Role Summary

We are seeking a senior Workday Product Owner with deep expertise in Compensation, Benefits, Core HR, and Recruiting to lead product strategy, roadmap, and delivery. This role blends functional HR domain knowledge, product ownership, and technical solutioning, with a strong focus on AI-enabled innovation and employee experience transformation.

Key Responsibilities

Product Strategy & Ownership

• Define and own the product vision, roadmap, and backlog for:
  • Compensation & Benefits
  • Core HR & Recruiting lifecycle (Hire Onboard Manage Exit)
• Align product roadmap with enterprise priorities (scale, compliance, experience)
• Drive prioritization using value-based frameworks

Domain Expertise & Advisory

• Act as a trusted advisor to Total Rewards & HR leaders
• Provide deep expertise in:
  • Compensation cycles (merit, bonus, equity)
  • Benefits administration & vendor ecosystems (e.g., Alight)
  • Core HR (worker data, org structures, business processes)
  • Recruiting workflows (sourcing offer hire)
• Simplify complex processes and improve scalability

Experience & Journey Design

• Redesign key experiences:
  • Hiring Manager journey
  • Candidate experience
  • Employee lifecycle events
• Promote self-service, automation-first HR model

Solution Design & Delivery

• Partner with solution architects, engineers, and integration teams
• Lead:
  • Workday configuration and solution design
  • Prototyping and design thinking sessions
• Ensure scalable, reusable, and compliant configurations

AI & Innovation

• Drive AI-enabled HR capabilities, including:
  • Compensation insights (pay equity, recommendations)
  • Intelligent recruiting (screening, matching)
  • Benefits personalization and decision support
• Collaborate with platforms like:
  • Workday AI
  • SANA / external integrations

Execution & Governance

• Own backlog, sprint prioritization, and delivery execution
• Ensure adherence to:
  • Data governance
  • Security models
  • Integration standards
• Measure KPIs:
  • Compensation cycle efficiency
  • Employee experience improvements

Mandatory Skills (Top Priority)

Workday Functional Expertise

• Workday Compensation (Advanced Compensation)
• Benefits Administration
• Core HR (Worker data, org structures)
• Recruiting & Onboarding lifecycle

Product Ownership

• Product strategy, roadmap, backlog ownership
• Experience in product-based operating model
• Strong stakeholder management (executive-level)

Integration & Architecture

• Experience with:
  • Workday integrations & vendor ecosystems (Alight preferred)
  • End-to-end HR systems architecture
• Knowledge of data governance & enterprise systems

AI / Automation

• Exposure to:
  • AI-driven insights & automation
  • Intelligent workflows (screening, onboarding, case management)

Preferred Skills

• Experience modernizing Benefits ecosystem
• Hands-on experience with:
  • Workday AI / automation tools
  • Recruiting optimization and experience design
• Strong consulting / transformation experience