Hybrid Senior Product Manager, Workday Time & Absence

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About the role

  • Senior People Technology Specialist optimizing Workday Time Tracking and Absence Management for Gilead, a biopharmaceutical company combating global health challenges. Collaborating across HR, Payroll, and IT to enhance employee experience.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the Workday Time Tracking and Absence SME, owning configuration, maintenance, and optimization of: Time entry templates, time types, time blocks, and eligibility rules
  • Absence plans, accruals, carryover rules, balance caps, and validations
  • Work schedules, calendars, period schedules, and approval workflows
  • Partner closely with HR, Payroll, IT, and regional stakeholders to translate business and policy requirements into scalable Workday solutions
  • Lead end-to-end delivery of Time & Absence initiatives, including requirements gathering, solution design, configuration, testing, deployment, and hyper-care
  • Design, build, and maintain Workday Time & Absence reports and dashboards, supporting HR, Payroll, and manager insights
  • Configure and maintain Business Processes, condition rules, notifications, and security related to time and absence transactions
  • Ensure seamless integration with Payroll, downstream calculations, and reporting
  • Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues related to time entry, absence requests, approvals, balances, and payroll impacts
  • Support global and regional rollouts, new country deployments, and regulatory or policy changes affecting time and absence
  • Execute and support unit, integration, and regression testing for configuration changes and bi-annual Workday releases
  • Identify opportunities for process simplification, automation, and self-service, improving accuracy and user experience
  • Review Workday release notes, assess impacts to Time & Absence, and recommend adoption of new features and functionality
  • Maintain configuration documentation, change control artifacts, and audit ready records
  • Ensure compliance with labor regulations, internal controls, and SOX relevant processes where applicable
  • Stay current with Workday releases and updates, evaluating new features and functionality for potential adoption
  • Develop job aids and support materials; contribute to knowledge sharing across the HRIS team

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of relevant experience; OR Masters' degree and 6+ years of relevant experience; OR PhD and 2+ years of relevant experience
  • Degree in Information Systems, Business, or related field (or equivalent experience)
  • 8+ years of hands-on Workday HRIS experience, with deep expertise in Time Tracking and Absence Management
  • Proven experience configuring complex Time & Absence rules, accruals, eligibility, approvals, and integrations with Payroll
  • Experience supporting global or multi-country Workday environments and country-specific time/leave requirements
  • Strong understanding of Workday Business Process Framework, security roles, calculated fields, validations, and reporting
  • Experience leading or supporting full lifecycle implementations or major enhancements for Workday Time & Absence
  • Strong communication and stakeholder partnership abilities; able to translate policy and operational needs into technical solutions
  • Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and documentation skills.

Benefits

  • company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans
  • discretionary annual bonus
  • discretionary stock-based long-term incentives (eligibility may vary based on role)
  • paid time off

Job title

Senior Product Manager, Workday Time & Absence

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$126,565 - $189,640 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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