Senior Product Manager, Workday
Developer Platform
CA$135.6-203.6k
Annual salary in Colorado: $148,000 - $222,000 USD
More information about location
Office located in Victoria, BC / Boulder, CO
Enterprise AI platform for managing HR and finance
Job no longer available
Enterprise AI platform for managing HR and finance
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
CA$135.6-203.6k
Annual salary in Colorado: $148,000 - $222,000 USD
More information about location
Office located in Victoria, BC / Boulder, CO
1001+ employees
Company mission
To leverage the power of AI to elevate humans and supercharge work, moving business forever forward.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience in product management, engineering, or an equivalent, with a proven track record of leading product initiatives from inception to launch
- 2+ years of experience working with solutions that influence the software development lifecycle, encompassing both frontend and backend systems
- Experience with AI technologies and their application in software development or developer tooling
- Proficiency in data analysis, with experience using data to inform conclusions, support decision-making, and measure product success
- Experience conducting research to gather and analyze information, leading to a deeper understanding of complex problems and the formulation of effective solutions
- A strong background in partner management, including identifying key team members, understanding their needs, and developing effective communication and management strategies
- Proven experience with cross-team collaboration, working effectively with diverse teams to achieve common goals
- Proven ability in critical thinking, with experience identifying market opportunities and developing long-term product strategies to achieve a competitive advantage
- Experience in proactively influencing business decisions, with the ability to shape direction and inspire change within an organization through persuasive communication and creative thinking
- A strong sense and a passion for improving developer experience, with the ability to understand and represent the needs of internal software engineers
- Exceptional skills in decision making, including the ability to apply various decision-making frameworks, assess risk, and balance intuition with logical reasoning
- Excellent communication and presentation abilities
- A collaborative and eager-to-learn mentality
What the job involves
- Workday is seeking a highly motivated Senior Product Manager to join our Developer Platform team - where we deliver essential developer tooling, frameworks, documentation, UI services and more to Workday’s engineering community
- In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for executing against the product strategy and roadmap for Developer Platform to continuously improve the developer experience, enabling engineers to meet the needs of future innovations that keep Workday competitive
- You will dive deep into the most challenging problems facing engineers as they build Workday UI, running experiments to determine optimal solutions, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to scale and promote those solutions
- This is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on enhancing Workday's user experience for our 10,000+ customers!
- Lead the delivery of innovative & scalable solutions covering the entire product development lifecycle, ensuring on-time, high-quality results in support of Developer Platform’s strategy & roadmap
- Collaborate deeply with design, engineering, and fellow product managers to build new tooling, platforms, and frameworks used to craft Workday UI
- Proactively identify complex problems through generative research, define comprehensive solutions, and drive the entire product lifecycle from inception through post-launch evaluation and iteration
- Champion the developer experience, mapping user journeys, writing detailed user stories, and defining clear acceptance criteria to deliver impactful solutions
- Effectively communicate and present product vision, strategy, and progress to individuals at all levels within the organization, influencing team members and driving consensus
- Work closely with software engineers to drive enthusiasm, adoption, and continuous feedback for product initiatives
- Make data-driven decisions to inform product direction and measure success
- Identify and articulate the clear business value within technical solutions, translating complex technical capabilities into tangible benefits for Workday and its engineering community
Application process
- End Date: July 11, 2025
Our take
Workday is a cloud-based software vendor that provides management of workforces and finances. The company uses a single database for workforce management and financial management to offer integration and optimize business intelligence across companies. It has added to the packages and tools it offers over the years, providing analytic options that allow companies to combine third-party data with information collected by Workday.
The company has also grown through acquisitions and partnerships to broaden its capabilities.. Most recently, in 2025 it purchases Sana, an AI-driven enterprise knowledge and learning platform, to create a "new front door for work". This acquisition allows Workday to integrate Sana's AI-powered search, agents, and learning capabilities with its own data and workflows, allowing employees to access information, automate tasks, and complete their day entirely within Workday.
Through a combination of strategic acquisitions and in-house development, WOrkday has built a comprehensive suite of HR, financial, and enterprise tools. By focusing on innovation and AI-driven workflows, the company continues to push productivity and decision-making for organizations worldwide. Building on this track record, Workday is very much positioned for even more growth, reinforcing its status as a leader in shaping the future of work.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Oct 2011
$85m
SERIES F
Apr 2009
$75m
SERIES E
Total funding: $215.3m
Company HQ
Pleasanton, CA
Leadership
Aneel Bhusri
(Co-Founder & Executive Chair)Annel began his career at Morgan Stanley as a Corporate Finance Analyst. He then spent nearly 6 years at PeopleSoft as a Senior VP before co-founding Workday in 2005, where he has served as the CEO ever since.
Carl Eschenbach
(CEO)Carl joined Workday in 2022 as Co-CEO, becoming CEO in 2024. He has also been a Partner at Sequoia Capital since 2016. Previously, he spent 14 years at VMware as President and COO and 3 years at Inktomi Corporation as the VP of North America Sales.
Peter Bailis
(CTO)Prior to joining Workday in 2025, People was a VP of Engineering at Google. He also previously founded Sisu Data, where he served as the CEO for over 5 years.
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