Role Description
The Workday Product Owner will act as a pivotal figure within our organisation, bridging the gap between our technical teams and business stakeholders to ensure the successful deployment and utilisation of Workday solutions. This role requires a deep understanding of both Workday functionality and the business processes it supports, enabling the translation of business requirements into effective, scalable, and sustainable Workday configurations. The ideal candidate will be a strategic thinker with a strong focus on delivering value through innovative solutions, enhancing user experiences, and streamlining operations.
This Workday Product Owner role offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on our organisation's efficiency and effectiveness. The ideal candidate will bring a combination of technical expertise, business acumen, and a passion for innovation to drive the successful adoption and optimisation of Workday solutions across the company.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the Workday team manager, developing, growing, coaching and supporting their directs to be successful. When needed providing hands on guidance within Workday.
- Serve as the primary liaison between the business units and the technical team, ensuring clear communication of requirements, timelines, and potential challenges. Facilitate stakeholder meetings to gather requirements and feedback, and to keep all parties informed of project progress.
- Develop and maintain a detailed Workday implementation roadmap, aligning product capabilities with business objectives. Prioritise initiatives based on business value and impact, ensuring resources are allocated effectively.
- Own and prioritise the product backlog, ensuring that the team always has an adequate amount of prior prepared tasks to work on. Define user stories and acceptance criteria, and refine them with the development team.
- Guide the configuration, testing, and deployment of Workday solutions based on business requirements. Work closely with technical teams to ensure customisations and integrations meet business needs while maintaining system integrity.
- Lead change management efforts related to Workday deployments, ensuring users are prepared for new processes and features. Develop training materials and deliver training sessions as needed.
- Monitor the performance of Workday solutions, gathering and analysing data to drive continuous improvement. Address any issues that arise, coordinating with the technical team to develop and implement solutions.
- Proactively monitor adoption and usage of our solutions to continuously improve the user experience and when needed lead changes that drive increase in satisfaction and usage.
- Ensure Workday configurations comply with relevant laws, regulations, and best practices. Work with the security team to safeguard sensitive data within the system.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, Human Resources, or related field.
- Minimum of 7 years of proven and demonstrated experience with Workday HCM. Certification in Workday is highly desirable.
- Exceptional product management skills translated into owns their platform and solutions to ensure customer satisfaction and business value.
- Strong project management skills, with experience leading cross-functional teams and managing complex projects. Familiarity with Agile methodologies is preferred.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a keen attention to detail.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience in change management, capable of driving adoption of new technologies and processes within an organisation.
- Strong collaborative skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment and foster cross-departmental cooperation.
Preferred Qualifications
- Hands on WD experience
- Experience leading a WD team
- Well versed in all things HR Tech and People processes
Total Rewards
Salary/OTE is just one component of Dropbox’s total rewards package. All regular employees are also eligible for the corporate bonus program or a sales incentive (target included in OTE) as well as stock in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).
Current Salary/OTE Ranges (Subject to change):
C$127,500 - C$150,000 - C$172,500
What the Team is Saying
What We Do
Dropbox is a special place where we are all seeking to fulfill our mission to design a more enlightened way of working. We’re looking for innovative talent to join us on our journey. The words shared by our founders at the start of Dropbox still ring true today. Wouldn’t it be great if our working environment—and the tools we use—were designed with people’s actual needs in mind? Imagine if every minute at work were well spent—if we could focus and spend our time on the things that matter. This is possible, and Dropbox is connecting the dots. The nearly 3,000 Dropboxers around the world have helped make Dropbox a living workspace - the place where people come together and their ideas come to life. Our 700+ million global users have been some of our best salespeople, and they have helped us acquire customers with incredible efficiency. As a result, we reached a billion dollar revenue run rate faster than any software-as-a-service company in history. Dropbox is making the dream of a fulfilling and seamless work life a reality. We hope you’ll join us on the journey.
Why Work With Us
Our remote work model is a deliberate shift to provide greater flexibility, create a level-playing field, and evolve our culture to focus on people over places. Being a Virtual First company has allowed us to focus on our impact and effectiveness, by making investments in our employees according to what they need to do their best work.
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While remote work is the primary experience for our employees, we also prioritize opportunities for quarterly in-person collaboration knowing that connection is vital to a thriving workforce. We focus on how we work, not where we work.
