Workday Time & Absence Product Manager

Description Remote
Our client seeks an innovative and technical Workday Time & Absence Product Manager to own and advance time, scheduling, absence, leave, and employee self-service capabilities. The role combines product management with deep Workday configuration, testing, release management, and solution design. The manager will leverage AI, automation, analytics, and emerging Workday features to modernize processes, improve compliance, and deliver measurable outcomes across employee and manager experiences.
Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.
Rate: $75.00 to $85.00/hr. w2
JN -102026-109075
Responsibilities

• Define and manage strategy, roadmap, and backlog for Workday Time Tracking, Absence Management, Leave Management, and Workforce Scheduling.
• Partner with HR, Payroll, Operations, Compliance, and Technology to define future-state workforce experiences.
• Translate business objectives into measurable outcomes and prioritized initiatives with multi-quarter roadmaps.
• Identify and evaluate AI, machine learning, generative AI, and automation opportunities for workforce processes.
• Design AI-enabled solutions for leave case management, scheduling assistance, absence trend prediction, compliance monitoring, policy interpretation, and self-service.
• Partner with enterprise AI teams to pilot and scale intelligent workforce solutions.
• Serve as product owner and functional SME for Time Tracking, Absence, Leave Administration, Eligibility Rules, Accruals, Time Calculations, Holiday Calendars, Work Schedules, and Leave Compliance Programs.
• Configure and maintain Workday business processes, validations, eligibility rules, accruals, time entry, and absence plans.
• Lead discovery, requirements workshops, design reviews, and translate needs into user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Own testing strategy and execution including unit, system integration, UAT, regression, and production validation.
• Build and maintain product backlogs, release plans, and coordinate implementations across HR, Payroll, IT, and partners.
• Support Workday upgrades, feature releases, and continuous optimization.
• Develop KPIs and success metrics, and leverage Workday reporting, calculated fields, dashboards, and analytics.
• Identify predictive analytics and AI-generated insights to improve workforce planning and absence management.