Senior Workday Product Manager
Forvis Mazars US
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Job summary
Forvis Mazars, LLP is seeking a Senior Workday Product Manager to act as the strategic liaison and advisor for our Workday ecosystem across Finance, HR, and shared services. You will guide capability planning, roadmaps, and value realization, collaborating with engineering, vendors, and business leaders to translate needs into prioritized Workday initiatives.
You will champion change management, governance, and analytics initiatives while aligning investments with strategic priorities.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or related field.
- A minimum of 7+ years supporting enterprise applications, business transformation or product management.
- At least 3+ years working directly with Workday or comparable enterprise SaaS platforms.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary strategic liaison between business stakeholders and the Workday ecosystem across Finance, HR, and operations.
- Develop and maintain capability roadmaps aligned with Workday investments.
- Champion readiness, adoption, and change management for Workday enhancements and releases.
- Lead governance forums and stakeholder councils to align priorities and value realization.
- Monitor outcomes and advise on platform capabilities, investments, and roadmap direction.
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Job description
Senior Workday Product Manager serves as the strategic relationship manager and business technology advisor for the firm's Workday ecosystem across Finance, Human Resources, Professional Services Operations, and enterprise shared-services functions.
Senior Workday Product Manager serves as the strategic relationship manager and business technology advisor for the firm's Workday ecosystem across Finance, Human Resources, Professional Services Operations, and enterprise shared-services functions. This role partners closely with business leaders, engineering teams, platform support teams, technology delivery teams, vendors, and subject matter experts to identify opportunities to improve business outcomes through Workday capabilities, automation, analytics, AI-enabled functionality, reporting, integrations, platform extensibility, and process transformation. The Senior Workday Product Manager owns capability planning, business prioritization, roadmap alignment, stakeholder engagement, and value realization across the Workday portfolio. The role partners closely with business, technology, vendor, and operational teams responsible for day-to-day administration, configuration, security, reporting, integrations, support, and technical execution across the Workday ecosystem. The Workday Business Partner collaborates with business and technology stakeholders to align strategic direction, governance, prioritization, and value realization activities ensuring Workday investments remain aligned to business priorities and deliver measurable outcomes.
- Serve as the primary strategic liaison between business stakeholders and the Workday ecosystem across Finance, Human Resources, Professional Services Operations, and enterprise shared-services functions.
- Develop and maintain capability roadmaps that align business priorities with Workday investments and platform strategy.
- Develop and maintain a strategic vision for Workday AI, automation, and emerging platform capabilities, partnering with business leaders to simplify processes, accelerate user journeys, improve decision-making, and maximize business value across the Workday ecosystem.
- Partner with engineering, architecture, delivery teams, platform support resources, vendors, and business stakeholders, and Workday customer success and strategic advisory resources to evaluate platform capabilities, translate business needs into prioritized initiatives, and guide investment decisions related to Workday Extend, integrations, automation, reporting, analytics, and other strategic Workday capabilities. Lead the development of business cases, investment recommendations, and prioritization decisions for Workday-related initiatives.
- Champion organizational readiness, adoption, communications, and change management efforts associated with Workday enhancements and releases.
- Monitor business outcomes and value realization metrics, recommending continuous improvements across the Workday portfolio.
- Lead Workday governance forums, advisory boards, and stakeholder councils to align business leaders on platform priorities, investment decisions, roadmap direction, and value realization.
- Represent business priorities in strategic discussions with Workday and external advisors regarding future platform capabilities, product roadmap direction, industry best practices, and long-term platform investment opportunities.
- Monitor Workday roadmap updates, release communications, and emerging platform capabilities; advise stakeholders on business opportunities, adoption priorities, and potential impacts to enterprise processes and strategic objectives. Provide strategic oversight and governance for Workday initiatives, ensuring alignment with business objectives while maintaining accountability for outcomes rather than day-to-day technical execution.
- Strong executive presence with the ability to lead, influence, and manage relationships with senior business and firm leadership.
- Exceptional consultative, stakeholder management, and communication skills across Human Resources, Finance, Operations, and other business functions.
- Strategic leadership capability to translate Workday capabilities and investments into measurable business outcomes and value realization.
- Demonstrated knowledge of Workday business processes, functional capabilities, reporting, security concepts, integrations, Workday Extend, platform extensibility, APIs, release management, and SaaS product lifecycle practices.
- Ability to partner effectively with engineering teams, platform support teams, vendors, and business stakeholders to evaluate capabilities, prioritize investments, and balance competing demands across the Workday portfolio.
- Ability to lead through influence rather than authority, driving alignment across cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
- Demonstrated capability to manage competing priorities and strategic trade-offs across initiatives, stakeholders, and investment decisions.
- Ability to establish outcome-based measures, evaluate results using qualitative and quantitative insights, and hold initiatives accountable to intended business outcomes.
- Bachelor's degree in a related field.
- 7+ years supporting enterprise applications, business transformation or product management.
- 3+ years working directly with Workday or comparable enterprise SaaS platforms.
- 10+ years supporting enterprise applications, business transformation or product management.
- Experience with Workday Financial Management
- Experience with Workday Human Capital Management (HCM)
- Experience with Workday Professional Services Automation (PSA)
- Experience with Workday Talent Management, Recruiting, Reporting, Analytics, Employee Experience, or other strategic Workday capabilities.
- Experience operating in a Workday post-implementation or optimization environment
- Experience working within professional services organizations
- Experience partnering with HR, Finance, and Operations leaders
- Workday certification(s) preferred but not required
Forvis Mazars, LLP is an independent member of Forvis Mazars Global, a leading global professional services network. Ranked among the largest public accounting firms in the United States, our 7,000+ team members deliver assurance, tax, and consulting services to clients in all 50 states and internationally.
With a legacy spanning more than 100 years, we're building something different. We are guided by a shared promise: Together, we create extraordinary experiences. That means delivering an Unmatched Client Experience® while creating a workplace where relationships matter, learning fuels growth, and every person feels valued and supported to thrive.
Our robust total rewards program and flexible work environment reflect our commitment to people, careers, and well-being-empowering our team to grow and thrive while delivering exceptional service. To explore what makes working at Forvis Mazars special, visit www.forvismazars.us/careers.
Forvis Mazars, LLP is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer in accordance with applicable law. Employment selection and related decisions are made without regard to age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity, or other protected classifications.
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Forvis Mazars, LLP expressly reserves the right not to accept any unsolicited referrals, resumes or CVs from vendors including and without limitation, search firms, staffing agencies, fee-based referral services, and recruiting agencies.
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CA Minimum Salary (USD) $ 128,000 CA Maximum Salary (USD) $ 290,000
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$ 116400
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$ 128000
$ 265800
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$ 116400
$ 241700
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$ 116400
$ 265800
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$ 139600
$ 290000
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$ 116400
$ 241700
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$ 104700
$ 241700
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$ 128000
$ 290000
12/11/2026
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