Senior Product Manager, Workday

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Job Summary

Come help us transform the world of Digital People Experiences.  Equinix HR’s Employee Experience and Product Design team is seeking a HR Product Management Sr. Manager for Core HCM to lead the transformation of the Equinix employee experience into World Class Moments that Matter while ensuring our core HR system of record supports critical HR processes, produces flawless data, and empowers employee experiences through best-in-class implementation and continuous improvement of our platform. Help us bring together People, Process and Technology to connect the stages of our Employees’ journey. This role’s purpose is to create delightful, inclusive, frictionless experiences that enable employees to do the best work of their lives. You will be at the center of the magic and champion product experience, agile ways of working, shape the strategy and alignment from key stakeholders across the organization with outcome and measurement focus.

As an HR Product Management Sr. Manager for Core HCM, you will be working with empowered teams, creating new products, and supporting Equinix’s continued growth and transformation. This position will tap into your talents from incubating new products, investing in and cultivating existing products, working with enterprise leaders to align on the most valuable product outcomes supporting the adoption of product management practices, fostering inclusive teams, and pioneering new ways of working while enabling human-centered design to deliver against key outcomes. As an individual contributor, you will be an advocate for users, a creative problem solver, and an impactful leader. You'll be challenged to apply your depth of knowledge and expertise to lead 1-2 scrums teams through empowerment, engagement, and continuous improvement as we partner with our many stakeholders daily to stay aligned and focused on common goals.

Responsibilities

Vision Management

• Develop and champion a vision that drives meaningful outcomes by embracing the art of the possible

• Build frameworks and facilitate complex decision making that enables effective debate and accelerates outcomes

• Work with the leadership to define the product and make appropriate high-judgment trade-offs between features and speed-to-launch

• Communicate the vision, strategy, and roadmap to internal and external stakeholders

Product Management & Execution

• Provide thought leadership on Product Management and employee experience best practices

• Define clear and actionable problem statements to help teams deliver results while displaying a comprehensive understanding of agile delivery

• Leverage customer insights to influence priorities and roadmap feature development while advocating for and driving alignment between stakeholders in the development of acceptance criteria

• Create best in class Human Resources experiences for our employees

• Own and prioritize the near-term product roadmap to deliver on business outcomes, quickly identify points of leverage in complex problems or systems and utilize data effectively to define success metrics and measurable outcomes

• Use balanced judgment in decisions about risks of both actions taken and not taken while innovating on ways to iterate faster in a well-managed way for the immediate team

• Balance solutions with platform and system architecture strategies that balance experience, architecture, and value

Go to Market

• Co-develop and execute go-to-market plans for new product launches and feature enhancements.  Collaborate with HR centers of expertise (COE) and client services to create compelling product messaging, positions, and enablement materials while supporting roll-out and adoption efforts through product demonstrations, training, writing, and ongoing support

Performance Tracking and Optimization

• Define key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to measure the success of HR products. Monitor product performance, user behaviors, and customer experience.  Identify areas for improvement and drive continuous optimization through data-driven insights and customer feedback

Leadership

• Develop and communicate a vision in Quarterly PI Planning to senior stakeholders and partner teams with accurate details and transparency on risks and impediments, and proactively build relationships with those outside of your immediate team resulting in horizontal influence

• Contribute to team culture by developing junior Product and Experience Delivery team members

• May direct the activities of others as part of a scrum team

Collaboration

• Role model collaboration as part of our HR Technology “One Team” with our IT partners as we foster an environment where our cross-functional teams can thrive and deliver exceptional outcomes

• Build and maintain relationships with external partners, vendors, and customers to gather insights, identify partnership opportunities, and drive product innovation

• Understand and leverage technology and end-state architecture vision to partner with technology team to drive comprehensive design decisions that can span across technology used beyond Human Resources to reach an optimal outcome

• Share business strategy and roadmap with Tech partners to establish context while also leading and facilitating agile ceremonies alongside Tech Lead

• Work closely with our HR COE Partners and Client Services to create employee experiences leveraging process, technology, or enablement that drive execution and adoption while providing continuous feedback to the stakeholders on product effectiveness

• Partner with HR COE and Client Services to deliver value by creating reusable, extensible and resilient capabilities and proactively identify opportunities when key metrics on security, resilience and performance are not performing

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years product management experience in HR, Talent, employee experience

• Experience working successfully in Agile methodology

• Extensive knowledge of HCM systems with proven track record with Workday in the support of data and records management, workforce analytics, ESS, MSS, recruiting, onboarding, compensation, benefits, leave of absence, and time management

• Proven ability to thrive in ambiguous environments, break down ambiguity into patterns and create operational rigor

• Excellent communication, problem solving, creative solutions, active listening & time management

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors or advanced degree in computer science, management information systems, related field, or equivalent work experience

• Experience creating products and services in Human Resources Experience Delivery via digital and assisted channels

• Experience with solutions involving Workday, ServiceNow, Microsoft and other relevant Talent and service suites

• Ability to communicate and influence with a wide spectrum of cross-functional team members, including technical and business resources

• Proven ability to build collaborative relationships at all levels and ensuring teams create a collaborative culture

• Proven self-starter with demonstrated problem solving and organizational skills

• Experienced in program and project management methodology

• Ability to plan and deliver change management roadmaps

Equinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals, including those with a disability.  If you are a qualified candidate and need assistance or an accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.

Equinix is an Equal Employment Opportunity and, in the U.S., an Affirmative Action employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to unlawful consideration of race, color, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, place of birth, citizenship, sex, pregnancy / childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic partnership status, age, veteran or military status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, political / organizational affiliation, status as a victim or family member of a victim of crime or abuse, or any other status protected by applicable law.