About the position

This role requires a highly experienced Workday Product Owner with deep functional and system administration expertise. The individual will own Workday configuration, security, business process design, tenant management, releases, and integrations, acting as the primary subject matter expert for the platform. Success in this role depends on the ability to balance strategic roadmap ownership with hands-on administration/configuration and complex troubleshooting and support. The Product Owner partners closely with HR, Finance, and IT stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable Workday solutions while ensuring system stability, data integrity, and continuous improvement. Responsibilities will span Sprout’s Workday environment, including Financials, Adaptive Planning, Projects, Core HCM, Compensation & Benefits, US Payroll, Talent Management, Absence, and any future modules under consideration. #LI-AD1

Responsibilities

• Leads the Workday configuration and development efforts by conveying the vision, outlining and prioritizing work based on business value
• Collaborate with stakeholders ensuring their interests are included in the release and the team to ensure the release is developed by the deadline
• Ability to gather, document, and determine all types of requirements; define and execute complex solutions; plan, write, and execute testing to ensure solution success, acting as a Test Lead when needed; plan, write, and execute Release Plans as needed
• Work with Workday to understand/influence roadmap, and manage the health of our account, supporting Business Reviews, Risk Assessments and contract renewals
• Manage lean-on vendors that serve as an extension of our team on planning and delivery of prioritized work
• Support identification of resources with skills to complete upcoming roadmap and sprint work
• Manage semi-annual Workday release cycle, understanding and socialization new features for prioritization and coordinating/supporting regression testing throughout our environment
• Responsible for the 12-month+ product roadmap
• Manage run-the-business/continuous delivery via a Scrum methodology
• Manage relevant budget lines to ensure we are delivering within spend limit
• Manage (as necessary) efforts that require traditional waterfall/SDLC project delivery/ status (i.e. vendor delivery of an upgrade, enhancements; OCM/communications/training) in adherence with SDLC and PMO standards
• Identify ways to optimize end-to-end technology including processes, adoption of tooling, and opportunities to automate for efficiency gains through owning and providing deep expertise of products
• Monitor Product Production Queue for new issues, triage, poor system performance; conducts regular audits, assign and/or address according to SLA
• Support solving escalated calls when On Call team member is unable to resolve themselves
• Ownership of SOX controls, including auditing of roles and permissions, as required
• Research and assess emergent technology in the industry for future strategic growth, bringing forth recommendations to keep Sprouts relevant
• Coach more junior team members as they grow into product ownership

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent work experience
• 5-7 years of experience as Workday administrator, with breadth of knowledge across both Finance and HCM modules. Workday certifications preferred.
• 5-7 years of experience in product ownership, product management, or technical project management, with a focus on technical products or solutions
• Strong understanding of software development and technical concepts, with experience working in Agile environments
• Proficiency in product management and agile tools
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to translate complex technical information for non-technical audiences
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a strategic, customer-focused mindset
• Communication: Convey information, ideas, and feedback clearly and concisely in an engaging manner that helps others understand and retain the message; listening actively to others.
• Customer Focus: Place a high priority on the customer’s perspective when making decisions and taking action; implementing service practices that meet the customers’ and own organization’s needs.
• Driving for Results: Set SMART goals and measure progress; tenaciously working to meet or exceed goals and making continuous improvement. Seeking innovative ways to solve problems that result in unique and differentiated solutions.
• Positive Approach: Demonstrate a positive attitude in the face of difficult or challenging situations; provide an uplifting (yet realistic) outlook on what the future holds and the opportunities it might present.

Nice-to-haves

• Finance, Accounting or Human Resources business domain experience preferred.

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Sick time plan that you can use to support you or your immediate families health
• Opportunities for career growth
• 15% discount for you and one other family member in your household on all purchases made at Sprouts
• Flexible schedules
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401(K) Retirement savings plan with a generous company match
• Affordable benefit coverage, including medical, dental vision
• Paid parental leave for both mothers and fathers
• Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and dependent care
• Company paid life insurance and short-term disability coverage