Workday Security Product Owner(Hybrid)
About The Position
The Product Owner – Workday Security will own the strategy, governance, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the organization’s Workday security model. This role is responsible for the end-to-end security framework across Workday, ensuring access is invented and governed with a solid focus on compliance, auditability, scalability, and least-privilege principles. It is a high-impact role that blends product ownership, security governance, stakeholder management, and platform expertise to support a secure and future-ready Workday environment, including AI-enabled capabilities. The individual will join a cross-functional team that partners closely with HR, Finance, IT, Internal Audit, Compliance, Information Security, and Workday support teams to enable secure, scalable, and compliant access across the Workday platform. This team plays a meaningful role in protecting enterprise data, strengthening governance, and ensuring Workday security capabilities evolve in line with business, regulatory, and technology needs.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in information systems, Computer Science, Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
- 5+ years of Workday experience with significant focus on Workday Security.
- 3+ years of experience leading Workday security governance and administration.
- Deep expertise in Workday Domain Security Policies, Business Process Security Policies, Security Groups, Workday Prism Security, role-based access controls, and segregation of duties.
- Experience supporting audits, compliance reviews, and access certification processes.
Nice To Haves
- Workday Pro Security certification or equivalent Workday security credentials.
- Experience with Workday HCM, Recruiting, Compensation, and other Workday modules.
- Knowledge of SOX, GDPR, and enterprise security frameworks.
- Experience with identity and access management (IAM) integrations.
- Agile Product Owner or Product Management experience, with the ability to lead cross-functional stakeholders and evolving backlogs.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the end-to-end product owner for the Workday security framework, including strategy, roadmap, governance standards, and operating model.
- Own and maintain Workday Domain Security Policies, Business Process Security Policies, Security Groups, and Prism Security.
- Develop, review, and optimize domain permissions across Workday modules including HCM, Payroll, Compensation, Recruiting, and related areas.
- Establish and implement standards for creation, modification, review, and retirement of Workday security groups, including role-based, user-based, intersection, segment-based, and constrained security groups.
- Lead security governance, audits, access reviews, segregation-of-duties monitoring, compliance support, and security improvement initiatives while partnering with business and technical stakeholders.
Benefits
- medical, dental and vision insurance
- a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
- paid parental leave
- short and long-term disability coverage
- basic life insurance
- 10 paid holidays per full calendar year
- 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
- 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
- paid year-end holiday shutdown
- 4 paid days off for personal wellness
- 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year (non-exempt)
- flexible vacation time off program (exempt)
- 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
- up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward
- Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
- annual bonuses (non-sales roles)
- performance-based incentive pay (sales roles)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
