Product Team Manager - Intelligent Automation

Product Team Manager - Intelligent Automation

The Product Team Manager leads and supports a team to reach organizational goals through people management. Duties include facilitating goal setting with the functional managers, providing feedback, resolving conflicts, and encouraging employee growth. The role also ensures a positive work environment and oversees performance management, recruitment, and training. Role Summary

The role focuses on leading, developing, and supporting a team to achieve organizational goals through effective people management, administering goals in the HR system, providing feedback, resolving conflicts, fostering employee growth, and creating a positive work environment. They are responsible for day-to-day people-related tasks such as performance management, recruitment, and training, while also ensuring team members feel valued and motivated.

This role is based in Chennai and is expected to work from the office and report to the Product Owner of Intelligent Automation CoE.

Core Responsibilities

• Team Leadership & Motivation : Facilitate clear team collaboration goals, promote a positive and collaborative environment, and motivate employees by recognizing achievements and encouraging growth to achieve company objectives. Organize events that celebrate local customs, traditions, and holidays. Develop practices to retain employees through motivation and encouragement.
• Employee Growth & Development : Be part of coaching and training, identify learning opportunities, and support career progression through individual development plans and progress reviews in alignment with Functional Managers.
• Performance Management : Monitor progress using key metrics, give regular feedback, and conduct performance appraisals to enhance both individual and team effectiveness in alignment with Functional Managers.
• Recruitment & Onboarding : Help with sourcing, hiring, and onboarding new employees, ensuring smooth integration and offering support for quick adjustment and productivity.
• Conflict Resolution & Engagement : Address conflicts proactively, foster open communication, and prioritize well-being by providing resources and recognizing achievements to sustain a supportive workplace.
• Technical Enablement : Be technically fluent enough to collaborate effectively with Developers. Maintain a high-level understanding of the developers' technology and constraints. Anticipate and resolve non-technical issues with a full appreciation of their impact on development activities.

Key Activities

Required Skills and Competence

We are the ASSA ABLOY Group

Our people have made us the global leader in access solutions. In return, we open doors for them wherever they go. With nearly 63,000 colleagues in more than 70 different countries, we help billions of people experience a more open world. Our innovations make all sorts of spaces – physical and virtual – safer, more secure, and easier to access.

As an employer, we value results – not titles, or backgrounds. We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions – supporting them with regular feedback, training, and development opportunities. Our colleagues think broadly about where they can make the most impact, and we encourage them to grow their role locally, regionally, or even internationally.

As we welcome new people on board, it's important to us to have diverse, inclusive teams, and we value different perspectives and experiences.

Skills Required

Automation Tools, Uipath, Process Design, Power Platform, Business Process Automation, People Management, Business Analysis, process transformation