Workday Product Manager Job Herndon area,Virginia USA,IT/Tech

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MANTECH seeks a highly skilled Workday Product Owner & Solution Architect to serve as the single point of accountability for the Workday platform across the enterprise. This is a hybrid position based out of Herndon, VA.

In this hybrid "player-coach" role, you will define the product vision, roadmap, priorities, and long-term strategy in partnership with HR, Finance, Payroll, Procurement, and Enterprise IT, while maintaining hands‑on configuration, development, and architectural authority.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Serve as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams while developing and maintaining a multi‑year Workday roadmap aligned with enterprise objectives, compliance, and modernization goals.
Manage the enhancement backlog, platform governance, and overall Workday ecosystem strategy.
Define and oversee Workday architecture across HCM, Payroll, Financials, Procurement, Security, Reporting, and Integrations.
Lead solution design reviews and govern integration architecture (APIs, EIBs, Core Connectors, Middleware) connecting Workday to Deltek Costpoint, Service Now, Okta, and data platforms.
Personally configure and maintain business processes, security frameworks, calculated fields, dashboards, custom reports, and workflows.
Manage tenant administration, environment migrations, and lead biannual release evaluation and testing.
Provide player-coach leadership by driving strategic execution, mentoring team members on Workday best practices, and managing relationships with Workday and implementation partners.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Administration, Engineering, or related field AND 10+ years of enterprise applications experience.
7+ years of progressive experience directly configuring, architecting, or managing the Workday platform.
3+ years of experience serving in a Product Owner, Lead Architect, Solution Architect, Technical Lead, or Platform Owner role for Workday.
Demonstrated hands‑on experience delivering at least 1 enterprise Workday implementation or major platform transformation program.
Demonstrated hands‑on experience configuring Workday Security, Business Process Framework, Custom Reporting, Calculated Fields, and EIBs.
3+ years of experience architecting or managing integrations between Workday and enterprise ERP/Identity systems (such as Deltek Costpoint, Microsoft Azure AD/Entra , or Service Now).

Preferred Qualifications:

Workday Pro Certification in relevant functional or technical domains (HCM, Financials, Security, Integrations, Reporting).
Hands‑on configuration experience across both Workday HCM and Workday Financials modules.
Experience supporting Workday within a government contracting, defense, or highly regulated corporate environment.
Experience utilizing Workday Extend, Prism Analytics, or AI‑driven platform capabilities.
Experience working within Agile product delivery frameworks.

Physical Requirements:

Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50%.
Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer.
Frequently communicates with co‑workers, management, and external stakeholders. Must be able to…