Sr HR Product Project Manager

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We are committed to provide our Employees a stable work environment with equal opportunity for learning and personal growth. Creativity and innovation are encouraged for improving the effectiveness of Southwest Airlines. Above all, Employees will be provided the same concern, respect, and caring attitude within the organization that they are expected to share externally with every Southwest Customer.

People

We are committed to provide our Employees a stable work environment with equal opportunity for learning and personal growth. Creativity and innovation are encouraged for improving the effectiveness of Southwest Airlines. Above all, Employees will be provided the same concern, respect, and caring attitude within the organization that they are expected to share externally with every Southwest Customer.

As a Sr HR Product Project Manager, you’ll help shape how Workday solutions are planned, prioritized, and delivered across Southwest’s HR technology portfolio. Serving as the central connection between HR Product, Technology, project Teams, and Business Leaders, you’ll turn Workday needs into a clear, sequenced roadmap and keep functional, technical, testing, and reporting changes aligned through deployment. You’ll oversee intake, portfolio health, release readiness, risks, dependencies, and adoption for Workday deployments, system enhancements, and ongoing production needs while bringing transparency to priorities, progress, and results.

Working across US and India-based Teams and external partners, you’ll strengthen accountability, delivery quality, and consistency across the Workday portfolio. Through disciplined governance, thoughtful planning, and cross-functional influence, you’ll enable scalable, well-managed Workday solutions that better support Southwest Employees and Leaders and create lasting value across the Company.

• The culture of Southwest Airlines means we value the camaraderie, collaboration, and innovation that occurs when we come together and interact face-to-face at our vibrant Corporate Campus. Due to the nature of this role, you would be required to work from our Dallas, TX Headquarters facility during business hours.
• U.S. citizenship or current authorization to work in the U.S. required and no current or future work authorization sponsorship available.

We’re committed to fair hiring practices and to making employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, military or veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other legally protected characteristics.

• Own the HR Product Management intake and the portfolio demand, capturing and triaging incoming requests and applying structured prioritization to produce a transparent, backlog that serves as a source of accuracy for portfolio status
• Run the cross-portfolio prioritization and roadmap delivery, sequencing work and influencing direction across a matrixed structure, and escalating unresolved cross-functional conflicts to HR Product Management and leadership
• Track intake and delivery status across the portfolio and facilitate the weekly tactical delivery sync, maintaining tracking documents and status reporting and driving alignment across the product team, product owners, and technology partners
• Review user stories and release-tracking documentation for completeness and readiness, confirming work is staged correctly across the tiered environment promotion path
• Support release management for the scheduled production release window, coordinating regression, validation, and migration readiness with the responsible teams and partners
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