Senior Product Owner (Workday)

We are looking for a hands-on Product Owner HR Technology to lead and evolve our global HR systems, with Workday HCM at the core.

Your Tasks

This is a high-impact role where you drive the roadmap, improve HR processes at scale, and ensure our technology keeps pace with business growth across all markets. You operate at the intersection of HR, IT, and business, with full ownership from day one.

What You’ll Do

Own the Product

• Define and deliver the global HR tech roadmap and backlog (Workday-driven)
• Translate business needs into clear user stories and priorities
• Lead Workday releases, enhancements, and continuous improvements
• Understand our user landscape and drive simplification, standardisation, and automation of HR processes

Connect Business & Technology

• Act as the key interface between HR and IT
• Challenge stakeholders to work smarter using Workday capabilities
• Manage external vendors, integrations, and align across tech teams
• Ensure clear communication of system changes and impact to the business and superusers

Drive Performance & Adoption

• Guarantee system stability, data quality, and compliance
• Improve end-to-end HR processes, including hire-to-retire, absence, and compensation
• Enable the global HR community by training and upskilling superusers
• Ensure all markets stay aligned on releases and best practices

Lead & Deliver

• Guide and develop an application manager
• Ensure clear ownership, strong execution, and delivery discipline

What You Bring

Experience

• 5+ years as a Product Owner in HR technology
• Strong, hands-on Workday HCM experience
• Experience in Agile environments
• Background in international, retail, or multi-site organisations is a plus

Capabilities

• Strong stakeholder management skills, including with senior leaders
• Able to translate strategy into scalable system solutions
• Data-driven and structured in prioritisation
• Proven in driving system improvements and change adoption
• Clear communicator across strategic, tactical, and operational levels

Mindset

• Ownership-driven and pragmatic
• Comfortable challenging the status quo
• Focused on continuous improvement and real business impact

What we offer

• 25 days of annual leave, with the option to buy or sell up to 4 additional days
• Hybrid work model, combining office and remote working
• Possibility to work from abroad for up to 2 weeks per year
• An international work environment, working with teams across different countries
• Travel allowance to support commuting costs
• Access to the Hunkemöller Academy for professional development
• 25% employee discount on all Hunkemöller products