Product Manager - Workday

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Sydney; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel discounts

Parental leave

Wellbeing program

Salary packaging

Job summary

Qantas, a leading Australian airline, is seeking a Product Manager - Workday based in Mascot, Sydney, on a fixed-term contract through May 2028. You will be the Product Lead for Workday across the Qantas Group, partnering with People, IT, Finance and business units to ensure scalable, integrated HR technology.

You'll own the product roadmap, prioritise enhancements, manage releases and mentor a small team responsible for configuration, governance and continuous improvement across our core HR

Qualifications

• Significant Workday experience with product ownership and governance.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management across HR, IT and Finance.
• Deep understanding of HRIS configuration, governance, and releases.

Responsibilities

• Lead Workday product strategy, roadmap and evolution across the Qantas Group.
• Partner with People, IT, Finance and business units to ensure scalable HR tech.
• Oversee release management, enhancements and continuous improvement; mentor a small team.

Skills

Workday

Product management

Stakeholder management

Leadership

HRIS configuration

Business partnership

Product roadmap

Education

Tertiary qualifications in HR tech or related

Tools

Workday

Job description

• Parent Business Function: Corporate & Support Functions
• Time Type: Full time
• Worker Sub-Type: Fixed Term

Company Description

Founded in the Queensland outback in 1920, Qantas has grown to be Australia’s largest regional, domestic, and international airline. Qantas has a range of subsidiary businesses that support the overall operations of the Group. The Qantas Group’s main business is the transportation of customers and freight using two complementary airline brands — Qantas and Jetstar — operating regional, domestic, and international services.

Job Description

• Challenge yourself in a role where you'll shape the future of people technology across the Qantas Group
• Lead the product strategy, optimisation and ongoing evolution of Workday
• Fixed-Term position until May 2028 based in Mascot, Sydney

The aviation sector doesn’t stand still. Challenged to adapt and change, we’ve responded by reinventing our customer experience, broadening our business and achieving what was thought impossible. This allows us to stand strong as the Qantas Group.

As a Product Manager - Workday, you'll be the Product Lead for Workday across the Qantas Group, partnering with stakeholders across People, IT, Finance and the broader business to ensure our people technology platforms remain effective, scalable and aligned to business needs. You'll oversee product roadmaps, prioritise enhancements, lead release management activities and ensure operational excellence across our core HR technology landscape. You'll also lead a small team of specialists responsible for product support, configuration, governance and continuous improvement.

This is a highly visible leadership role requiring deep Workday expertise, strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to balance strategic product development with operational delivery. You'll act as a trusted advisor across the organisation, helping shape the future of our people technology ecosystem while ensuring day-to-day platform stability and a seamless employee experience. You'll work across a broad range of people processes including payroll, remuneration and core HR functionality, while leading platform enhancements that deliver meaningful value for the business.

What you’ll bring to the role:

• Significant experience managing and optimising Workday
• Demonstrated people leadership experience, including coaching, mentoring and developing high-performing teams
• Deep understanding of HRIS configuration, governance, system releases and continuous improvement practices
• Strong experience balancing BAU operations, stakeholder demands and competing priorities within a complex organisation
• Proven ability to influence and build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders across multiple business functions
• Experience leading system enhancements, product roadmaps, release management and digital transformation initiatives
• Strong commercial acumen, analytical thinking and problem-solving capability
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts into practical business outcomes
• Tertiary qualifications and/or significant experience in HR technology, People Systems, HRIS, Product Management or a related discipline

Why Qantas?

You’ll join a team where creativity and passion are encouraged. Our people come together to allow us to dream big and deliver successfully.

There are many different opportunities across our team, which means you’ll be able to grow both personally and professionally at Qantas. Your development is a priority for us – so that you can maintain the high standards our customers have come to expect and can continue to develop over time. You’ll be supported from day 1 with on the job training and coaching as well as our formal training opportunities. While you may start in this role, we’ve got a great track record of supporting our people to take their career in so many different directions, the destinations are endless.

The Qantas employee benefits program offers amazing benefits that extend well beyond travel.

• We love to travel: Enjoy heavily discounted air travel within Australia and across the globe, both for you and your family and friends, as well as exclusive deals on accommodation and holidays.
• We have flexible leave options: Make use of leave and flexible working opportunities including up to 18 weeks paid parental leave and additional purchased leave options.
• We’ll give you access to thousands of rewards: Through our partnerships we can offer you discounts across shopping, food and wine, insurance, health and wellbeing, leisure and entertainment.You can also take advantage of our salary packaging program including motor vehicles, eligible portable electronic devices and professional memberships.
• We’ll support your wellbeing: Whether it’s learning to better support your own and others’ mental health, our interactive wellbeing app or your very own tailored nutrition plan.

Qantas is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application.

Applications close: Wednesday, 14th of October 2026