Principal Product Manager - Content Platform

Your work days are brighter here.

At Workday, it all began with a conversation over breakfast. When our founders met at a sunny California diner, they came up with an idea to revolutionize the enterprise software market. And when we began to rise, one thing that really set us apart was our culture. A culture which was driven by our value of putting our people first. And ever since, the happiness, development, and contribution of every Workmate is central to who we are. Our Workmates believe a healthy employee-centric, collaborative culture is the essential mix of ingredients for success in business. That’s why we look after our people, communities and the planet while still being profitable. Feel encouraged to shine, however that manifests: you don’t need to hide who you are. You can feel the energy and the passion, it's what makes us unique. Inspired to make a brighter work day for all and transform with us to the next stage of our growth journey? Bring your brightest version of you and have a brighter work day here.

About the Team

The Content Platform team is looking for exceptional individuals to join our team and to partner in creating a set of enterprise software experiences, intent on making Workday data more approachable and usable. We build high-quality applications and service offerings. We collaborate constantly and continually look for ways to work better together. We take walks, eat lunch together, and play games to give our brains a break! We’re always getting better. This position is located in Boulder, CO with at least 50% time in the office.

Come join a team where you will have the opportunity to build experiences that positively change how our customers work with enterprise applications.

About the Role

We’re looking for a versatile Product Manager to help launch new products within the Content Platform, our platform for document authoring & generation. This is a great opportunity for an enthusiastic product manager who thrives on learning about new technologies and working on fun and challenging projects to have an impact on core parts of the technology platform. It’s a hands-on role, where you’ll be working to understand customer needs and leading product features from concept into our users hands.
 

What you'll be doing

• Define product and platform capabilities that power Workday Docs

• Identify and resolve issues that may hinder the team's ability to meet strategic and technical goals

• Understand how Workday Docs meets the needs of our customer relative to the competition, industry trends and technological trends

• Collaborate with complex multi-disciplinary teams across all functions of the organization to ensure successful product development and launch

• Develop knowledge of Workday’s product offerings and capabilities in the context of the content platform

• Act as the ‘voice of the customer’ during product development

• Promote high team morale, excitement and momentum

About You

You are customer-centric and understand the business value our solutions provide. You are excited to learn, thorough, decisive, and enjoy a fast-paced work environment. You are able to translate product strategy into detailed requirements and prototypes.

Influencing and building consensus within leadership and our partner teams is paramount. To deliver, you will work with the engineering team and other Product Managers to break down the plans into refined features. Focus on outcomes and value is key to success in this role.

Basic Qualifications

• 6+ years of product management experience

• 8+ years building software (SaaS and/or B2B experience preferred)

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or other technical major required

Other Qualifications
 

You can answer “yes” to many of the following statements:

• You are a collaborative teammate who uses influential leadership to coordinate and deliver results across teams.

• You are ambitious, always looking to take on new work and get great pleasure from helping others understand, coordinate and address their challenges.

• You see product development as a team effort, and thrive in a highly collaborative, agile, continuous discovery and continuous delivery approach

• You have a technical background with an understanding and/or hands-on experience in software development and web technologies

• You have technical savvy and deeply familiar with the nuances and inner workings of the engineering organization

• Experience creating and communicating enterprise software product strategies to all levels of leadership

• You work with engineers to under