Principal Product Manager – People Technologies

Principal Product Manager – People Technologies

Requirements

• Minimum of 12 years of experience in People Technologies, especially in Workday and its ecosystems.
• Proven leadership experience in driving complex HCM technology initiatives across multiple stakeholder groups and partner teams.
• Extensive background in capturing business requirements and implementing best-practice in Workday configurations to optimize system functionality.
• Demonstrated experience working at a senior level, with the ability to communicate effectively with executives and vendor partners.
• Experience with cross-functional leadership across HR, Legal, Finance functions.
• Excellent decision-making abilities, balancing risk, speed, and long-term value to drive impactful solutions.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to quickly identify and resolve complex challenges.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, capable of translating complex technical concepts for diverse audiences.
• Strong Agile mindset, with hands-on experience in applying Agile methodologies for product management and system development.

Responsibilities

• Lead, shape and execute the People Technology roadmap, ensuring alignment with stakeholders, technical feasibility, and business value.
• Partner with executive leadership and business functional leads to develop and implement a unified, strategic plan that drives organizational success.
• Engage with internal stakeholders to understand business challenges, prioritize needs based on impact, and translate them into actionable initiatives.
• Drive end-to-end process standardization across all Workday modules, ensuring consistency and efficiency.
• Evaluate emerging trends and technologies in the HR tech landscape.
• Establish and enforce data governance best practices to maintain data accuracy, consistency, and compliance across the platform.
• Lead platform-level change management efforts, ensuring smooth and aligned transitions across all People Technology solutions. Address resistance and ensure high adoption rates.
• Evaluate and optimize the value of People Technology investments, ensuring continuous improvements and new features deliver maximum business impact.
• Design and maintain process flows for each functional area, ensuring clarity and standardization across.
• Evaluate and manage various systems’s patch releases, guiding the seamless adoption (including review, testing, and implementation) and integration of new features to enhance system capabilities.
• Collaborate with HR, IT, Finance, Legal, and business leaders to gather requirements and prioritize needs.
• Support Backlog management, Prioritization, and Agile ceremonies (Planning, Sprint Planning, Retrospectives), ensuring alignment with business priorities and system health.
• Work closely with security & Compliance teams to ensure ongoing compliance with corporate security policies and data protection standards.
• Own People Technology’s product portfolio, managing the full lifecycle of systems and driving value from them.
• Foster a culture of cross-functional collaboration, ensuring that Workday is effectively utilized across all teams and departments.
• Lead the prioritization of product issues, defects, and enhancements, ensuring quick resolution and the integration of quality throughout the development lifecycle. Balance innovation with short-term delivery.
• Collaborate with HR, communications and training teams to develop and implement comprehensive training plans, ensuring continuous user engagement with new features and system improvements.
• Establish a consistent feedback loop with support teams to drive continuous system optimization and user satisfaction.

Preferred Qualifications

• Workday HCM Pro certification (preferred).
• Experience with Workday systems and their integration into global platforms such as a Greenhouse, Servicenow, ADP, Benefits Providers and others.