Senior Product Manager, Workday

About the team Join a team of product managers dedicated to delivering innovative technology solutions for Zillow’s People Org. Our team drives the product strategy and execution of work supporting HR and empowering all employees, collaborating closely with engineering partners to make Workday work better for all. As part of the CoreTech team, we support the platforms and foundational services that enable teams across Zillow Group to build the world’s best real estate experience and fulfill Zillow’s mission to make home a reality for more people. About the role We are seeking an experienced Senior Product Manager to drive the vision and execution of enhancements to Workday across modules such as Payroll, Compensation, Benefits, Core HCM, and Talent Acquisition; experience with at least one of these areas is required, and experience across multiple modules is a plus. Experience applying AI or automation within HR systems or Workday Extend is a plus. This role is both strategic and tactical: you will influence product direction while also driving end‑to‑end execution of projects that improve HR operations and the employee experience in Workday. You will be a strategic partner for HR stakeholders and a champion for employee experience, using strong written and verbal communication to articulate product vision, goals, and decisions through effective storytelling. You will manage stakeholders at all levels to drive alignment, proactively identify and resolve areas of misalignment while maintaining trust, and own your roadmap—managing dependencies, gathering input, setting expectations, and negotiating tradeoffs. You will also make thoughtful decisions about when to scale, iterate on, or sunset products, grounded in a deep understanding of People Org processes, customer needs, company strategy, and effective cross‑functional collaboration to ensure successful product delivery and launches. You will get to Understand business goals, uncover employee pain points, and translate functional requirements into a clear, outcome‑driven product vision for Workday. Own and evolve the Workday roadmap, balancing near‑term operational needs with longer‑term scalability, automation, and employee experience improvements. Proactively identify opportunities to simplify processes, reduce friction, and improve self‑service across Workday domains. Lead end‑to‑end delivery of Workday enhancements, including problem definition, requirements, backlog prioritization, sprint planning, testing, launch, and post‑launch validation to drive measurable improvements in HR and employee experiences. Create clarity in ambiguous situations, quickly making sense of the work and aligning teams toward an achievable path forward. Guide stakeholders through problem framing, solution design, tradeoffs, and sequencing decisions, and drive alignment across teams by clarifying ownership, dependencies, expectations, and resolving misalignment. Communicate product direction, progress, risks, and outcomes through clear product briefs, demos, status updates, and executive‑ready storytelling. Partner with the Employee Service Center and Operations to design, improve, and scale sustainable Workday processes and solutions that support global scale, interoperability, reliability, and ease of use. This role has been categorized as a Remote position. “Remote” employees do not have a permanent corporate office workplace and, instead, work from a physical location of their choice, which must be identified to the Company. U.S. employees may live in any of the 50 United States, with limited exceptions. In California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Washington state, and Washington DC the standard base pay range for this role is $148,600.00 - $237,400.00 annually. This base pay range is specific to these locations and may not be applicable to other locations. In Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, Nevada, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Vermont the standard base pay ra ... (truncated, view full listing at source)