Product Manager, HR Talent & Partnerships

The Product Manager, HR Talent & Partnerships is responsible for the strategic planning, functional optimization, and technical oversight of the organization’s Learning and Talent Management functions within the Workday platform and its integrated applications. This role serves as the product lead for Workday Learning and Performance modules, ensuring that the platform is configured, maintained, and leveraged to meet evolving organizational requirements.

This role participates in the full product lifecycle, including roadmap planning, release management, solution design, and production support as part of a larger product management team. The Product Manager, HR Talent & Partnerships partners closely with business stakeholders, technical teams, and external vendors to deliver scalable, secure, and compliant solutions. This position also plays a key role in system testing, change management, and user enablement to maximize adoption and return on investment.

A deep understanding of Workday's architecture, combined with strong leadership and analytical capabilities, is essential to this role.

This is an exciting time to join the DFCI Business Applications team as we drive critical digital transformation initiatives that power our entire organization. With cutting‑edge platforms like Workday and UKG at the core, the team is shaping the future of how business processes and technology intersect. There’s a unique opportunity to influence key enterprise systems, lead innovation in automation and integrations, and collaborate across diverse teams to deliver high‑impact solutions.

Join us to be part of a dynamic, fast‑growing environment where your expertise directly accelerates organizational success and growth.

Located in Boston and the surrounding communities, Dana‑Farber Cancer Institute is a leader in life changing breakthroughs in cancer research and patient care. We are united in our mission of conquering cancer, HIV/AIDS and related diseases. We strive to create an inclusive, diverse, and equitable environment where we provide compassionate and comprehensive care to patients of all backgrounds, and design programs to promote public health particularly among high‑risk and underserved populations.

We conduct groundbreaking research that advances treatment, we educate tomorrow's physician/researchers, and we work with amazing partners, including other Harvard Medical School‑affiliated hospitals.

• Act as a strategic partner and primary application lead for the Human Resources Talent & Partnership domain, building strong relationships with business stakeholders to understand their goals, challenges, and workflows, and aligning Workday and related systems to support enterprise objectives.
• Lead end-to-end solution delivery across Workday and integrated platforms by gathering requirements, analyzing current‑state processes, translating business needs into functional and technical specifications, and managing prioritization based on business value.
• Design, configure, and optimize solutions within Workday and supporting systems by managing business processes, reporting, security, and integrations, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, compliance standards, and functional requirements.
• Oversee the full lifecycle of enhancement and release activities including planning, execution, testing (unit, regression, UAT), deployment, and adoption for Workday and connected systems, ensuring business continuity and user readiness.
• Drive process improvement and technology optimization by identifying automation opportunities, reducing manual work, improving data quality, and recommending system enhancements that improve efficiency, scalability, adoption and user experience across platforms.
• Provide advanced production support and uphold governance standards by resolving Tier 2/3 issues, performing root cause analysis, maintaining data integrity, and ensuring security, audit, and regulatory compliance across Workday and integrated systems.
• Enable user success and foster team growth by developing training materials, managing user communications, mentoring junior team members, and contributing to…