Senior Product Manager, Workday Financials

Role Description and Mission:

The Senior Product Manager Workday Financials is the business partner and technical owner of the enterprise Procure-to-Pay (P2P) ecosystem. Serving as the critical bridge between Finance teams (Procurement Accounts Payable Reimbursements) and the technology stack this individual is responsible for the strategic roadmap configuration and systemic optimization of Workday Financials. Moving beyond feature execution the Senior Product Manager Workday Financials implements scalable compliant and highly automated financial workflows from Requisition to Payment ensuring the organization achieves its goals for touchless processing and maintains robust internal controls.

Key Outcomes:

• Ecosystem Strategy & Roadmap: Own and evolve the end-to-end product vision for the entire Procure-to-Pay lifecycle. Translate complex business needs from Finance leadership into a prioritized strategic roadmap balancing immediate operational fixes with enterprise initiatives (e.g. touchless invoice processing advanced claims payment rules).
• Workday Financials Architecture & Optimization: Serve as the functional Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Workday Procurement and Supplier Accounts. Lead the configuration testing and deployment of Workday updates and semi-annual releases ensuring seamless business continuity and the adoption of new system capabilities.
• Process Engineering: Architect and implement intuitive workflows within Workday that minimize end-user friction while maintaining strict financial controls. Analyze current workflows to identify systemic bottlenecks significantly reducing cycle times for approvals and payments.
• Training & Communication: Provide training demos and product updates to internal stakeholders. Clearly communicate product changes new features and operational benefits to relevant teams.
• Financial Systems & Performance Monitoring: Monitor product performance post-launch to ensure its alignment with business outcomes. Define key metrics for success and establish a feedback loop to drive product iterations.
• Automation & Innovation Leadership: Drive automation initiatives across the financial stack including the deployment of Automated Payment Rules supplier punch-outs and integrations with Optical Character Recognition (OCR) tools. Troubleshoot and resolve complex system-level process breaks.
• Stakeholder Integration: Partner with Sourcing Accounts Payable and Expense Audit leadership to define advanced requirements for supplier payment flows and spend analysis.
• Technical Orchestration: Collaborate with IT Data Science and Engineering squads to design and oversee complex integrations between Workday and third-party enterprise tools (e.g. data mediation platforms fraud detection rules and banking file transmissions).

Skills Education and Experience:

EDUCATION: Bachelors degree in Business Finance Computer Science or a related field or equivalent experience required.

EXPERIENCE: 8-10 years of total professional experience in Product Management Business Systems Analysis or Financial Operations. Minimum of 2 years of direct hands-on configuration and optimization experience within a Workday Financials environment specifically utilizing the Procurement Supplier Accounts or Expenses modules. Deep understanding of the full Procure-to-Pay lifecycle vendor master data management payment flows and three-way matching/reconciliation. Experience with OCR tools (e.g. Kofax ScanOne) or advanced procurement marketplaces is preferred. Proven experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment managing backlogs utilizing tools such as Jira.

ROLE BASED COMPETENCIES (KNOWLEDGE SKILLS & ABILITIES):

• FinOps Ecosystem Vision: Demonstrates an understanding of the full product lifecycle within financial systems; capable of architecting a P2P vision that aligns with long-term corporate financial strategy.
• Advanced Problem Solving & System Troubleshooting: Exhibits a proactive analytical approach to identifying and resolving system inefficiencies before they escalate into critical business interruptions.
• Strategic Prioritization (Ruthless Focus): Highly priority-minded; demonstrates the ability to cut through noise identify the highest-impact systemic issues and execute on them without distraction.
• Technical Translation & Communication: Possesses the unique ability to translate and explain complex Workday configurations and technical limitations to non-technical finance executives and stakeholders. .
• Data-Driven Product Optimization: Leverages an analytical mindset to justify product investments ; utilizes concrete data (e.g. time to approve touchless processing rates) to measure product success and iterate.
• Passionate Innovation: Exhibits a strong drive to innovate within the Finance space; passionate about leveraging technology (automation OCR) to make a tangible difference in operational efficiency.
• Change Management:Ability to lead and manage change within the organization. Effectively communicate and implement product updates and system changes to ensure smooth transitions across and Initiative: Self-driven with the ability to work independently and make decisions with minimal supervision. Demonstrates strong initiative and the ability to solve problems -Centric Mindset: A focus on internal stakeholders as customers with the ability to translate their needs and pain points into actionable solutions. Understands the user experience and ensures financial systems align with business goals and customer expectations.

WORKING RELATIONSHIPS: This position partners directly with the Director of Claims Payments & Reimbursements Accounting Leadership and cross-functional teams including Engineering Squads and Data Science & Analytics to align financial workflows with technical execution.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS: Ideal candidate is based in Massachusetts or New Hampshire and has the ability to come into our Medford MA headquarters occasionally. Remote candidates should be flexible to travel to our Medford MA headquarters 5% of total time depending on project needs. Evening or weekend hours may be required to meet project deadlines or system updates.

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The anticipated closing date to submit applications for this role is March 31st. Join our Greenhouse Candidate Portal to track your application status and receive instant alerts for future openings.