Product Manager, Globalisation Platform

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At Workday, it all began with a conversation over breakfast. When our founders met at a sunny California diner, they came up with an idea to revolutionize the enterprise software market. And when we began to rise, one thing that really set us apart was our culture. A culture which was driven by our value of putting our people first. And ever since, the happiness, development, and contribution of every Workmate is central to who we are. Our Workmates believe a healthy employee-centric, collaborative culture is the essential mix of ingredients for success in business. That’s why we look after our people, communities and the planet while still being profitable. Feel encouraged to shine, however that manifests: you don’t need to hide who you are. You can feel the energy and the passion, it's what makes us unique. Inspired to make a brighter work day for all and transform with us to the next stage of our growth journey? Bring your brightest version of you and have a brighter work day here.

About the Team

The Globalisation Platform team’s mission is to lead the internationalisation and localisation of Workday products and peripheral content. Our ambition is to provide a fit-for-purpose language experience to our customers by partnering with internal teams and external vendor community. We are designing an AI-enabled platform leveraging Human-in-the-loop processes to deliver a superlative user experience to our customers who are scaling their business in multiple languages and regions around the world.
Our team is composed of independent, autonomous, problem solvers across engineering and product management functions. We thrive on freedom to experiment, support for growth and learning, and drive for innovation - leading to a brighter Workday for all.

About the Role

Product managers at Workday are involved in all aspects of the product management life cycle. They craft great new features to delight our customers, evangelize the improvements to both internal and external customers, all while sweating out the details to deliver an outstanding end product!

We're looking for a product manager with a strategic vision and a proven track record for successfully delivering products to market. In this role, you will focus on our vendor community to explore, validate, and integrate their capabilities into our offering. Your contribution will foster a positive user experience for both customers and Workmates on our platform, thereby helping our customers’ and our business grow and scale more globally!

• Collaborate with Workday’s customers and internal teams including architecture, operations, and product teams, to understand their requirements and priorities 

• Work closely with our vendor community to explore, analyse and validate capabilities by going through our internal approval processes and test compatibility with our platform

• Present buy vs. build analysis for decision-making by team leadership 

• Define a product roadmap and determine target deliverables for each release based on user requirements, technical architecture, and business needs. Coordinate and align tasks across multiple scrum teams to ensure successful and timely delivery

• Guide internal product development teams to uptake and adopt our new features and to help achieve mutual, high-value objectives and key results

About You

Basic Qualifications

• 6+ years of product management, consulting, or equivalent 

• Experience in software globalisation and knowledge of industry standards, tools and best practices.

• MBA, or equivalent qualification in business or management

Other Qualifications

• 4+ years working cross functionally with multiple technical and product teams and familiarity with Workday architecture

• Track record of ownership and accountability for delivering complex, user-centric products and features using design-thinking principles

• Ability to break down complexity, clearly articulate product requirements, and prioritize enhancement requests 

• Excellent analytical abilities, including exploration, research, and measurement and monitoring a range of relevant data sources 

• Strong self-motivation, problem-solving, and execution skills 

• Outstanding influencing, communication, interpersonal and prioritisation skills

Our Approach to Flexible Work
 

With Flex Work, we’re combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways, so rather than a number of required days in-office each week, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role). This means you'll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business, team, and personal needs, while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote "home office" roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.

Are you being referred to one of our roles? If so, ask your connection at Workday about our Employee Referral process!