Senior Product Manager, Workday

Zillow Zillow · Consumer · United States · Remote

Seeking a Senior Product Manager to drive the vision and execution of Workday enhancements across modules like Payroll, Compensation, Benefits, Core HCM, and Talent Acquisition. The role involves strategic and tactical responsibilities, influencing product direction, driving end-to-end execution of projects, partnering with HR stakeholders, and managing roadmaps. Experience applying AI or automation within HR systems or Workday Extend is a plus.

What you'd actually do

  1. Understand business goals, uncover employee pain points, and translate functional requirements into a clear, outcome‑driven product vision for Workday.
  2. Own and evolve the Workday roadmap, balancing near‑term operational needs with longer‑term scalability, automation, and employee experience improvements.
  3. Proactively identify opportunities to simplify processes, reduce friction, and improve self‑service across Workday domains.
  4. Lead end‑to‑end delivery of Workday enhancements, including problem definition, requirements, backlog prioritization, sprint planning, testing, launch, and post‑launch validation to drive measurable improvements in HR and employee experiences.
  5. Create clarity in ambiguous situations, quickly making sense of the work and aligning teams toward an achievable path forward.

Skills

Required

  • 5+ years of experience as a Product Manager with direct product ownership in an Agile environment, partnering closely with engineers and cross‑functional stakeholders.
  • 2–4 years of experience executing product development within Workday, with hands‑on experience in at least one of the following domains: Talent Acquisition, Compensation, Benefits, Payroll, HCM, AI, and/or Extend; experience across multiple Workday modules is a plus but not required.
  • Proven ability to manage and deliver across multiple large‑scale initiatives simultaneously, balancing quality, impact, and timelines.
  • Clear, concise, and effective communicator with strong judgment on when to step back to reassess alignment and when to step in to remove operational blockers and drive progress.
  • Demonstrated end‑to‑end product management and technical implementation experience, including discovery, requirements definition, planning, prioritization, stakeholder management, user testing, launch execution, and measuring post‑launch impact, with a strong track record of delivering high‑quality outcomes.
  • Experienced in guiding prioritization and making thoughtful trade‑off decisions that balance customer needs with technical and organizational constraints.

Nice to have

  • experience across multiple modules is a plus
  • Comfortable leveraging AI and automation to work more effectively and increase impact.

What the JD emphasized

  • experience with at least one of these areas is required
  • experience applying AI or automation within HR systems or Workday Extend is a plus
  • Experience applying AI or automation within HR systems or Workday Extend is a plus