Product Manager, Paradox Employee Communications

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About the Team

About the Role

Were looking for an experienced Product Manager to own the definition and execution of the Employee Communications roadmap to shape best-in-class mobile-first conversational experiences for frontline managers and employees post-hire. Working at the intersection of business stakeholders and engineering you will ensure our solutions are scalable intuitive and seamlessly integrated into the cross-product frontline workflow.

Product Managers on our team are involved in all aspects of the product management lifecycle. We create new features to delight customers evangelize the improvements to both internal and external customers all while sweating out the details to deliver outstanding products.

This role includes:

• Collaborative Strategy: Partner with Paradox and Workday Product Owners customers and cross-functional teams (Product Marketing GTM and customer-facing teams) to align product goals with desired business outcomes and strategic goals.

• Leading through influence: Applying strategic understanding of the companys big picture and competitive landscape to define strategy and positioning.

• Vision & Roadmap: Define and evolve the product vision and strategy including the underlying technical capabilities required for scale.

• Solution Design: Define and deliver solutions that balance user requirements with technical architecture and business impact. Deliver detailed feature specifications based on defined requirements; Integrating AI and agentic capabilities into our products and frameworks.

• End-to-End Delivery: Lead product development teams through the full lifecycledesign development testing and releaseto ensure high-quality on-time delivery.

• Cross-Functional Execution Alignment: Coordinate solution designs and build across multiple scrum teams within a sophisticated distributed software environment.

• Technical Leadership: Lead deep-dive technical discussions with key internal and external stakeholders.

• Performance Tracking: Guide product teams toward high-value OKRs and measurable success. Study learn and iterate based on measurement and insights.

• Evangelism: Support the adoption of functionality by internal teams and customers and champion your product area within the Paradox/Workday community and at industry events. Define and champions feature scope benefits and value to internal and external stakeholders.

About You

Basic Qualifications

• 3 years of experience in product management specifically defining and delivering SaaS or cloud-based enterprise software (or equivalent experience working closely with product managers and customers)

Other Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to translate complex customer and market needs into clear prioritized product requirements and successful product outcomes

• Domain Expertise: Familiarity with the Talent Management or HR Tech landscape including industry trends and competitive behavior.

• Business Influence: Proven ability to manage a strategic vision and influence stakeholders at all levels.

• Cross-Team Collaboration: Expertise in guiding partnerships with Engineering Design and Marketing teams to bring features to life.

• Customer Advocacy: A deep sense of empathy for the user; you proactively seek out pain points and use research to improve the user experience.

• Analytical Mindset: Skilled in using data analysis to derive actionable insights and measure product success.

• Decisive Leadership: Ability to navigate complex trade-offs between user needs business goals and technical feasibility.

• Strategic Thinking: Experience contributing to long-term product direction and identifying new market opportunities.

• Strong Individual Initiative & Ownership: driven by results and motivated by impact.

• Bachelors degree in Business Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).

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The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidates compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including but not limited to geography experience skills job duties and business need among other things. For more information regarding Workdays comprehensive benefits please click here.

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With Flex Work were combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections maintain a strong community and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways so rather than a number of required days in-office each week we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers prospects and partners (depending on role). This means youll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business team and personal needs while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote home office roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.

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