Product Manager

Overview

Own the product strategy and continuous improvement of Workday Core HCM capabilities across the Hire to Retire process (excluding Hire, which sits with the Talent Acquisition & Attraction team), with a strong focus on the Change Job business process, Termination, and data management.

What you'll do

• Define and execute a strategic product roadmap for Workday Core HCM aligned with organizational goals and evolving market needs.
• Collaborate with process owners, technical teams, and business stakeholders to prioritize features and enhancements based on impact, feasibility, and user feedback; own and groom the product backlog in Jira (or equivalent).
• Translate business needs into clear product requirements, well-crafted user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Lead the end-to-end product development lifecycle using agile methodologies, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery.
• Partner with solution and QA teams to define test strategies for Change Job, Termination, and other core data change scenarios, and support testing to ensure reliability and performance of releases.
• Act as a trusted advisor and advocate for your products, communicating the product vision, roadmap, and value proposition to stakeholders and end-users.
• Engage with users to gather insights, validate solutions, and drive continuous improvement through iterative feedback and data-driven decision-making.
• Collaborate with change management teams to develop training materials, user guides, and communication plans that support adoption.
• Work with security and integration teams to understand the downstream and upstream impact of Core HCM changes on business process security, access, and integrations.
• Conduct comprehensive assessments of current Hire to Retire processes (excluding Hire), particularly Change Job, Termination, and related data management workflows, to identify areas for improvement and optimization.
• Develop, implement, and maintain process documentation and guidelines that are scalable and adaptable across regions and business units, and clearly reflected in the supporting Workday configuration.
• Develop and maintain global standards for Change Job, Termination, and data management processes; conduct regular checks to identify variances and facilitate sharing of best practices across regions.
• Use data-driven insight (including process mining where available) to identify complex, redundant, or unnecessary steps and redesign them to remove bottlenecks and reduce errors.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual tasks and evaluate technology solutions that streamline processes and enhance the employee and HR user experience.
• Implement continuous improvement initiatives, drawing on methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, or Kaizen where relevant, and define metrics and KPIs to measure process performance.
• Lead process change management activities tied to product releases, including training, documentation, and progress monitoring.
• Ensure Change Job, Termination, and data management processes comply with relevant data privacy, security, and regulatory requirements; support audits and help implement corrective actions where gaps are identified.

What you'll need

• Minimum 7 years of experience as a Digital or Software Product Manager and/or Process Owner in the HR Technology domain.
• Deep, hands-on expertise in Workday Core HCM, with demonstrated strong expertise in the Change Job business process specifically.
• Solid working knowledge of Termination and data management processes.
• Broad working knowledge of Workday more generally, with the ability to understand how Core HCM changes interact with other modules.
• Working knowledge of Workday security (e.g., domain and business process security) and integrations, sufficient to identify downstream impacts and collaborate with specialist teams.
• Strong understanding of HR processes and systems in large, global, and matrixed organizations, including the wider Hire to Retire lifecycle.
• Strong experience working with agile methodologies and tools such as Jira (or similar), including facilitating agile ceremonies (e.g., stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives).
• Demonstrated strength in crafting clear, well-structured user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Experience in process design, standardization, and continuous improvement.
• Demonstrated ability to develop business cases for automation and process improvements.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management abilities.

Nice to have

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field.
• Familiarity with methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, or Kaizen.
• Experience working with industrial or frontline organizations (e.g., retail, manufacturing, logistics).
• Passion for innovation and driving meaningful change in the HR tech landscape.

Details

• Role weighted roughly 50–70% product management and 50–30% process ownership.
• Location: Bengaluru, India (560064).