Workday Product Owner

Kainos

. Own the product backlog across one or more functional areas .

Posted 11/3/2026full-timeRemote • United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in managing product backlogs and defining solutions that meet customer needs, with a strong focus on user story creation and agile methodologies. Engages effectively with stakeholders to articulate business requirements and drive product innovation.

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Workday Solutions ArchitectureAgile Team DeliveryUser Story CreationStakeholder EngagementProduct Management

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Hard Skills

Product Backlog ManagementUser Story CreationSolution DefinitionSuccess Criteria MeasurementProduct LaunchRoadmap DeliveryCompetition AnalysisNon-Functional Product ImprovementCustomer Requirement GatheringTechnical Product Discussions

Soft Skills

CommunicationPersuasionNegotiationListeningFlexibility

Industry Keywords

Workday ImplementationProduct ManagementAgile MethodologiesCustomer EngagementProduct Roadmap

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the product backlog across one or more functional areas
Gather and prioritize product and customer requirements
Work with development, sales, pre-sales, marketing, and professional services teams
Understand customer needs, personas, and product engagement drivers
Develop expertise in the problems addressed by the products and their importance
Run structured workshops with customers and internal stakeholders
Define and build solutions addressing customer needs
Define solution benefits and success measures
Monitor competition and develop strategies to stay ahead
Launch products and features, organizing and enabling delivery, pre-sales, and onboarding teams
Support roadmap delivery and product backlog management
Create actionable user stories for development teams
Support backlog prioritization to ensure goals are met
Identify and measure success criteria for delivered features
Define and communicate release acceptance criteria, including MVP criteria
Measure, track, and improve non-functional product aspects
Support sales efforts through product demos and customer discussions on technical product aspects

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience of leading and architecting Workday based solutions
Demonstrable experience delivering as part of an agile team
Excellent user story creation skills
Ability to articulate business needs in a format consumable by scrum teams
Excellent communication, persuasion, negotiation, listening, and stakeholder engagement skills
Enthusiasm for new technologies and innovation
Flexibility and proactivity in bringing new ideas to ways of working and the product roadmap
Strong attention to detail and ability to interpret supplied information, understand sources, and challenge where necessary
Comfort and ability to engage with customers, including internal customers, to understand requirements and support functional or technical product discussions
Prior Workday implementation or management (desirable)
Experience with Product Management in a Workday context (desirable)

Benefits

Comp & perks

People-first culture
Growth and career advancement opportunities
Diverse, inclusive, and collaborative workplace
Recruitment accommodations and adjustments tailored to candidates' needs