JR103482 Product Owner III - Workday Platform Administrator

Modivcare•Denver, CO

About The Position

Modivcare is seeking an experienced Product Owner III to serve as the Workday Platform Administrator. This role is accountable for the backlog, outcomes, and platform administration across Modivcare’s Workday ecosystem, including Workday Accounting Center, Workday Finance (inclusive of Adaptive Planning), and Workday Human Capital Management. The Product Owner III will partner with Finance and HR leaders to translate platform strategy into an executable roadmap and prioritized backlog. This role will directly administer and configure Workday to deliver value, maintain platform integrity, and reduce operational risk. Additionally, this role will engage and manage external vendor support when internal capacity or specialized expertise is needed. The role involves defining and monitoring KPIs, ensuring audit readiness and compliance, and establishing reporting visibility. It also includes stakeholder leadership, communication, and vendor engagement. The scope of ownership covers Workday Accounting Center, Workday Finance and Adaptive Planning, and Human Capital Management modules.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
5+ years of experience in a Product Owner, enterprise platform, or ERP/HCM systems role with demonstrated ownership of complex backlogs and stakeholder alignment.
Demonstrated hands-on experience administering or configuring enterprise platforms, strongly preferred Workday experience in Finance and/or HCM.
Strong skills in requirements definition, backlog management, prioritization, and outcome measurement.
Experience working directly with Finance and HR business stakeholders in an enterprise environment.
Functional experience in Workday Accounting Center, Workday Finance, Adaptive Planning, and/or HCM.
Experience coordinating managed services or external Workday partners.
Strong understanding of Agile principles and backlog management practices.
Ability to manage complex enterprise issues while balancing competing priorities.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to audit, compliance, and control requirements.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Demonstrated stakeholder management and influence without direct authority.
Proficiency in Jira, Confluence, Aha, and enterprise reporting tools.
Financial and operational acumen, including understanding of close cycles, planning processes, payroll operations, and internal controls.
Strong documentation discipline and governance mindset.
Ability to work effectively with geographically distributed teams.

Nice To Haves

Agile or Scrum certification preferred.
Healthcare industry experience desired.

Responsibilities

Acts as the key point of contact between business stakeholders and platform execution to ensure alignment on Workday priorities and outcomes.
Owns and continuously refines the Workday roadmap and backlog across Accounting Center, Finance and Adaptive Planning, and HCM.
Translates strategic objectives into clearly defined initiatives, epics, user stories, and configuration tasks with measurable acceptance criteria.
Prioritizes work based on business value, risk mitigation, compliance requirements, and operational impact.
Manages cross-module dependencies across Finance, HCM, security, reporting, and integrations.
Serves as a hands-on Workday administrator responsible for tenant configuration and operational support within defined governance standards.
Administers business processes, security roles, domain policies, supervisory organizations, financial structures, reporting frameworks, calculated fields, dashboards, and other configuration components.
Supports release management activities including documentation, testing coordination, deployment sequencing, and stakeholder communications.
Ensures system changes are sustainable, documented, and aligned to enterprise architecture and audit standards.
Defines and monitors KPIs tied to platform outcomes, including close cycle efficiency, planning cycle performance, payroll accuracy, data quality, accounting event integrity, and reporting timeliness.
Ensures changes are audit-ready and compliant with separation of duties, internal controls, and regulatory requirements.
Establishes reporting visibility and instrumentation to measure release impact and operational performance.
Collaborates with Finance, Accounting, Payroll, HR, Benefits, and operational stakeholders to gather requirements and align priorities.
Acts as the primary platform contact for backlog status, issue triage, release outcomes, and impact assessments.
Facilitates prioritization and trade-off decisions to ensure focus on enterprise value realization.
Communicates release updates and platform changes clearly to stakeholders.
Determines when external vendor support is required based on complexity, capacity, or specialized expertise.
Defines scope, deliverables, timelines, and acceptance criteria for vendor-supported initiatives.
Oversees vendor execution and ensures knowledge transfer, documentation, and quality standards are met.
Optimizes vendor utilization by retaining routine administration internally and directing external spend toward high-value or complex initiatives.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
Employer Paid Basic Life Insurance and AD&D
Voluntary Life Insurance (Employee/Spouse/Child)
Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Pre-Tax and Post --Tax Commuter and Parking Benefits
401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with Company Match
Paid Time Off
Paid Parental Leave
Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
Tuition Reimbursement
Employee Discounts (retail, hotel, food, restaurants, car rental and much more!)