Senior Product Manager, Workday

Zillow

12d • Remote

About The Position

Join a team of product managers dedicated to delivering innovative technology solutions for Zillow’s People Org. Our team drives the product strategy and execution of work supporting HR and empowering all employees, collaborating closely with engineering partners to make Workday work better for all. As part of the CoreTech team, we support the platforms and foundational services that enable teams across Zillow Group to build the world’s best real estate experience and fulfill Zillow’s mission to make home a reality for more people. We are seeking an experienced Senior Product Manager to drive the vision and execution of enhancements to Workday across modules such as Payroll, Compensation, Benefits, Core HCM, and Talent Acquisition; experience with at least one of these areas is required, and experience across multiple modules is a plus. Experience applying AI or automation within HR systems or Workday Extend is a plus. This role is both strategic and tactical: you will influence product direction while also driving end‑to-end execution of projects that improve HR operations and the employee experience in Workday. You will be a strategic partner for HR stakeholders and a champion for employee experience, using strong written and verbal communication to articulate product vision, goals, and decisions through effective storytelling. You will manage stakeholders at all levels to drive alignment, proactively identify and resolve areas of misalignment while maintaining trust, and own your roadmap—managing dependencies, gathering input, setting expectations, and negotiating tradeoffs. You will also make thoughtful decisions about when to scale, iterate on, or sunset products, grounded in a deep understanding of People Org processes, customer needs, company strategy, and effective cross‑functional collaboration to ensure successful product delivery and launches. You will get to Understand business goals, uncover employee pain points, and translate functional requirements into a clear, outcome‑driven product vision for Workday. Own and evolve the Workday roadmap, balancing near‑term operational needs with longer‑term scalability, automation, and employee experience improvements. Proactively identify opportunities to simplify processes, reduce friction, and improve self‑service across Workday domains. 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. Create clarity in ambiguous situations, quickly making sense of the work and aligning teams toward an achievable path forward. Guide stakeholders through problem framing, solution design, tradeoffs, and sequencing decisions, and drive alignment across teams by clarifying ownership, dependencies, expectations, and resolving misalignment. Communicate product direction, progress, risks, and outcomes through clear product briefs, demos, status updates, and executive‑ready storytelling. Partner with the Employee Service Center and Operations to design, improve, and scale sustainable Workday processes and solutions that support global scale, interoperability, reliability, and ease of use.

Requirements

• 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.
• Comfortable leveraging AI and automation to work more effectively and increase impact.
• 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 Haves

• experience across multiple Workday modules is a plus
• Experience applying AI or automation within HR systems or Workday Extend is a plus

Responsibilities

• Understand business goals, uncover employee pain points, and translate functional requirements into a clear, outcome‑driven product vision for Workday.
• Own and evolve the Workday roadmap, balancing near‑term operational needs with longer‑term scalability, automation, and employee experience improvements.
• Proactively identify opportunities to simplify processes, reduce friction, and improve self‑service across Workday domains.
• 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.
• Create clarity in ambiguous situations, quickly making sense of the work and aligning teams toward an achievable path forward.
• Guide stakeholders through problem framing, solution design, tradeoffs, and sequencing decisions, and drive alignment across teams by clarifying ownership, dependencies, expectations, and resolving misalignment.
• Communicate product direction, progress, risks, and outcomes through clear product briefs, demos, status updates, and executive‑ready storytelling.
• Partner with the Employee Service Center and Operations to design, improve, and scale sustainable Workday processes and solutions that support global scale, interoperability, reliability, and ease of use.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed