Product Owner - Workday Compensation & Benefits

Roles and Responsibilities

Product Strategy & Roadmap

• Define and own the product vision and multi-year roadmap for Workday Compensation & Benefits
• Translate business and Total Rewards strategy into clear product outcomes, capabilities, and prioritized features
• Establish and manage a value-driven prioritization framework (employee experience, operational efficiency, compliance, and scalability)
• Align roadmap with enterprise HR technology strategy and Workday platform capabilities

Domain Expertise & Advisory

• Serve as a trusted advisor to Total Rewards, HR, and Compensation leadership teams
• Provide subject matter expertise in:
  • Compensation cycles (merit, bonus, equity, incentives)
  • Benefits design, administration, and lifecycle management
  • Regulatory, compliance, and governance requirements in HR systems
• Challenge and optimize existing processes to drive simplification, standardization, and scalability

Solution Design & Delivery

• Partner with Workday architects, engineers, and functional teams to design scalable configurations and solutions
• Lead end-to-end product lifecycle activities including discovery, design, development, testing, and release
• Facilitate design thinking workshops, prototyping sessions, and stakeholder alignment discussions
• Ensure solutions align with Workday best practices and enterprise architecture standards

Innovation & AI Enablement

• Identify opportunities to enhance Compensation & Benefits processes through AI, automation, and advanced analytics
• Drive use cases such as pay equity insights, compensation recommendations, and benefits personalization
• Collaborate with platform and data teams to integrate intelligent and automated decision-support capabilities

Execution & Governance

• Own and manage product backlog, prioritization, and delivery coordination
• Ensure adherence to data governance, security, and compliance standards
• Track and measure product success through KPIs such as cycle efficiency, adoption rates, and employee experience improvements
• Drive continuous improvement based on feedback and performance metrics

Required Skills & Experience

• 10+ years of experience in HR technology, with strong expertise in Workday Compensation and Benefits modules
• Deep functional knowledge of:
  • Workday Advanced Compensation
  • Workday Benefits Administration
• Proven experience working in a product-based operating model
• Strong understanding of compensation and benefits processes, including global HR practices
• Experience collaborating with executive-level stakeholders and HR leadership teams
• Strong ability to balance strategic vision with hands-on execution

Preferred Skills

• Experience in large-scale Workday implementations or transformations
• Familiarity with vendor ecosystems (e.g., outsourced benefits administrators such as Alight or similar)
• Exposure to AI/ML-driven HR analytics and decision-support systems
• Experience in enterprise agile product delivery environments