Product Owner, Workday, Time Tracking & Absence Management

Overview

The Experienced Product Owner owns the Workday Time Tracking & Absence Management module end-to-end across Revantage and its PortCos. The role provides functional expertise, stakeholder leadership, roadmap ownership, hands-on configuration, release management, adoption, and ongoing optimization in a complex multi-PortCo environment.

What you'll do

• Own the Time Tracking & Absence Management module end-to-end, from strategy and design through configuration, testing, deployment, and ongoing optimization.
• Develop and maintain deep functional expertise, staying current with Workday product updates, roadmap changes, and community best practices.
• Serve as the primary point of contact and escalation resource for the module area across all PortCos.
• Maintain knowledge of upstream and downstream systems and processes and design solutions with those dependencies in mind.
• Identify complementary or supplementary technologies, including AI-powered tools, third-party integrations, and adjacent platforms.
• Build relationships with HR leaders, operations teams, and business stakeholders across multiple PortCos.
• Understand each PortCo's workforce model, business context, and HR priorities.
• Run Product Owner forums, working groups, and user communities to surface requirements, share updates, and drive alignment.
• Manage competing PortCo priorities and communicate trade-offs, timelines, and decisions clearly.
• Facilitate requirements workshops and design sessions, translating business needs into actionable Workday solutions.
• Own and maintain the product roadmap, balancing strategic enhancements, PortCo requirements, bug fixes, and Workday release adoption.
• Evaluate every Workday bi-annual release for impact and opportunity, leading opt-in decisions, testing, and rollout planning.
• Prioritize the backlog with stakeholders, the Functional Architect, and People Technology leadership.
• Ensure enhancements include appropriate change management, training, and communications.
• Track and report on roadmap delivery and benefit realization.
• Configure, test, validate, and deploy Workday solutions in the module area.
• Lead user acceptance testing for enhancements and releases.
• Create design documents, configuration specifications, and test plans before deployment.
• Own day-to-day delivery.
• Evaluate HR technology innovations relevant to the module area, including AI in recruiting, manager effectiveness tools, and payroll analytics.
• Propose and build business cases for technology enhancements or new tools where Workday alone does not fully meet business needs.
• Collaborate with Workday, Paradox, HiredScore, Peakon, and other vendors to stay ahead of product developments and advocate for Revantage's priorities.

What you'll need

• 5+ years of Workday functional experience with deep, hands-on expertise in at least two Workday modules.
• Demonstrated experience owning a Workday module in a production environment, including enhancements, releases, stakeholder management, and roadmap ownership.
• Strong understanding of Workday business process configuration, security roles, reporting, and calculated fields.
• Proven ability to engage and influence senior HR stakeholders without direct authority.
• Experience running forums, steering committees, or user communities across a distributed stakeholder base.
• Global Workday implementation or support experience, with the ability to navigate multi-jurisdiction complexity.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts for business audiences and vice versa.
• Time tracking, leave management, scheduling, and absence compliance configuration and operational support experience.
• Experience with time entry methods, including web clock, mobile, elapsed versus in/out, time entry templates, calculation rules, overtime, and manager approval workflows.
• Experience configuring leave types, including PTO, sick, parental, and unpaid leave.
• Experience with accrual plans, carryover and payout rules, eligibility conditions, and balance adjustments.
• Experience with country-specific leave entitlements, statutory mandates such as FMLA and local requirements, and leave of absence business processes.

Nice to have

• Experience working in a multi-entity, multi-PortCo, or shared-services HR technology model.
• Workday Pro certification in one or more relevant modules.
• Experience with third-party HR technology integrations and vendor management.
• Exposure to change management methodologies and communication planning.
• Prior experience in private equity, financial services, or multi-company real estate environments.
• Familiarity with Agile or product management frameworks, including backlog management, sprint planning, and road mapping tools.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru.