Product Owner- Workday Compensation and Benefits (1128538)

Location: Tustin, CA

Salary: $150,000.00 USD Annually - $160,000.00 USD Annually

Description

Product Owner- Workday Compensation and Benefits

Irvine, CA

Fulltime

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• 10 years in HR Tech / Workday with deep Comp & Benefits expertise
• Strong understanding of Workday modules:
• Advanced Compensation
• Benefits Administration
• Experience working in product-based operating models
• Ability to balance strategy hands-on execution
• Strong stakeholder management at executive levels
  
  

Role Summary

A senior, product-oriented leader responsible for shaping and delivering the Compensation & Benefits product ecosystem within Workday. This role combines deep functional expertise with technical acumen to drive roadmap, innovation (including AI), and scalable solutions aligned with business strategy. Additionally, this role will rethink and modernize the end-to-end Benefits experience across outsourced vendor ecosystems (e.g., Alight) and integrated platforms.

Key Responsibilities

Product Strategy & Roadmap

• Define and own the Comp & Benefits product vision and multi-year roadmap
• Translate business strategy into clear product outcomes, features, and priorities
• Lead prioritization using value-based frameworks (experience, efficiency, compliance)
  
  

Domain Expertise & Advisory

• Act as a trusted advisor to Total Rewards leaders
• Provide deep expertise in:
• Compensation cycles (merit, bonus, equity)
• Benefits design & administration
• Regulatory and compliance considerations
• Challenge and guide business stakeholders toward simplified, scalable processes
  
  

Solution Design & Delivery

• Partner with solution engineers and architects to design scalable Workday configurations
• Drive end-to-end product lifecycle (discovery → design → build → release)
• Lead prototyping and design thinking sessions
  
  

Innovation & AI Enablement

• Identify opportunities for:
• AI-driven compensation insights (pay equity, recommendations)
• Benefits personalization and decision support
• Partner with platform teams to integrate AI, automation, and analytics
  
  

Execution & Governance

• Own backlog, prioritization, and delivery alignment
• Ensure alignment with platform standards, data governance, and security
• Drive adoption and measure outcomes (e.g., comp cycle efficiency, employee experience)
  
  

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