Senior Product Manager

Workday, Inc.; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work

Hybrid schedule

Remote-friendly

Job summary

Workday, Inc. in Auckland, New Zealand, is seeking a Senior Product Manager for Country Payroll to shape product strategy across one or more countries and ensure local compliance while delivering a best-in-class payroll experience.

You will partner with legal, compliance, localization, engineering, and support teams to translate payroll regulations into actionable requirements, manage stakeholder expectations, and drive the payroll roadmap with a metrics-driven approach.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of product management experience with payroll focus.
• Strong understanding of multi-country payroll and compliance.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience delivering regulated SaaS products.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive product vision, strategy, and roadmap for country payroll.
• Partner with legal, compliance, and localization teams to meet regulatory requirements.
• Translate payroll regulations into clear product requirements and stories.
• Work with engineering, design, and QA to deliver payroll features on time.
• Engage with customers, partners, and internal teams to prioritize backlog.
• Monitor regulatory changes and adjust product strategy.
• Define and track KPIs for payroll initiatives.
• Support go-to-market activities, including documentation and release communications.

Skills

Product management

Payroll

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder management

Data analytics

Agile development

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA or equivalent

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.

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

• 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

• 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.

Accommodation and Anti-Retaliation Policy

Workday is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals during our application process, in order to perform one or more essential functions of their job, as well as regarding the use of AI tools for employment decision-making to any degree. If you require a reasonable accommodation, you may email [e-mail], as far in advance as possible. Workday prohibits taking adverse action against any candidate or employee for reporting a possible violation of this policy, requesting one or more work accommodations, exercising a privacy right, or cooperating in an investigation in accordance with applicable law. Any employee who retaliates against a candidate or employee for doing so may be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment, to the fullest extent allowable under applicable law.

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