[Hiring] People Development HR Product Manager @Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions Slovakia

Role Description

We’re seeking a HR Product Manager Performance to lead the simplification and modernization of our performance management concept. This role requires superb communication skills to craft clear, motivating, and actionable messages for both leaders and employees. It also demands user-centered design thinking to streamline processes and develop materials that resonate with real needs. You’ll be at the intersection of performance management, storytelling, and product thinking to align our approach with organizational goals, while ensuring that it’s engaging, clear, and practical.

• Simplify & Streamline Processes: Reimagine and redesign performance management workflows to align with employee needs, business goals, and modern practices.
• Craft Motivational Messaging: Develop clear and compelling communications that inspire both employees and leaders to take ownership of performance conversations and goals.
• User-Centered Design: Apply UX and customer experience principles to make performance management easy to understand, practical, and actionable for all stakeholders.
• Align with Organizational Goals: Ensure that performance management processes are aligned with strategic objectives and other HR initiatives.
• Link Performance & Reward: Develop a clear and transparent connection between performance management and compensation in close collaboration with Compensation & Benefits, ensuring alignment with reward principles and business goals.
• Collaborate with HR, IT, and Leadership Teams: Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the integration of performance management tools and processes with other HR systems and platforms.
• Measure Impact: Use analytics and feedback loops to track effectiveness and continuously improve the performance management experience for all employees.
• Lead Change Management: Support the successful adoption of new processes and messaging, working with leadership to drive cultural and behavioral change.

Qualifications

• You have a completed university degree with a focus on Business Administration, Human Resources, Psychology or a comparable qualification and already have minimum 5 years of professional experience in the field of performance management.
• Superb Communication Skills: A storytelling mindset with the ability to create compelling messages, simplify complex concepts, and inspire action from leaders and employees.
• User-Centered Design Expertise: Strong background in UX design, customer experience, or service design. You know how to tailor processes and content based on user needs and feedback.
• Performance Management Knowledge: A solid understanding of modern performance management principles (e.g., continuous feedback, goal setting, competency frameworks) and how to link them to organizational performance.
• Digital & Product Mindset: Experience in applying digital tools, product thinking, and iterative design processes to improve performance-related processes and materials.
• Strategic Alignment: Ability to align performance management systems with broader organizational objectives and integrate them with other HR processes.
• Your English is on the highest level.
• You are flexible for business travels.

Benefits

• We believe in balance between work and personal life. An attractive and extensive work-life balance portfolio guarantees lasting motivation for employees and thus a better quality of life, promotes physical and mental well-being and contributes to a positive work environment.
• Over 25 different benefits to improve personal and professional life in areas such as:
• Financial benefits
• Benefits with focus on learning and development
• Benefits with focus on health and sport
• Benefits with focus on family and work-life balance
• Other benefits
• Final salary is negotiable. Base salary will not be lower than 1820 € /brutto.

Company Description

Our brand Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions Slovakia entered the life of Košice region in 2006 under the name of T-Systems Slovakia and ever since has been inextricably linked with the region when became one of the founding members of Košice IT Valley. We have managed to grow from scratch to the second largest employer in the eastern part of the country with more than 3900 employees. Our goal is to proactively find new ways to improve and continuously transform into the type of company providing innovative information and communication technology services.