Principal Product Analyst - Workday Delivery Lead
Leads delivery for Okta’s Workday Experience & Rewards portfolio, coordinating complex initiatives across HCM, compensation, benefits, equity, and total rewards systems. Requires 10+ years of related experience, strong stakeholder leadership, and expertise in multi-system delivery and Agile execution.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Technically scope and lead complex, multi-quarter, executive-sponsored projects across Experience & Rewards systems and processes, including compensation, benefits, equity, and total rewards platforms.
- Act as the primary liaison between business partners and technical delivery teams.
- Write detailed functional requirements, business processes, and use cases.
- Serve as the functional specialist and delivery lead for Core HCM, compensation, rewards, and benefits technology integrations and workflows.
- Drive delivery against a prioritized backlog from project initiation through completion.
- Break down epics and business requirements into user stories, acceptance criteria, and technical tasks.
- Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, retrospectives, and other Scrum activities.
- Identify and resolve project risks, impediments, and requirement trade-offs.
- Facilitate scoping workshops and mentor junior colleagues.
Requirements
- 10+ years of related professional experience with a bachelor's degree, or 8+ years with a master's degree.
- Proven experience managing complex, multi-system initiatives as a Delivery Lead.
- Ability to analyze complex issues spanning multiple applications and business processes.
- Strong stakeholder collaboration, consensus-building, and conflict-management skills.
- Strategic thinking and ability to anticipate business needs.
- Strong organization, planning, attention to detail, and leadership skills.
Nice-to-Haves
- Experience with AI or automation initiatives within an HR technology ecosystem.
- Agile or Scrum certification.
Compensation and Benefits
- Annual base salary of $170,000–$233,200 USD for candidates located in the San Francisco Bay Area.
- Annual base salary of $151,000–$207,900 USD for candidates located in California excluding the San Francisco Bay Area, Colorado, Illinois, New York, and Washington.
- Equity, bonus, health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, paid time off, and parental leave may be provided in accordance with applicable plans and policies.
Skills
Workday, Core Hcm, Compensation, Benefits Administration, Hr Technology, Systems Integration, Agile, Scrum, Backlog Management, User Stories, Acceptance Criteria, Business Process Analysis, Requirements Gathering, AI Automation
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