Job Title: Sr Product Manager – Workforce Management
Location: Hybrid Seattle, WA 98101 (MTW in Office)
Duration: 10+ Months  

Job Description:
The Senior Product Manager, Workforce Management will lead the design, development, and execution of Workforce Management solutions. The Senior Product Manager will be responsible for crafting a product roadmap that enhances employee and manager experience while ensuring accuracy and compliance in alignment with organizational goals. This position is critical to driving data-informed decision-making and delivering measurable business outcomes.
The Senior Product Manager will work closely with cross-functional teams, including Human Resources, Operations, Engineering, and Workforce Management and manage the full product lifecycle—from identifying opportunities and gathering requirements to prioritizing features and launching impactful solutions. The role requires the ability to translate business needs into actionable product plans, manage competing priorities, and deliver scalable, user-centric tools. The candidate must also demonstrate strong communication skills to align with executive stakeholders, provide regular updates, and present product performance metrics.
To be successful in this role, the candidate must have at least six (6) years of product management experience, with a strong focus on Workforce Management. The individual must exhibit both strategic thinking and hands-on execution abilities, with a proven track record of delivering results in dynamic, cross-functional environments. This role is an opportunity to apply deep product management expertise to transform Workforce Management and drive meaningful organizational impact.

A day in the life...  

• Ensures seamless collaboration with business and technology for responsive support for impactful product deliveries
• Crafts a multi-year product vision, articulating the value proposition and ensuring alignment to company strategic vision without support.
• Evangelizes vision across the organization and the company where appropriate
• Defines the approach to deliver on the broader product vision.
• Breaks down roadmaps into releasable features without support and owns the prioritization and sequencing of those features to best support strategic goals.
• Prioritizes feature backlog, accounting for complexity, impact, and cohesion with business unit strategy
• Orchestrates comprehensive product planning sessions within their domain and across dependencies.
• Leads customer research and independently synthesizes insights to develop a deep understanding of relevant product opportunities
• Demonstrates a deep understanding of market value and trends (including competitor products) and incorporates into product roadmaps.
• Writes complete user stories and acceptance criteria within domain and influences across domains.
• Drives progress against deliverables across their broader domain, proactively managing risks and dependencies so that outcomes are achieved
• Determines testing strategy and other acceptance criteria requirements
• Engages cross-functionally to ensure incidents are appropriately triaged and addressed. Communicates impacts across the business without support.
• Prioritizes product roadmap to balance short-term deliverables with long term progress, across multiple domains with support.
• Develops feature timeline and sequencing plan within a product line, considering technical and operational constraints and delivery of iterative value without support.

Required Skills:

• 6+ years in the product management discipline, preferably in HR technology or workforce platforms
• Minimum of 3+ years in the Workday ecosystem, preferably hands on experience with Time and Attendance, Scheduling and Labor Optimization and Absence.
• Proven track record of managing all aspects of a successful product related to Workforce Management throughout its lifecycle   
• Strong understanding of labor compliance, workforce policies, and HR operational workflows
• Ability to inspire others, including demonstrated experience managing and leading strong teams   
• Ability to partner effectively to define, measure and analyze processes to identify improvement opportunities   
• Technical background and understanding of software development principles, including Agile development, and testing methodologies   
• Proficient in data analysis and performance metrics   
• Strong critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills   
• Ability to explain complex technical material clearly to users with varying levels of proficiency   
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including presenting to various levels within a matrixed organization   
• Outstanding organizational and time management skills   
• Knowledge of product management tools (e.g. Aha!, etc.)

 

 


At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $70.42/hr.