Sr. Director Product Management - Leader Enablement & Coaching

Location: USA, CA, Remote

Your work days are brighter here.

We’re obsessed with making hard work pay off, for our people, our customers, and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we’re shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, you’ll feel it. Not just in the products we build, but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm.

We’re in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you’ll do meaningful work with Workmates who’ve got your back. In return, we’ll give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul.

So, if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone, including yourself, you’ve found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too.

About the Team

At Workday, we help the world’s largest organizations adapt to what’s next by bringing finance, HR, and planning into a single enterprise cloud. We work hard, and we’re serious about what we do. But we like to have fun, too. We put people first, celebrate diversity, drive innovation, and do good in the communities where we live and work.

Our Talent Management & Insights Product Management team is growing, and we are looking for an experienced Product leader to guide global teams of passionate PMs across our Leader Enablement & Coaching product suite. We are crafting the next generation of leadership development, executive and peer coaching, and performance management tools for global Talent teams, enabling them to empower managers and cultivate exceptional leaders across their organizations.

We build our solutions using modern technologies, providing an unparalleled level of agility, ease-of-use, and delivery of insights. We are passionate about innovation and not only demonstrate this in our technology and tools, but also in how we work.

About the Role

This role has Product leadership responsibility for Leader Enablement & Coaching products, which includes influencing the strategy, defining the roadmap, and planning and driving its execution. We are looking for someone who is passionate about building transformative experiences that help businesses unlock leader potential, elevate manager capability, and seamlessly connect coaching with continuous performance management.

This is a unique opportunity to be part of an innovative and fun team that loves building the next generation of Leader Enablement experiences for our customers.

In this role, you will

Empower others: Foster the growth of an inclusive, high-performing team and promote a culture that encourages individual decision-making and innovation.

Own the Product Lifecycle: Influence and drive vision for the Leader Enablement products using domain expertise, internal and external best practices, market research, Workday’s company strategy, and customer insight. Transform strategy into roadmap and drive design and capability delivery on highest impact areas for customers to execute on their talent optimization strategies. Work with Engineering to manage the release process and tightly integrate and balance functionality and feasibility.

Cross-functional collaboration: Collaborate with internal cross-functional product partners to deliver persona focused solutions that transform the performance and talent lifecycle.

Be a customer advocate: Foster innovation in the customer experience by combining functional and operational knowledge in the Leader Enablement domains. Engage customers and users to determine business requirements, technical considerations and strategic objectives, as well as provide recommendations based on your industry and product experience.

Be a product evangelist: Collaborate and communicate across the Workday eco-system including Sales, Marketing, Services and other Product teams to promote your products both internally and externally as well as ensure a cohesive message. Build trust through transparency and collaboration.

This position is based in our Pleasanton, CA headquarters; other US locations will be considered.

About You

Basic Qualifications

Deep knowledge of corporate Talent Optimization domain or HCM

Experience building AI and SaaS solutions

• Excellent understanding of Talent Development and Leadership principles and experience in building and developing high-performing product teams.
• Demonstrated commercial responsibility, including managing product P&L and driving revenue growth
• Passion for building great products and solving complex customer and business problems
• Ability to think big picture but is not afraid to roll up their sleeves
• Ability to rigorously analyze, prioritize, and negotiate to deliver enhancements
• Strong understanding of Product Strategies and the ability to develop and execute product roadmaps and market approaches for a product area.
• Strong Decision Making skills in complex product and strategic matters, balancing various factors and communicating effectively to leadership and teams.
• Test and learn mentality and an iterative way of working to improve your team’s products
• Demonstrated understanding of Business Mindset and the ability to align product strategy with the company's overall business strategy and financial objectives at a departmental level.
• Ability to effectively Manage Ambiguity in product development and market dynamics, guiding multiple teams through uncertainty and change
• Communicate clearly and be comfortable influencing others, leading teams and managing key relationship
• Demonstrated ability to inspire and grow others

PreferredQualifications

• 8+ years experience leading and developing large product management organizations, including managing Directors and Senior Managers.
• 10+ years experience managing product management teams, building high-performing teams and driving product outcomes.
• 15+ years experience in product management, defining and executing product strategies for complex software products or platforms.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline such as Business, Computer Science, or a related discipline; a Master's degree preferred or equivalent practical experience

Experience with Workday is highly desired

Experience supporting global teams in different time zones

Additional Locations: USA, GA, Atlanta, USA, CO, Boulder, USA, CA, Pleasanton, USA, CA, San Francisco, USA, NY, Remote