Product Manager, Paradox Employee Communications

Workday•Scottsdale, AZ

11d•$117,800 - $210,000•Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking an experienced Product Manager to define and execute the Employee Communications roadmap, focusing on creating best-in-class, mobile-first conversational experiences for frontline managers and employees post-hire. This role operates at the intersection of business stakeholders and engineering, ensuring solutions are scalable, intuitive, and seamlessly integrated into the cross-product frontline workflow. Product Managers on this team are involved in all aspects of the product management lifecycle, including creating new features, evangelizing improvements, and ensuring outstanding product delivery. The Employee Communications team collaborates closely with other key frontline solutions teams across Paradox and Workday, providing purpose-built, scalable communications tooling, employee Q&A, and more via conversational, SMS-based user experiences. These experiences aim to improve employee engagement and drive meaningful business outcomes by providing communication channels and information access within the flow of work.

Requirements

3+ years of experience in product management, specifically defining and delivering SaaS or cloud-based enterprise software (or equivalent experience working closely with product managers and customers)
Demonstrated ability to translate complex customer and market needs into clear, prioritized product requirements and successful product outcomes
Familiarity with the Talent Management or HR Tech landscape, including industry trends and competitive behavior.
Proven ability to manage a strategic vision and influence stakeholders at all levels.
Expertise in guiding partnerships with Engineering, Design, and Marketing teams to bring features to life.
A deep sense of empathy for the user; you proactively seek out pain points and use research to improve the user experience.
Skilled in using data analysis to derive actionable insights and measure product success.
Ability to navigate complex trade-offs between user needs, business goals, and technical feasibility.
Experience contributing to long-term product direction and identifying new market opportunities.
Strong Individual Initiative & Ownership: driven by results, and motivated by impact.
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).

Responsibilities

Partner with Paradox and Workday Product Owners, customers, and cross-functional teams (Product Marketing, GTM and customer-facing teams) to align product goals with desired business outcomes and strategic goals.
Apply strategic understanding of the company's big picture and competitive landscape to define strategy and positioning.
Define and evolve the product vision and strategy, including the underlying technical capabilities required for scale.
Define and deliver solutions that balance user requirements with technical architecture and business impact.
Deliver detailed feature specifications based on defined requirements; Integrating AI and agentic capabilities into our products and frameworks.
Lead product development teams through the full lifecycle—design, development, testing, and release—to ensure high-quality, on-time delivery.
Coordinate solution designs and build across multiple scrum teams within a sophisticated, distributed software environment.
Lead deep-dive technical discussions with key internal and external stakeholders.
Guide product teams toward high-value OKRs and measurable success. Study, learn and iterate based on measurement and insights.
Support the adoption of functionality by internal teams and customers and champion your product area within the Paradox/Workday community and at industry events.
Define and champions feature scope, benefits and value to internal and external stakeholders.