Workday Product Owner

🔒 Confidential Employer

Posted 19 August 2025

LOCATION

Poland

TYPE

Contract

LEVEL

Mid-Senior level

SKILLS

Workday Product Owner Agile Stakeholder Management HR Transformation Finance Transformation

FULL DESCRIPTION

Summary

Deliver business results and customer value, serve as the voice of the customer or end-user, oversee what is delivered by the Squad and when, support and enable the Squad to get its work done, and set an overall vision to direct and inform the Squad’s work. Seeking a Workday Product Owner with 7+ years experience, experience with HR / Finance transformations as part of a Workday or SAP team.

Key Responsibilities/Duties

Ensure that the Workday product is built in an incremental way, releasing new working features at the end of each squad and creating value for the customer
Track product performance to inform future work
Prioritize work that is most impactful for end users
Deliver on specific and measurable Key Results to be defined for your Squad
Manage relevant product budget process and support the Product Portfolio Lead in engaging with the funding process

Core Requirements/Qualifications/Skills

Workday
Product Owner
Agile
Stakeholder Management
HR Transformation
Finance Transformation

Roles: Workday Product Owner

Roles: Workday Product Owner

Location: Poland, Remote / London, UK

Location: Poland, Remote / London, UK

Is it Permanent/ Contract: open for both

Is it Permanent/ Contract: open for both

Salary Budget: best reasonable market rate

Salary Budget: best reasonable market rate

Is it Onsite/Remote/Hybrid: Hybrid for UK, Remote for Poland

Is it Onsite/Remote/Hybrid: Hybrid for UK, Remote for Poland

Start Date – Immediate

Start Date – Immediate

JOB DESCRIPTION / Activities:

JOB DESCRIPTION / Activities:

Deliver business results and customer value

Ensure that the Workday product is built in an incremental way, releasing new working features at the end of each squad and creating value for the customer
Track product performance to inform future work
Prioritize work that is most impactful for end users
Deliver on specific and measurable Key Results to be defined for your Squad
Manage relevant product budget process and support the Product Portfolio Lead in engaging with the funding process

Serve as the voice of customer or end-user

Translate the voice and needs of customer into user stories, engaging users as needed
Effectively manage stakeholders’ and users’ expectations while building credibility through a strong business sense and balancing of priorities
Engage in continuous discovery (e.g., via surveys & interviews) to understand customer needs
Leverage empirical and qualitative data to assess feature performance and inform prioritization
Determine tradeoffs involving customer value, cost, and speed to execution
Represent customer needs to ensure they are understood and integrated into the Squad’s work

Oversee what is delivered by the Squad and when

Apply design-thinking to technical issues to understand how users engage with the system and consider multiple alternatives to find the best solution
Own end-to-end delivery of enhancements by understanding second and third order implications of decisions and cross-functional impact
Prioritize work through a well-organized backlog of user stories and clearly communicate what needs to be done and by when
Define and clearly communicate acceptance criteria for output based on business & customer needs

Support and enable the Squad to get its work done

Challenge guidance/answers when necessary to arrive at the best possible understanding of issues and proposed solutions
Regularly engage with the Squad to offer feedback on work-in-progress and clarify requirements
Engage with Chapter Leads regarding resourcing and functional expertise required in Squad
Provide feedback as part of performance management of Squad members and other members of the Product Portfolio

Set an overall vision to direct and inform the Squad’s work

Work closely with the Product Team Lead to understand and drive alignment on the Product Portfolio’s business strategy, goals, and objectives
Translate Product Portfolio objectives into a clear vision (e.g., via Key Results, sprint goals) for your Squad to inform the creation and prioritization of the Squad's backlog of work
Share information about the Squad’s output and priorities with other Product Owners to ensure alignment across the organization

Capabilities

Critical thinking and balancing information from multiple sources (technical and functional) to guide the squad to the correct outcome
Applying a consultative approach to interactions with the squad and stakeholders to build strong relationships and trust
Being customer-focused and dedicated to understanding and learning about customer needs and requirements
Operating with a transparency mindset, communicating clearly and openly
Working with ambiguous requirements and multi-disciplinary teams
Influencing stakeholders up to the senior levels of the organization
Bringing a data-driven approach to decision making, both in day-to-day management and in making strategic trade-offs
Looking for opportunities to innovate and get things done better and faster

- Total 7+ years’ relevant experience as Product Owner, leading design/support of HR / Finance transformations as part of a Workday or SAP team

- Strong functional understanding of Talent, Performance, and/or contingent workforce processes, especially related to consulting or professional services organizations

- Good understanding of technology enabled business transformation, Digital transformation, Organizational transformation, delivering enterprise-level IT and Digital projects