HR Information Systems Product Owner – Payroll
Posted 2026-05-06
Remote, USA
Full-time
Immediate Start
- Job Description:
- Own & communicate product vision for Workday and other HR Tools in Payroll & Total Rewards and other HR functional areas
- Work closely with stakeholders and internal technology partners
- Establish project management discipline and governance processes to support initiatives
- Work with technical resources to maintain platform health and look for continuous improvement options
- Create and maintain product and release requirements backlog
- Build and maintain a strong working relationship with Payroll and Time & Absence leadership and other business leaders
- Align business priorities and make trade-off decisions across multiple collaborator concerns
- Proactively identify, resolve, or bring up issues, concerns, and impediments to get the project developed with efficiency and maximum effectiveness
- Provide final sign-off for projects
- Serve as an escalation resource for Tier 2 & 3 issues
- Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience
- 7+ years of experience in payroll, compensation, time & absence, HR systems, or related business/technology roles (Product Owner, Business Analyst, Payroll/HR Systems Lead, or SME)
- Demonstrated understanding of global payroll ecosystems and how payroll integrates with compensation, time & absence, benefits, and compliance
- Workday experience preferred, with solid knowledge of Core HR processes and end‑to‑end integration touchpoints
- Experience with global payroll vendors and platforms (e.g., ADP Global View or similar)
- Proven ability to act as a Product Owner or functional lead, including roadmap planning and backlog prioritization
- Skilled at driving alignment, influencing stakeholders, and facilitating complex cross‑functional discussions
- Experience delivering technology initiatives across design, testing, and implementation phases
- Comfortable making decisions, pushing back when needed, and escalating issues appropriately
- Strong analytical mindset; asks “why” and grounds decisions in facts and business impact
- Able to work independently while collaborating effectively across teams, regions, and levels
- Organized, adaptable, and comfortable operating in a changing environment
- Demonstrated leadership and ability to influence without authority
- Benefits:
- comprehensive benefits package which includes medical and dental coverage
- disability
- retirement benefits
- paid leave
- paid time off
- discretionary annual bonus program