Associate Director, Product Manager – Workforce Adaptive Planning

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Associate Director, Product Manager overseeing Workday Adaptive Planning's technical roadmap and implementation. Leading cross-functional teams to deliver scalable workforce planning solutions across business units.

Posted 6/1/2026full-timeRemote • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $157,200 - $298,800 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own and manage the technical roadmap for Workday Adaptive Planning, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and scalability across all business units, while partnering closely with the Workforce Intelligence program lead to understand and integrate their strategic roadmap and objectives into the overall planning strategy.
Provide oversight and strategic direction to individual BU product owners, fostering collaboration and ensuring consistency across BUs during implementation and sustainment efforts.
Lead the successful implementation of Workday Adaptive Planning for two additional BUs, while overseeing the sustainment of an ongoing deployment.
Develop and implement governance frameworks, including Jira deployment models, structured testing frameworks, and ticket workflows, to improve delivery efficiency and system consistency.
Collaborate with Workforce Intelligence, Digital Technology, and other cross-functional teams to address escalations, align planning outputs, and ensure seamless system integration and operations.
Monitor and ensure data quality, security protocols, and compliance across all implementations, while developing robust intake and support models for smooth transitions to production and long-term system stability.
Serve as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert for BU leaders and product owners, providing guidance on best practices for leveraging Workday Adaptive Planning to support workforce planning objectives.
Continuously identify and implement opportunities for innovation, optimization, and efficiency in workforce planning systems and processes.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Human Resources, or a related field with 12 years of relative work experience or a MS degree with 10 years of experience.
Minimum of 6 years of relevant experience in product management, workforce planning, or enterprise system implementation, with at least 8 years in a leadership role overseeing cross-functional teams and projects.
Proven experience as a product manager or director, with a focus on enterprise system implementations or workforce planning solutions.
Strong expertise in Workday Adaptive Planning or similar enterprise planning platforms, with hands-on experience in managing multi-phased deployments across multiple business units.
Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor cross-functional teams, including direct oversight of product owners or managers with proven experience in managing technical roadmaps and aligning them with program-level strategies and goals.
Proficiency in developing and managing governance and deployment frameworks using tools such as Jira for project management and workflow optimization with project management skills, with experience in managing partnered deployments and ensuring on-time delivery of complex projects.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with program leadership, cross-functional teams, and organizational leaders.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Parental (including paternal) leave
Flexible work schedules
Achievement awards
Educational assistance
Child/adult backup care

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Hard Skills & Tools

Workday Adaptive Planningproduct managemententerprise system implementationworkforce planninggovernance frameworksdeployment frameworksdata qualitysecurity protocolscomplianceproject management

Soft Skills

leadershipcollaborationmentoringcommunicationstakeholder managementstrategic directioninnovationoptimizationefficiencyoversight