Product Owner, Enterprise Data & Analytics

About the position

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Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a vision and coordinate the priorities of business backlog and execution of the plan.
• Focus on business planning and forecasting elements of the Workday business.
• Align information and analytical needs across organizations such as Sales, Marketing, Customer Experience, Office of COO, and Business Finance.
• Enable iterative value delivery to the business in the tradition of product management.
• Establish a relevant communications and organizational change process in a highly matrixed environment.
• Engage with business to prioritize requirements and highlight status to senior business leaders.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience working with business leaders to lead and prioritize analytics and data backlog.
• 3+ years leading federated teams representing analytics, data governance, data quality, data transformation, and data analytics team members.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience managing stakeholders and developing an understanding of current and future business needs.
• Ability to lead in ambiguous situations with creative problem solving.
• Proven ability to drive consensus across business lines on prioritization.
• Outstanding communication skills.
• Proven experience in data and analytics that span multiple business functions/regions, preferably in technology companies.
• Experience in the software industry.
• Experience in Agile delivery models and tools.
• Experience in Sales, Forecasting, and Business planning (in the high tech area a plus).
• Flexible, team player who drives the decision-making process in ambiguous situations.

Benefits

• Workday Bonus Plan or role-specific commission/bonus.
• Annual refresh stock grants.