Product Manager - Analyst | SAP​/Workday

Software Resources has an immediate, long term contract job opportunity for a Product Manager - Analyst | SAP/Workday with a major corporation in Burbank, CA. 4 days Onsite, 1 day Remote.

17+ month contract

Non-negotiable / priority skills:
o Strong experience with SAP and Workday, weighted more heavily than years of experience
o Experience working with ERP, HCM, or payroll data in a corporate environment
o Strong written and verbal communication skills
o Ability to translate business requirements into clear technical documentation

• Developers rely directly on the documentation produced by this role.

• Access to sensitive data was highlighted, requiring high awareness of data sensitivity and compliance.

• Industry background was not restricted; candidates can come from various industries.

About the Role:
This role will serve as a subject matter expert and hands-on leader driving the delivery of enterprise HR systems and integrations that support our global workforce. In this role, you will lead complex, cross-functional initiatives across ERP platforms (including SAP S/4 HR and Workday) to enhance employee experiences, streamline HR operations, and enable data-driven decision-making for leaders worldwide.

• The role supports integration work involving Workday, SAP, and an internal middleware/data hub.

• Core responsibilities include:
o Partnering with internal requesters (often HR, but not exclusively)
o Gathering and refining business requirements
o Translating business needs into functional and technical requirements
o Validating feasibility with internal technical teams
o Partnering with Data Governance to ensure legal and privacy compliance
o Handing finalized requirements to developers for execution

• The role was repeatedly characterized as similar to a senior/lead Business Analyst, despite the Product Manager title.

Responsibilities:
You will lead small to medium-scale HR technology initiatives from discovery through post-implementation Hypercare, partnering closely with business stakeholders, Dev Ops, and external vendors to deliver scalable, reliable solutions. You will act as a skilled, experienced subject matter expert and mentor, solving complex problems, defining clear outcomes, and aligning work to organizational goals while fostering a collaborative, innovative, and high-performing team culture.

This role matters because it ensures Disney's HR platforms and integrations effectively support our people, protect data integrity, and enable world-class employee and leader experiences.

• Serve as the integration subject matter expert on enterprise HR technology projects from
requirements gathering and solution design through implementation and Hypercare support.

• Analyze HR system enhancement requests, partnering with business stakeholders to define functional requirements, assess integration challenges, and evaluate global template and site-specific impacts.

• Lead test efforts for system enhancements, including test planning, building test sets, coordinating functional and integration testing, tracking completion, managing test issue reports, and overseeing re-testing activities.

• Partner with Dev Ops teams to architect enterprise-scale integrations and extensible applications that support HR, payroll, benefits, and reporting processes.

• Lead small to medium-scale projects related to HR system enhancements and implementations, coordinating with business partners and external vendors to ensure milestones, goals, and tasks are delivered on time.

• Drive solutioning conversations to determine the best technical approach, assess feasibility within platform lifecycle constraints, and propose viable alternatives when initial requests are not feasible.

• Evaluate current HR processes and data flows for efficiency, accuracy, and consistency, recommending and implementing process improvements.

• Develop, monitor, and execute test plans for system enhancements, ensuring alignment with business requirements and system configuration.

• Act as a subject matter expert and lead product manager for HR technology, translating complex concepts for diverse audiences and negotiating to align stakeholders on recommended…