Workday Product Lead – Payroll, HCM & Time Tracking

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. in the United States seeks a seasoned Workday Product Manager to own Payroll, Core HCM, Time Tracking, and Absence Management.

You will partner with Payroll leadership and cross-functional teams to drive a scalable, compliant payroll and HR technology platform. This role demands 10+ years in HR Tech with hands-on Workday expertise, strong governance, and a track record of delivering measurable value through optimization and adoption.

Qualifications

• Over 10 years supporting HR Technology, HR Operations, Payroll, or related areas.
• 7+ years of hands-on Workday experience.
• Deep functional expertise in Payroll, Core HCM, Time Tracking, Absence Management.
• Experience leading large-scale Workday initiatives, transformations, or optimization programs.
• Experience managing teams, consultants, and vendor partners.
• Strong understanding of payroll operations, workforce administration, and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Own the product vision, roadmap, prioritization, and governance for Workday Payroll, Core HCM, Time Tracking, Absence Management, workforce administration, employee/manager self-service, and workforce reporting.
• Serve as functional leader for Payroll, partnering with Payroll leadership to maintain accuracy, compliance, controls, scalability, and operational continuity.
• Modernize and optimize employee-lifecycle, HCM, time, attendance, scheduling, leave, and absence processes.
• Challenge existing processes and recommend simplification, automation, and configuration improvements while maintaining appropriate controls.
• Build trusted partnerships across HR, Payroll, Finance, Operations, Compliance, and IT; translate business needs into scalable product solutions.
• Lead assessment and adoption of Workday releases and new functionality, with emphasis on continuous improvement, user adoption, reporting, and measurable value.
• Lead Workday analysts, consultants, and vendor partners; establish accountability, collaboration, professional growth, and future team capabilities.
• Track outcomes such as payroll accuracy, self-service adoption, automation, data quality, compliance, roadmap execution, and value realization.

Skills

Workday Payroll

Core HCM

Time Tracking

Absence Management

Enterprise SaaS

Roadmap ownership

Stakeholder mgmt

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. in the United States seeks a seasoned Workday Product Manager to own Payroll, Core HCM, Time Tracking, and Absence Management.

You will partner with Payroll leadership and cross-functional teams to drive a scalable, compliant payroll and HR technology platform. This role demands 10+ years in HR Tech with hands-on Workday expertise, strong governance, and a track record of delivering measurable value through optimization and adoption.