Payroll Product Manager - Payroll Core

Workday • Pleasanton, CA

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Payroll Product Manager on Workday’s Payroll Core team shapes the design of Workday Payroll and owns the product vision and roadmap for payroll frameworks, calculation engines, and AI-powered agent experiences. The role focuses on delivering meaningful value to customers worldwide while supporting the development of core infrastructure for payroll localization, APIs, tools, and AI-enabled payroll workflows.

The Product Manager learns Workday Payroll in depth, identifies product and process improvement opportunities through customer requirements, market trends, and competitive analysis, and applies AI tools—including large language models and AI-assisted development environments—to accelerate product development. The role works with executives and cross-functional partners to develop roadmaps, timelines, and updates; coordinates customer experience development and rollout with Software Engineering, UX, Quality Assurance, and Content; establishes performance indicators and optimization processes; and conducts customer meetings and design sessions to translate insights into product requirements and vision.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in product management, defining and delivering SaaS and/or cloud-based enterprise software products or features.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline such as Business, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
• Ability to shape decisions and drive alignment in a large organization through persuasive communication and relationship-building.
• Experience collaborating across teams and departments, including Engineering, UX, QA, and Content, to deliver shared goals.
• Ability to understand and address customer needs, represent customer interests, and influence product development based on customer feedback.
• Skill in evaluating alternatives, assessing risk, solving problems, balancing data with judgment, and driving product outcomes.
• Experience systematically collecting, analyzing, and interpreting information about payroll markets, customer needs, and competitive dynamics.
• Experience using AI tools to develop or implement software solutions.

Responsibilities

• Own the product vision and roadmap for payroll frameworks, calculation engines, and AI-powered agent experiences.
• Learn Workday Payroll in depth and identify product feature and process improvement opportunities by analyzing customer requirements, market trends, and competitive gaps.
• Learn and apply AI tools, including large language models and AI-assisted development environments, to accelerate product development, improve workflows, and bring solutions to market faster.
• Collaborate with executives and other product teams to incorporate requirements into the product roadmap and provide accurate timelines and project updates.
• Partner with Software Engineering, UX, Quality Assurance, and Content teams to coordinate development and rollout of new customer experiences.
• Build performance indicators and processes to measure experience efficiency and identify opportunities for further optimization.
• Conduct meetings and design sessions with external customers, translating insights into product requirements and product vision.

Benefits

• May be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus.
• May be eligible for annual refresh stock grants.
• Flexible work arrangement, with at least half (50%) of time each quarter in the office or in the field with customers, prospects, and partners.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level