Workday Talent & Core HR Product Owner - Irvine, CA (Onsite) - 6 months | TCS

Job Title: Workday Talent & Core HR Product Owner

Location: Irvine, CA (Onsite)

Duration: 6 months

Implementation: TCS

Experience Required: 10+ years

Pay Rate: $66/hr C2C or $59/hr W2

Own Role Descriptions:

• Product Ownership Strategy
• the Core HR Recruiting product portfolio
• Define roadmap across Hire Onboard Manage Exit lifecycle
• Align with enterprise priorities (scale| experience| compliance)
• Domain Expertise
• Deep knowledge of Core HR (worker data| org structures| business processes)
• Recruiting workflows (sourcing offer hire)
• Simplify complex workflows and eliminate friction
• Experience Journey Design
• Redesign moments that matter
• Hiring manager experience
• Candidate experience
• Employee lifecycle events
• Drive self-service and automation-first mindset
• Solutioning Delivery
• Work closely with Solution engineers
• Integration teams
• Lead design and prototyping of Recruiting workflows
• Core HR processes
• Ensure scalable and reusable configurations
• AI Automation
• Drive AI-enabled recruiting (screening| matching)
• Intelligent workflows (case management| onboarding)
• Partner with tools like Workday AI SANA integrations (as applicable)
• Execution Governance
• Own backlog and prioritization
• Ensure alignment with Data governance, Security models, Integration standards
• Act as a trusted advisor to Total Rewards leaders
• Provide deep expertise in:

• Performance & Goals
• Succession Planning
• Learning management & experience platforms

• Challenge and guide business stakeholders toward simplified, scalable processes
• Workday Certifications are preferred
• Experience in Business Process setup
• Analysis and Recommendation of new features
• Ability to gather & analyze requirements, collaborate with business, and configure new Workday features
• Product Vision & Strategy
• Define and drive the Talent & Learning product strategy
• Build roadmap aligned to:

• Skills-based organization
• Career development & internal mobility
• Leadership pipeline
• Domain Leadership

• Deep expertise in:

• Performance management
• Succession planning
• Learning management & experience platforms

• Guide HR to shift from process-driven to skills-driven models
• Experience Design
• Design end-to-end employee journeys:
• Career growth
• Learning pathways
• Performance cycles
• Focus on consumer-grade experiences
• Solutioning & Delivery
• Partner with solution engineers to:

• Configure scalable Workday Talent & Learning solutions
• Integrate with external platforms (e.g., learning ecosystems, skills platforms)
• Lead prototyping and iterative solution design

• AI & Innovation
• Drive:

• AI-powered skill inference and recommendations
• Personalized learning journeys
• Talent insights and workforce planning inputs
• Execution
• Own backlog, prioritization, and sprint outcomes
• Drive adoption and continuous improvement

Workday Talent; Workday Performance Management, Workday Learning, Workday Succession Planning, Workday Functional Consultant, Workday Functional Solution Architect

Skills:

• Workday Onboarding