#1025 - Digital Product Manager (Workday)

Job Opportunity only available for professionals located in Monterrey, Mexico.

The Digital Product Manager, Workday is responsible for driving the product strategy, execution, and continuous optimization of Workday platform, including Human Capital Management (HCM), Talent, Recruiting, Learning, Compensation, Benefits, Payroll integrations, and related employee experience capabilities. This role reports to the Director of Digital Corporate Functions and owns the Workday product roadmap, enhancement backlog, prioritization, governance, and delivery lifecycle, translating enterprise HR, Payroll, and business priorities into scalable digital capabilities and measurable business outcomes.

The Digital Product Manager partners closely with Human Resources, Payroll, Finance, Legal Compliance, Digital, Security, UX, Architecture, Data & Analytics, and external partners to identify opportunities, shape requirements, and drive value through process transformation, automation, self-service capabilities, integrations, reporting, analytics, and adoption. Serving as the day-to-day product leader for Workday, this role balances business value, user needs, technical feasibility, compliance requirements, and enterprise priorities to continuously evolve the platform in alignment with our Product Operating Model.

Required Experience:

• Advanced English level (B2/C1) to ensure fluent communication across global teams.
• 5+ years of Workday product management, functional leadership, or platform ownership experience.
• Experience with four or more Workday modules including HCM, Recruiting, Talent, Learning, Compensation, Benefits, Time Tracking, Absence, Payroll, Extend, or Prism Analytics.
• Experience managing Workday releases, roadmap planning, governance, and vendor relationships.
• Familiarity with Workday Extend, Workday Integration Cloud, EIBs, Studio, APIs, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Experience leading global HR technology transformations and large-scale Workday implementations.
• Workday certifications preferred but not required.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities:

• Own and continuously evolve the Workday product roadmap, translating HR, Payroll, Finance, and Corporate Functions strategies into a sequenced portfolio of product
• investments, capabilities, and business outcomes in partnership with Digital and Functional leadership.
• Serve as the product owner and strategic leader for the Workday platform, including HCM, Recruiting, Talent Management, Learning, Compensation, Benefits, Time Tracking, Absence, Extend, Prism, and related integrations.
• Partner with HR, Payroll, Finance, Legal, Compliance, and Digital stakeholders to translate strategic priorities into actionable product requirements, enhancement opportunities, and implementation plans.
• Manage and prioritize the Workday product backlog, ensuring enhancements align to business value, employee experience improvements, regulatory requirements, operational efficiency, and approved roadmap objectives.
• Lead the evaluation, design, and optimization of end-to-end Human Resources and Payroll business processes, leveraging Workday capabilities to streamline operations, standardize processes, and improve employee experience.
• Define business requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, workflow designs, security requirements, reporting requirements, and integration specifications supporting successful solution delivery.
• Partner with integration teams to define and prioritize Workday integrations across enterprise platforms, including payroll providers, identity management systems, benefits providers, learning systems, talent platforms, ERP solutions, and third-party applications.
• Drive adoption of Workday automation, self-service capabilities, AI-powered experiences, reporting, and analytics to reduce manual effort and improve employee and manager effectiveness.
• Coordinate product delivery activities including release planning, Workday bi- annual release assessments, testing, user acceptance validation, deployment readiness, change management, training, and post-release support.
• Collaborate with UX, Digital Engineering & Infrastructure, Security, Data & Analytics, and Delivery Management Office partners to deliver prioritized capabilities and continuous improvements.
• Establish governance and prioritization processes for Workday enhancements, ensuring alignment with enterprise objectives, compliance requirements, and resource capacity.
• Develop and maintain dashboards, reports, and KPIs tracking workforce metrics, employee experience, system adoption, process efficiency, data integrity, and value realization.
• Drive stakeholder engagement, communications, training, and organizational change management efforts to maximize adoption and business value realization across Workday capabilities.
• Manage day-to-day relationships with Workday, implementation partners, and third- party vendors, evaluating new functionality, Workday releases, and emerging capabilities relevant to our digital strategy.

What do we offer?

• Competitive salary in USD.
• Hybrid work; 2/3 days remote, the other days at the office.
• Type of contract: Independent Contractor with Venon Solutions LLC.
• Contract: 6-12 months contract with possibility of extension.
• Paid Holidays: Based on the US calendar.
• Working hours: Full-time CST, fully committed.