Product Manager - Workday

Overview

McGough is a respected partner that brings six generations of experience to high profile, unique and complex construction projects. We take great pride in our people and their extraordinary expertise in planning, development, construction and facility management. McGough employee tenure reflects the commitment and pride we share in our work. Ask anyone who knows us - the caliber of our people sets us apart.

Workday Product Manager

The Workday Product Manager acts as the business-side owner of McGough s Workday ecosystem, ensuring the platform drives measurable business outcomes across Core HCM, Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Learning, Advanced Compensation, Workforce Management and Employee Engagement. This role partners closely with HR leadership, IT/IS, and Program Management to define, deliver, and continuously improve Workday capabilities that align with organizational and people strategy.

This individual defines business justification for investments, prioritizes the roadmap, monitors adoption and ROI, and acts as the bridge between employees, people managers, HR stakeholders, executive sponsors, and technical delivery teams. They are accountable for ensuring Workday remains stable, compliant, relevant, and value-generating long after deployment. This role maintains awareness of how Workday fits within broader business capabilities and adjacent systems, and collaborates with domain-level leadership to support coherent, cross-platform outcomes.

In addition to roadmap ownership and optimization, this role is responsible for defining, developing and delivering the enablement strategy for Workday, including hands-on training and capability development to ensure employees, managers, and HR teams can effectively adopt and sustain Workday-driven processes.

Required:

• 7+ years of experience in digital product management, HCM platform ownership, or enterprise application strategy.
• 3+ years with Workday platform.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams to define and deliver digital tools that align with business and workforce needs.
• Demonstrated success in building and managing a business-focused roadmap for enterprise platforms.
• Experience partnering with IT and Deployment Program Managers to define scope, success metrics, and delivery milestones.
• Strong communication, stakeholder engagement, and organizational influence skills.

Preferred:

• Background in HR operations, talent management, learning management, or workforce planning.
• Systems-oriented thinking with awareness of cross-platform dependencies and downstream impacts.
• Familiarity with Agile delivery models, digital transformation initiatives, and organizational change management.
• Bachelor's or Master s degree in Business Administration, Human Resources or related fields.

• Strategic thinker with tactical execution capability, able to define and defend investment priorities.
• Strong collaboration and facilitation skills; able to drive clarity and accountability across HR, IT, and business teams.
• Comfortable managing ambiguity, prioritization, and organizational change.
• Comfortable designing and delivering hands-on training and enablement for employees and managers.
• Strong analytical capability; able to define, track, and communicate performance and adoption metrics.
• Technically fluent enough to challenge assumptions and validate feasibility with IT and vendors.
• Experience with project and product management tools (JIRA, Confluence, Smartsheet, MS Project, etc.).
• Clear, confident communicator with executive presence and attention to detail.

• Position is based at McGough s headquarters in Roseville, MN.
• Travel is expected to be up to 20% for various training or team building activities. Additional travel to various national office locations may be required as determined by the individual and their manager.

Program Leadership and Enablement:

• Define, plan, and execute the Workday product roadmap across HR, talent, learning, and workforce management domains.
• Partner with HR leadership, IT, and business stakeholders to establish product goals, deliverables, and KPIs.
• Lead operational readiness and change enablement for new Workday modules, enhancements, and releases.
• Manage dependencies, risks, and communication across all Workday-related initiatives.
• Track platform performance through defined metrics (adoption, usage, data quality, user satisfaction).
• Establish platform KPIs tied to workforce outcomes, compliance, and operational efficiency.
• Manage third-party vendors and service providers to ensure accountability to scope and SOWs.
• Partner with domain-level leadership to ensure Workday roadmap decisions support coherent, end-to-end people capabilities.

Deployment Partnership:

• Partner with HR leaders and business stakeholders during rollout to ensure requirements, usage expectations, and training needs are understood and incorporated.
• Design and deliver training programs, office hours, and self-service learning paths…