses
Disability Insurance –Short-Term and Long-Term coverage, paid for by Allegion, provides income replacement for illness or injury
Life Insurance – Term life coverage with the option to purchase supplemental coverage
Tuition Reimbursement
Voluntary Wellness Program – Simply complete wellness activities and earn monetary rewards
Employee Discounts through Perks at Work
Community involvement and opportunities to give back so you can “serve others, not yourself”
Opportunities to leverage your unique strengths through CliftonStrengths assessment & coaching