Principal Product Manager, Enterprise Applications

Your work days are brighter here.

We’re obsessed with making hard work pay off, for our people, our customers, and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we’re shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, you’ll feel it. Not just in the products we build, but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm. We’re in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you’ll do meaningful work with Workmates who’ve got your back. In return, we’ll give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So, if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone, including yourself, you’ve found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too.

About the Team

The Digital Employee Experience team, part of the Business Technology (BT) at Workday, is responsible for delivering innovative and engaging digital experiences for our global workforce. Our team is dedicated to understanding the needs and challenges of our employees, creating solutions that improve their productivity, engagement, and satisfaction. We work closely with cross-functional teams across the organization, including Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, HR, Employee Communications, and other departments, to deliver seamless and integrated digital experiences that support our business operations and empower our employees to be their best. We are a collaborative and dynamic team that values creativity, innovation, and continuous improvement. Join us and shape the future of the digital employee experience at Workday!

About the Role

We are seeking a highly strategic and experienced Senior Product Manager to shape the future of digital work at Workday. In this pivotal role, you will be the visionary owner for our critical productivity and collaboration tools, directly impacting the daily experience and efficiency of thousands of Workmates globally. This is an unparalleled opportunity to lead transformative initiatives, navigate a vast internal ecosystem, drive cross-functional alignment, and deliver solutions that are integral to Workday's strategic goals and operational excellence. You'll have the autonomy to innovate and drive significant organizational change, fostering a world-class employee experience.

Responsibilities

Strategic Product Leadership:

• Define and articulate a compelling product vision and strategy that deeply champions the company's overarching corporate vision, business unit strategies, and cross-company initiatives.

• Act as a strong internal evangelist for your product's vision, strategy, and value proposition across diverse internal organizations, including executive leadership.

Roadmap Management & Prioritization:

• Own, develop, and manage a strategic product roadmap, balancing short-term tactical needs with long-term strategic goals.

• Lead complex, data-driven prioritization efforts, effectively negotiating and influencing diverse stakeholders and vendors.

• Proactively identify and manage intricate dependencies across multiple product teams and shared enterprise platforms.

Execution Excellence & Cross-Functional Orchestration:

• Drive the entire product lifecycle from assessment to launch, and post-launch optimization.

• Translate strategic initiatives into clear, detailed product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria for multiple, globally distributed, engineering teams.

• Collaborate extensively with cross-functional teams.

• Navigate and contribute to established enterprise processes, including security reviews, legal approvals, and enterprise architecture governance.

• Define and measure key performance indicators (KPIs) and use data & analytics to make informed decisions about product enhancements and change impact.

• Lead feature demos, program reviews and monthly/quarterly roadmap alignment with senior leadership.

• Drive and own key demand, dependencies, roadmap adjustments and execution to ensure delivery for key digital employee experience initiatives.

Leadership, Influence, & Communication:

• Build strong relationships and expertly influence without direct authority, driving consensus and motivating teams towards shared product goals.

• Clearly communicate product strategy, roadmap, and progress to various audiences, from engineering teams to C-level executives, tailoring messages for impact.

Deep Technical & Domain Expertise:

• Deep collaboration and productivity expertise, understanding intricate technical details, integration points, and nuances.

• Support multiple scrum teams.

• Possess profound collaboration and productivity expertise, are up-to-date with emerging trends and bring new ideas and best practices to the team.

About You

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business or Information Technology. MBA is a plus.

• 12+ years product and program management experience handling products in the enterprise applications space.

• 5+ years experience working in Agile or similar product development methodologies.

Other Qualifications

• Experience working with employee-facing digital products, such as intranets, mobile apps, chatbots, or other digital touchpoints.

• Proven understanding of user experience principles and standard methodologies, the ability to translate user needs into product requirements and features.

• Proven experience and expertise with deploying large employee communication platforms or equivalent collaboration technologies preferably in tech companies.

• Broad architectural-minded vision and design thinking skills with employee experience and scalability at the core of their thinking.

• Track record of delivering high impact, cross functional efforts with exceptional collaboration and ability to positively influence others. Ability to lead large detailed projects to timelines.

• Ability to use data to generate insights and recommendations, analyze issues, propose creative solutions, and improve processes.

• Ability to think and act both strategically and tactically - translating pivotal initiatives into detailed execution plans.

• Very organized and authority at roadmap and planning processes; understand scrum practices and methods for planning and completing backlogs emerging out of portfolio planning sessions.

• Product Management and Scrum certifications are a plus.

Our Approach to Flexible Work
 

With Flex Work, we’re combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways, so rather than a number of required days in-office each week, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role). This means you'll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business, team, and personal needs, while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote "home office" roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.

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