Sr. Product Manager

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About the Team

The Enterprise Components team is responsible for foundational elements of the Workday platform, including Worktags, Alerts, Custom Objects, and Questionnaires. We are seeking a strategic, forward-thinking Product Manager who can not only manage the existing suite of components but also define and drive their next phase of evolution. This role requires a unique combination of technical depth and product strategy, as you will be responsible for building a vision for this area within the company's broader product portfolio. You will be a key player in cross-functional conversations, influencing senior stakeholders, and ensuring the right teams are taking ownership of these crucial components.

About the Role

As a Product Manager for Enterprise Components, you will be deeply involved in all aspects of the product management lifecycle, with a focus on strategic direction and cross-functional leadership. You will:

• Define the Future: Drive the long-term strategy and roadmap for the Enterprise Components portfolio. This includes making decisions about the existing components and exploring new opportunities for platform value.
• Lead with Influence: Apply strategic understanding of the company's big picture to correctly position our components in the marketplace and internal ecosystem. This is a role of influence, not direct authority.
• Collaborate and Communicate: Work with internal partners across development, services, and sales to understand requirements. You will be the primary voice communicating the strategic direction to both internal and external stakeholders.
• Drive Initiatives: Lead cross-team initiatives, especially those related to the transfer of component ownership and the integration with Model Components and other Workday products.
• Synthesize Data: Comfortably explore and employ various sources of qualitative and quantitative data to navigate complex situations and synthesize a comprehensive product strategy.
• Be a Product Authority: Participate in customer-facing situations and user conferences as a product authority, even for components in maintenance mode.

About You

Basic Qualifications

• 7+ years of product management experience with a Bachelor's degree (or 3+ years with a Master's)
• Computer Science background or equivalent technical experience
• 5+ years working in building platforms for developers as an engineer and/or domain knowledge
• Demonstrated experience leading initiatives across large engineering organizations and working with cross-team collaboration

Other Qualifications

• Strong individual initiative & ownership – driven by results, and motivated by impact.
• At heart, is a "product person" – someone with strong empathy and a passion for understanding customer needs so that you can build great products that delight our customers.
• Uncompromising focus on user-centric design, data, research, and well-honed judgment to ensure you're focused on making the biggest difference to our users.
• Experience with quantitative and qualitative data analysis, including user research.
• Demonstrated ability to operate successfully across multiple functions, influence senior executives and peers alike, and mediate across teams.
• Understanding of multi-datacenter, cloud-native architecture (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
• Exceptional communication and presentation abilities, both written and verbal.
• Experience with automation technologies or framework methodologies.
• History of working with Enterprise Resource Planning systems.
• Experienced with scrum and other agile development methods.
• Experience with SaaS.

Our Approach to Flexible Work

With Flex Work, we're 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 you'll 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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