Product Owner

Workday Product Owner / Workday Platform Lead

Full-Time Permanent | Germany | Remote / Hybrid Options Available

The Opportunity:

Shape the future of a global Workday HR platform by taking ownership of its functional direction, continuous improvement, and long-term success.

This is an opportunity for an experienced Workday Product Owner / Platform Lead to sit at the centre of HR, technology, and business transformation - driving the roadmap, governance, optimisation, and adoption of a global Workday environment.

You'll play a key role in defining how Workday evolves, ensuring the platform continues to support business priorities, HR digitalisation goals, and a consistent global user experience.

Working closely with HR, IT, Legal, Data Protection, and business stakeholders, you'll become the trusted owner of the Workday platform from a functional perspective, balancing strategic vision with operational excellence.

German language skills are preferred, with the ability to collaborate effectively across international and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities:

• Own the overall functional responsibility for the operation and continuous development of the Workday HR platform.
• Define, prioritise, and govern the Workday functional roadmap, including releases, optimisation initiatives, and enhancements.
• Ensure alignment between Workday capabilities, Group HR strategy, digitalisation objectives, and standardisation goals.
• Establish and lead a global Workday governance and decision-making model.
• Manage functional change, release management, and incident topics from an HR perspective.
• Lead the prioritisation and evaluation of change requests with external Workday partners.
• Own the functional testing strategy, acceptance criteria, and HR approval processes.
• Develop and drive a global Workday enablement and training strategy.
• Establish consistent training, knowledge management, and documentation standards.
• Build sustainable user adoption through key user networks, communities, and support models.
• Act as the functional service owner for Workday, ensuring quality, structure, and continuous improvement of HR services.
• Own global HR data models and ensure ongoing data quality within Workday.
• Ensure compliance with data protection, security roles, and permission concepts, including GDPR and local requirements.
• Partner closely with the IT Platform Owner to ensure stable operation and continuous improvement of the Workday platform.
• Collaborate with IT, Legal, Data Protection teams, and works councils to deliver effective Workday solutions.

About You:

• Successfully completed degree in Business Administration, Business Informatics, or a comparable qualification.
• Strong understanding of HR systems, processes, and digital HR transformation.
• Experience managing or owning a global HR platform such as Workday from a functional perspective.
• Experience managing HR or IT projects within an international environment.
• Strong understanding of Workday governance, roadmap management, and platform optimisation.
• Ability to work independently with a structured, quality-focused approach.
• Strong facilitation, communication, and presentation skills.
• Experience managing stakeholders across HR, IT, and business functions.
• Ability to operate effectively within complex global organisations.
• German language skills are preferred.

Benefits:

• Full-time permanent position.
• Flexible remote or hybrid working model in Germany.
• Opportunity to take ownership of a strategic global Workday platform.
• Influence the future direction of Workday HR transformation.
• Work alongside international HR, IT, and business teams.
• Long-term career growth within a leading Workday environment.

If you're interested, or know someone who would be a great fit, please get in touch.

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📞 +44 7727 644480