Senior Product Manager

Workday; Auckland; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Workday is seeking a Senior Product Manager for Country Payroll to shape the product strategy and roadmap for payroll across multiple countries, ensuring compliance with local statutory, tax, and regulatory requirements while delivering a best-in-class experience for customers.

You will collaborate with legal, compliance, localization, and customer teams to translate regulations into clear product requirements, work with engineering and design to deliver features on time, and define KPIs to

Qualifications

• 6+ years of product management experience, with at least 2-3 years focused on payroll.
• Strong understanding of payroll processes, statutory compliance, and/or multi-country payroll operations.
• Proven track record of delivering complex, regulated products in a SaaS environment.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work across legal, compliance, engineering, and customer-facing teams.
• Strong analytical skills and comfort working with data to inform product decisions.
• Experience with agile product development methodologies.
• Bachelor's degree required; MBA or equivalent experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for country-specific payroll functionality
• Partner with legal, compliance, and localization teams to ensure statutory and regulatory requirements are met across supported countries
• Translate complex payroll regulations and customer needs into clear product requirements and user stories
• Work closely with engineering, design, and QA to deliver payroll features on time and with high quality
• Engage with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders (implementation, support, sales) to gather feedback and prioritize the backlog
• Monitor market trends, competitive landscape, and regulatory changes affecting country payroll
• Define and track success metrics (KPIs) for payroll product initiatives
• Support go-to-market activities, including documentation, training, and release communications

Skills

Product management

Payroll

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Agile methodologies

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA or equivalent

Tools

Workday

ADP

SAP

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

The Senior Product Manager for Country Payroll will help shape product strategy and roadmap for payroll capabilities across one or more countries, ensuring compliance with local statutory, tax, and regulatory requirements while driving a best‑in-class payroll experience for customers. Our Product Managers are the voice of the customer and domain specialists. Drawing on your own proven experience and expertise, and in collaboration with our customers, you will be responsible for contributing to our next generation payroll solution.

About The Role

Key Responsibilities

• Define and drive the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for country‑specific payroll functionality
• Partner with legal, compliance, and localization teams to ensure statutory and regulatory requirements are met across supported countries
• Translate complex payroll regulations and customer needs into clear product requirements and user stories
• Work closely with engineering, design, and QA to deliver payroll features on time and with high quality
• Engage with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders (implementation, support, sales) to gather feedback and prioritize the backlog
• Monitor market trends, competitive landscape, and regulatory changes affecting country payroll
• Define and track success metrics (KPIs) for payroll product initiatives
• Support go‑to‑market activities, including documentation, training, and release communications

Qualifications

About You

• 6+ years of product management experience, with at least 2-3 years focused on payroll
• Strong understanding of payroll processes, statutory compliance, and/or multi‑country payroll operations
• Proven track record of delivering complex, regulated products in a SaaS environment
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work across legal, compliance, engineering, and customer‑facing teams
• Strong analytical skills and comfort working with data to inform product decisions
• Experience with agile product development methodologies
• Bachelor's degree required; MBA or equivalent experience a plus

Preferred

• Experience with global or multi‑country payroll platforms (e.g., Workday, ADP, SAP)
• Familiarity with payroll tax regulations in one or more specific countries/regions

Our Approach to Flexible Work

With Flex Work, we’re combining the best of both worlds: in‑person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways, so rather than a number of required days in‑office each week, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role). This means you'll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business, team, and personal needs, while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote "home office" roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.

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