Senior Product Manager, Core Financials AI

Senior Product Manager, Core Financials AI

Lead the definition and delivery of AI‑powered capabilities and agent skills that transform how finance teams use Workday Financials. You will sit at the intersection of AI and accounting, owning AI use cases that span core accounting workflows and ensuring they are understood, trusted, and adopted by customers at scale.

• Own the vision, strategy and roadmap for AI‑powered capabilities and agent skills within Core Financials, grounded in the needs of CFOs, controllers and accounting teams.
• Identify high‑impact, high‑ROI AI opportunities in Core Financials, advocate for them and enable other teams to accelerate delivery.
• Partner with AI and Agent Platform teams to design secure, governed, and trustworthy agentic experiences tailored to financial use cases.
• Develop deep knowledge of Workday Core Financials and adjacent products to define technically feasible and financially meaningful AI/agent use cases.
• Collaborate with engineering, ML, UX and content teams to define product requirements, experiment with AI/LLM‑powered solutions and ship production‑grade features, not just prototypes.
• Interface with customers to run discovery, validate concepts and operate early‑adopter/validation programs that de‑risk AI investments and ensure customer value.
• Define value outcomes and success metrics for Core Financials AI investments, and use data and research to inform prioritization and iteration.
• Partner with other product teams across Financials and the broader Workday portfolio to ensure agent skills compose well, respect controls and compliance needs, and feel cohesive across experiences.
• Act as the product champion for Core Financials AI, communicating the vision, roadmap and new capabilities to internal stakeholders, field teams and customers.
• Mentor and coach other product managers exploring AI and agent use cases in finance.

• 5+ years of product management experience, including end‑to‑end ownership of product or feature life cycles.
• 5+ years of experience with SaaS/B2B products.
• Technical proficiency with AI and LLM‑powered technology (understanding agent architectures, LLM capabilities/limitations, prompt patterns, evaluation approaches).
• Experience as a product owner, enterprise financials systems analyst or functional consultant on ERP, financial management, accounting or closely related financial systems.
• Skilled in decision making and creative problem‑solving, evaluating complex situations and selecting the best course of action.
• Strong cross‑team collaboration and operational coordination, leading complex initiatives across multiple functions.
• Organized and capable of tracking many moving pieces while delivering results on time and with quality.
• Experienced in business influence, synthesizing complex inputs from finance stakeholders, AI platform constraints and customer feedback into a compelling AI product strategy.
• Comprehensive understanding of reporting and analytics needs of the Office of the CFO and how AI can augment tasks such as close, reconciliation, reporting and analysis.
• Passionate about the latest in AI products and emerging technologies, with hands‑on experience exploring large language models, retrieval‑augmented generation and agent frameworks.
• Strong data analysis skills, using product analytics, usage data and qualitative research to inform AI use‑case selection, prioritization, iteration and impact measurement.
• Comfortable engaging in technical discussions with engineering and ML partners concerning trade‑offs, safety/guardrails, performance and cost.
• Customer‑centric mindset, quickly identifying customer pain points and translating them into differentiated AI‑powered experiences.

Primary location (USA, CA, Pleasanton) base pay range: $168,000

USD–$252,000

USD
. Additional location(s) in Canada: $135,700

CAD–$203,500

CAD
. Role may also be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan and annual stock grants.

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