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Workday Product Owner
Job Location:
Job Location:
Irvine, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not provided by the employer
Monthly Salary:
Posted:
5 June 2026 (30+ days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
2 September 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
Role Summary
We are seeking a senior Workday Product Owner with deep expertise in Compensation Benefits Core HR and Recruiting to lead product strategy roadmap and delivery. This role blends functional HR domain knowledge product ownership and technical solutioning with a strong focus on AI-enabled innovation and employee experience transformation.
Key Responsibilities
Product Strategy & Ownership
- Define and own the product vision roadmap and backlog for:
- Compensation & Benefits
- Core HR & Recruiting lifecycle (Hire Onboard Manage Exit)
- Align product roadmap with enterprise priorities (scale compliance experience)
- Drive prioritization using value-based frameworks
Domain Expertise & Advisory
- Act as a trusted advisor to Total Rewards & HR leaders
- Provide deep expertise in:
- Compensation cycles (merit bonus equity)
- Benefits administration & vendor ecosystems (e.g. Alight)
- Core HR (worker data org structures business processes)
- Recruiting workflows (sourcing offer hire)
- Simplify complex processes and improve scalability
Experience & Journey Design
- Redesign key experiences:
- Hiring Manager journey
- Candidate experience
- Employee lifecycle events
- Promote self-service automation-first HR model
Solution Design & Delivery
- Partner with solution architects engineers and integration teams
- Lead:
- Workday configuration and solution design
- Prototyping and design thinking sessions
- Ensure scalable reusable and compliant configurations
AI & Innovation
- Drive AI-enabled HR capabilities including:
- Compensation insights (pay equity recommendations)
- Intelligent recruiting (screening matching)
- Benefits personalization and decision support
- Collaborate with platforms like:
- Workday AI
- SANA / external integrations
Execution & Governance
- Own backlog sprint prioritization and delivery execution
- Ensure adherence to:
- Data governance
- Security models
- Integration standards
- Measure KPIs:
- Compensation cycle efficiency
- Employee experience improvements
Mandatory Skills (Top Priority)
Workday Functional Expertise
- Workday Compensation (Advanced Compensation)
- Benefits Administration
- Core HR (Worker data org structures)
- Recruiting & Onboarding lifecycle
Product Ownership
- Product strategy roadmap backlog ownership
- Experience in product-based operating model
- Strong stakeholder management (executive-level)
Integration & Architecture
- Experience with:
- Workday integrations & vendor ecosystems (Alight preferred)
- End-to-end HR systems architecture
- Knowledge of data governance & enterprise systems
AI / Automation
- Exposure to:
- AI-driven insights & automation
- Intelligent workflows (screening onboarding case management)
Preferred Skills
- Experience modernizing Benefits ecosystem
- Hands-on experience with:
- Workday AI / automation tools
- Recruiting optimization and experience design
- Strong consulting / transformation experience
