Sr Product Data Scientist

Workday; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Workday is seeking a Senior Product Data Scientist to partner with the Data Cloud team, unlocking data-driven insights that align with strategic execution. You will become a subject-matter expert on Workday Data Cloud data landscapes and collaborate with leadership to inform decisions.

You will translate complex data into actionable narratives, support pricing and growth analyses, and build scalable data connections with Product Management and Engineering to shape the product and GTM strategy.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in product data analytics and data science.
• Strong business acumen and outcomes-driven mindset.
• Ability to translate data into strategic insights.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the business analytics domain expert for Workday Data Cloud, providing technical and strategic thought leadership.
• Partner cross-functionally across GTM and Product teams to develop end-to-end views of the business, connecting demand growth, sales pipeline, and product usage.
• Translate complex data models into compelling narratives and executive presentations that drive clarity.
• Work directly with SVP/GM-level stakeholders, delivering structured analyses without fully scoped requirements.
• Translate ambiguous business questions into simple, focused conclusions with strategic judgment.
• Support consumption-based pricing and impact analysis for Workday Data Cloud, including pricing and business model exploration.
• Design and influence internal data connections and pipelines with PM and engineering teams.
• Leverage ETL and data processing to manage multi-step flows across telemetry and observability systems.
• Demonstrate urgency and autonomy in solving cross-functional challenges.

Skills

Business analytics

Data storytelling

Cross-functional collaboration

ETL

Data visualization

Executive communication

Problem-solving

Education

Master's or PhD in a quantitative field

Tools

SQL

Python

Tableau/Power BI

Data tooling

Job description

Your work days are brighter here.

We're obsessed with making hard work pay off, for our people, our customers, and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we're shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, you'll feel it. Not just in the products we build, but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm. We're in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you'll do meaningful work with Workmates who've got your back. In return, we'll give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So, if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone, including yourself, you've found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too.

About the Team

Workday stands at a pivotal point in its evolution and growth. As we accelerate our Enterprise AI Transformation we must focus with equal intensity on scaling our execution to enable a rapid speed of continuous innovation for our customers. The Product & Technology (P&T) Operations Analytics & Tools Team develops decision-ready internal products that turn complex organizational data into targeted leadership action. Our vision is to: Power the strategic intelligence that scales how P&T operates with alignment and speed.

About the Role

We're looking for a business, product, and customer-oriented Senior Product Data Scientist to be the analytics partner for the Workday Data Cloud business. This role requires focused passion and excitement unlocking data insights that directly tie to strategic execution.

This role sits at the intersection of Workday's Data Cloud business, partnering directly with the Workday Data Cloud organization (SVP/GM, Product Management, Engineering, and GTM teams) to bring analytical rigor and powerful business insights to a fast-growing, consumption-based product line. You will be the investigatory lead on a number of broad business questions. You will dive into the raw business data, find the root cause, and deliver an opinionated, decision-ready conclusion, not just more data.

You will need to become a genuine subject-matter expert in Workday Data Cloud's business data landscape, working closely with the Workday Data Cloud GM and Product Management team. Your findings, and the curated data and documentation you produce along the way, should compound: feeding a shared knowledge base that makes the next question easier to answer, for you and for AI-assisted tooling built on top of the same body of work.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the business analytics domain expert for Workday Data Cloud, providing technical and strategic thought leadership.
• Partner cross-functionally across Go-To-Market (GTM) and Product teams to develop end-to-end views of the business, connecting the dots between top-of-funnel demand growth, sales pipeline, and downstream product usage.
• Translate complex data models into compelling narratives and stories (including interactive visualizations and executive presentations) that drive organizational clarity.
• Operate directly with SVP/GM-level stakeholders, translating a stream of layered, high-velocity questions into structured analysis without needing fully scoped requirements up front.
• Translate ambiguous business, data, and platform questions into simple and focused conclusions, independently and with strategic judgment
• Support consumption-based pricing and impact analysis for Workday Data Cloud, including sensitivity analysis, exploring new business models and driving business growth
• Navigate real data-maturity and instrumentation gaps with autonomy: identifying what already exists, what must be built, and when to elevate.
• Contribute well-documented, curated data assets and context back into the shared knowledge base so that analysis compounds over time and can eventually be self-served.
• Design and influence Workday Data Cloud internal business data connections, collaborating with Product Management and engineering teams on the design, scalability, and sustainability of associated pipelines.
• Leverage strong data ETL and data processing expertise to manage multi-step flows across product telemetry and observability systems
• Demonstrate urgency and autonomy in problem-solving, proactively navigating cross-functional teams to identify and implement solutions for both known and emerging business challenges.

About You

You possess a deep interest in grasping the complex challenges that businesses face, and you are excited by solving problems. You have strong business acumen and are outcomes focused. Learning new