Job Description

As a part of Centre Excellence in Product development and Engineering, you will

People & Leadership

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of software engineers, application experts and SAP application experts within the Finance Area.

• Drive employee engagement, performance management, and career development.

• Conduct regular 1:1s, feedback sessions, goal setting, and performance reviews.

• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, inclusion, and continuous improvement.

• Identify and develop future leaders through coaching, mentoring, and succession planning.

Capability & Workforce Development

• Build and strengthen workforce capabilities across the Finance Area, covering in-house built solutions, niche SaaS solutions and core ERP capabilities.

• Identify skill gaps and drive upskilling and cross-skilling initiatives.

• Partner with other Competence Managers, Engineering Managers, Product Managers, the Area Tech Manager, Talent Acquisition and People Partners on workforce planning, hiring and talent development.

• Contribute to resource planning and capability development while balancing delivery needs, employee growth and sustainable workload.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Work closely with other Competence Managers, Engineering Managers, Product Managers and the Area Tech Manager to align workforce capability with area delivery priorities.

• Collaborate with Finance stakeholders and cross-functional teams to support business outcomes across finance, accounting, treasury and controlling.

• Represent the people and competence perspective in planning, prioritisation and organisational discussions.

What You'll Bring

• Experience from software engineering, application expertise, SAP application expertise or a related technology area supporting Finance capabilities.

• Experience from people leadership, coaching, mentoring or formal staff responsibility.

• SAP Finance competence, preferably including SAP S/4HANA, is highly preferred but not required.

• Strong people skills, with the ability to build trust, develop individuals and create an inclusive team environment.

• Experience in workforce planning, resource management, and succession planning.

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

• A passion for developing people, fostering inclusive teams, and driving continuous improvement.

Who You Are

• A people-first leader who enjoys helping others grow and succeed.

• A strong coach and mentor with a collaborative leadership style.

• Strategic, adaptable, and solutions-oriented.

• Passionate about talent development, innovation, and building high-performing teams.

Why Join H&M Group? At H&M Group, you'll have the opportunity to develop people and strengthen workforce capability in a broad Finance technology area. You will be part of an inclusive and collaborative environment that supports continuous learning, strong partnerships and meaningful contribution to global finance and digital transformation.