Group Product Manager- Workday

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The Group Product Manager (GPM), Workday serves as the strategic and execution leader for the enterprise Workday platform. This role is accountable for defining and evolving the long-term platform vision, driving roadmap alignment, and ensuring delivery excellence across all current and future Workday capabilities. As Workday transitions under IT, the GPM is the critical link between executive strategy and platform execution, ensuring Workday operates as a unified, scalable system of record supporting HR, Finance, and operational workflows across the enterprise. This leader oversees a portfolio of Workday modules including HCM, Payroll, Benefits, Workforce Management (Time Tracking), Analytics & Reporting, and Extend Technology, with the potential to expand into additional modules such as Recruiting and Learning as the organization explores platform consolidation. The GPM will lead the upcoming platform refactor assessment, define scope, sequence delivery, and ensure measurable business value is realized at every stage. Operating at both strategic and operational levels, the GPM aligns executive priorities to disciplined product execution, ensuring strong governance, continuous platform maturity, and sustained return on investment.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the multi-year Workday platform strategy aligned to enterprise HR, Finance, and operational transformation goals.
• Establish Workday as the enterprise system of record for people, payroll, and financial data across the organization.
• Lead the Workday platform refactor assessment evaluating current state, defining scope, and building a sequenced roadmap for transformation.
• Ensure platform investments maximize Workday's native capabilities rather than duplicating functionality across systems.
• Evaluate and drive platform consolidation opportunities, including potential expansion into Recruiting and Learning.
• Drive adoption of Workday's evolving capabilities including Extend Technology, Analytics & Reporting, and AI-enabled features.
• Own and oversee multiple Workday product roadmaps across HCM, Payroll, Benefits, Workforce Management, Analytics & Reporting, and Extend Technology.
• Align cross-functional roadmaps into one cohesive platform strategy.
• Lead enterprise prioritization based on measurable value, risk, compliance, and operational impact.
• Manage cross-module dependencies, integrations, and sequencing.
• Ensure backlog readiness, sprint discipline, and predictable delivery outcomes across multiple product teams.
• Partner with Engineering, Architecture, Infrastructure, and Security to deliver scalable, secure solutions.
• Identify risks early and communicate transparently to executive leadership.
• Ensure adoption, training alignment, and change management are built into roadmap execution.
• Lead and mentor Product Managers, Product Owners, Business Analysts, and Scrum Masters supporting the Workday platform.
• Build scalable product management frameworks across intake, prioritization, and metrics.
• Mature the Workday operating model from project-based to product-based delivery.
• Foster a high-accountability culture focused on outcomes and continuous improvement.
• Serve as the executive-facing product leader for Workday.
• Communicate roadmap progress, KPIs, risks, ROI, and adoption metrics to senior leadership.
• Partner with HR, Finance, Infrastructure, Security, and Operations stakeholders to ensure alignment.
• Manage the Workday vendor relationship including roadmap alignment, licensing optimization, and upgrade strategy.
• Define and track KPIs measuring platform performance, adoption, and business impact — including payroll accuracy, HR cycle time, self-service adoption, time tracking efficiency, automation savings, and reporting adoption.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise governance standards, security requirements, and audit controls.
• Oversee platform upgrades, release planning, lifecycle management, and reduction of technical debt.
• Drive continuous improvement through data-driven insights ensuring measurable ROI and sustained platform maturity.

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 8+ years of product management, enterprise platform ownership, or large-scale program leadership experience.
• 4+ years leading cross-functional product or delivery teams in a matrixed enterprise environment.
• Proven experience owning, implementing, or maturing Workday at the enterprise level.
• Strong functional understanding of Workday HCM, Payroll, Benefits, Workforce Management, Analytics & Reporting, and Extend Technology.
• Demonstrated experience leading or contributing to a Workday platform refactor or major configuration initiative.
• Technical fluency in Workday integrations, Studio, EIB, Prism Analytics, Extend, and enterprise system design.
• Experience working within Agile delivery models including Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe.
• Strong executive communication, stakeholder alignment, and influence skills.
• Deep understanding of HR, Finance, and operational business processes supported by Workday.

Preferred

• Workday Pro certification in HCM, Payroll, Financials, or equivalent.
• Experience implementing Workday Extend, Prism Analytics, or People Analytics.
• Experience scaling Workday in a multi-location, high-growth enterprise.
• Master's degree in Business or Technology.
• Experience in healthcare or multi-location enterprise organizations.
• Agile, Scrum, SAFe, or equivalent certification.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Enterprise platform mindset thinks horizontally across HCM, Finance, and Operations, not in modules.
• Strong prioritization discipline grounded in business value and data.
• Financial acumen including license optimization, ROI tracking, and portfolio investment oversight.
• Ability to influence across HR, Finance, IT, Operations, and executive leadership.
• Comfortable operating in complex, regulated environments.
• Strategic thinker who can zoom in and zoom out effectively.
• Strong change management awareness with the ability to drive adoption across large, distributed workforces.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition Reimbursement
• 401K
• Paid time to volunteer in your local community

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