Product Owner, Workday, Time Tracking & Absence Management

Vantage Oleochemicals, Inc; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Revantage is seeking an Experienced Product Owner for Workday Time Tracking & Absence Management. You will own the module end-to-end, drive adoption across multiple PortCos, manage the release roadmap, and serve as the SME and decision-maker for your domain. This role entails hands-on configuration and ongoing optimization.

You will collaborate with HR leaders and technology teams, lead UAT and change activities, and stay current with Workday updates to deliver value across the organization.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Workday functional experience.
• Ownership of a Workday module in production with enhancements and releases.
• Experience in multi-entity, multi-PortCo HR environments.
• Strong ability to engage senior HR stakeholders without direct authority.
• Familiarity with Workday integrations and community best practices.

Responsibilities

• Own your Workday Time Tracking & Absence Management module end-to-end from strategy to deployment.
• Manage PortCo engagement, run forums, and surface requirements for alignment.
• Own the product roadmap and release planning for your module.
• Lead hands-on configuration, testing, and UAT within your domain.
• Evaluate HR tech innovations and advocate for tool adoption when needed.

Skills

Workday Expertise

Stakeholder Mgmt

PortCo Experience

UAT Leadership

Roadmap Ownership

Education

Workday Pro certification

Job description

Position Overview

The Experienced Product Owner is an experienced, functionally deep Workday professional who owns one or more Workday modules end-to-end on behalf of Revantage and its PortCos. This is not a passive coordination role - it is an active, hands-on domain mastery role. You are the subject-matter expert, the decision-maker, the stakeholder champion, and the product strategist for your assigned module(s). You will work across a complex multi-PortCo environment, running user forums, managing the release roadmap, driving adoption, and continuously finding ways to extract more value from the platform. This role focuses on the Time Tracking & Absence Management Module. Additional module expertise is a plus.

Key Responsibilities

Domain Ownership & Functional Mastery

Own your assigned Workday module(s): Time Tracking & Absence Management end-to-end - from strategy and design through configuration, testing, deployment, and ongoing optimization. Develop and maintain deep functional expertise in your domain(s), staying current with Workday product updates, roadmap changes, and community best practices. Serve as the primary point of contact and escalation resource for your module area across all PortCos. Maintain comprehensive knowledge of how your module(s) interact with upstream and downstream systems and processes - and design solutions with those dependencies in mind. Think beyond Workday: identify complementary or supplementary technologies that could enhance capability in your domain - whether that is AI-powered tools, third-party integrations, or adjacent platforms.

PortCo Engagement & Stakeholder Management

Build and maintain strong relationships with HR leaders, operations teams, and business stakeholders across multiple PortCos. Act as a trusted advisor - understanding each PortCo's unique workforce model, business context, and HR priorities. Run structured Product Owner forums, working groups, and user communities to surface requirements, share updates, and drive alignment. Manage competing priorities across PortCos with transparency - communicating trade-offs, timelines, and decisions clearly to all stakeholders. Facilitate requirements workshops and design sessions, translating business needs into clear, actionable Workday solutions.

Roadmap & Release Ownership

Own and maintain the product roadmap for your module(s) - balancing strategic enhancements, PortCo-driven requirements, bug fixes, and Workday release adoption. Evaluate every Workday bi-annual release for impact and opportunity within your domain - leading opt-in decisions, testing, and rollout planning. Prioritize the backlog in collaboration with stakeholders, the Functional Architect, and People Technology leadership. Ensure all enhancements are delivered with appropriate change management, training, and communications to end users and HR teams. Track and report on the delivery and benefit realization of roadmap initiatives.

Hands-On Delivery

Remain hands-on with Workday configuration in your module area - able to configure, test, validate and deploy. Lead user acceptance testing (UAT) for enhancements and releases within your domain. Create design documents, configuration specifications, and test plans before deployment. Own day-to-day delivery.

Ecosystem & Innovation Thinking

Continuously evaluate the HR technology landscape for innovations relevant to your module area - e.g., AI in recruiting, manager effectiveness tools, payroll analytics. Propose and build the business case for technology enhancements or new tool adoption where Workday alone does not fully meet business needs. Collaborate with vendors (Workday, Paradox, HiredScore, Peakon, etc.) to stay ahead of product developments and advocate for Revantage's priorities.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of Workday functional experience with deep, hands-on expertise in at least two Workday modules.
• Demonstrated experience owning a Workday module in a production environment - including enhancements, releases, stakeholder management, and roadmap ownership.
• Nice to have experience working in a multi-entity, multi-PortCo, or shared-services HR technology model.
• Strong understanding of Workday business process configuration, security roles, reporting, and calculated fields.
• Proven ability to engage and influence senior HR stakeholders without direct authority.
• Experience running forums, steering committees, or user communities across a distributed stakeholder base.
• Global Workday implementation or support experience - able to navigate multi-jurisdiction complexity.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills - able to translate technical concepts for business audiences and vice versa.

Module-specific Experience (by Role)

Time & Absence

Time tracking, leave management, scheduling, and absence compliance - configuration and operational support.

Time Tracking:

Time entry methods (web clock, mobile, elapsed vs. in/out), time entry templates, calculation rules, overtime, and manager approval workflows.

Absence Management:

Leave type configuration (PTO, sick, parental, unpaid), accrual plans, carryover/payout rules, eligibility conditions, and balance adjustments.

Compliance:

Country-specific leave entitlements, statutory mandates (FMLA, local requirements), and leave of absence business processes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Workday Pro certification in one or more relevant modules.
• Experience with third-party HR technology integrations and vendor management.
• Exposure to change management methodologies and communication planning.
• Prior experience in private equity, financial services, or multi-company real estate environments.
• Familiarity with Agile or product management frameworks (backlog management, sprint planning, road mapping tools).

About Revantage

Revantage is a Blackstone portfolio company and a leading provider of corporate services across Blackstone's Real Estate portfolio. Headquartered in Chicago, Revantage supports a diverse and complex ecosystem of portfolio companies (PortCos) spanning residential, commercial, logistics, hospitality, and life-sciences real estate globally - across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. Our People Technology team sits at the centre of this multi-entity, multi-jurisdictional operating model. We run a single Workday tenant that serves a federated landscape of PortCos, each with its own workforce, HR policies, compensation structures, payroll requirements, and compliance obligations. This complexity demands technology professionals who thrive in ambiguity, operate with an enterprise mindset, and can design solutions that scale across legal entities, geographies, and business models.

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