Senior Product Manager - HR Technology

This role is offered as hybrid in Seattle, WA. Candidates must be available to work in office at the Nordstrom corporate headquarters a minimum of 4 days/week to be considered for this position.

The Senior Product Manager, HR Technology is a key member of the Nordstrom Product Management team, responsible for taking HR technology initiatives from idea to launch. This is a critical role that will shape employee and manager experience throughout the entire employee journey.

The Senior Product Manager will work across multiple HR domains and drive solutions to solve our biggest employee friction points. This role manages the full product lifecycle, from identifying opportunities and gathering requirements to prioritizing features and launching impactful solutions. It requires the ability to translate business needs into actionable product plans, manage competing priorities, make data driven decisions and deliver scalable, user-centric tools that improve the employee and manager experience while ensuring accuracy and compliance.

The candidate must also be able to communicate and clearly articulate vision and strategy with all levels of the organization.

To be successful in this role, the candidate must have at least 6 years of product management experience, including 2+ years of hands-on Workday experience. The individual must be able to think strategically as well as dive into the details with a proven track record of delivering results in dynamic, cross‑functional environments. This role is an opportunity to apply deep product management expertise across HR Technology and drive meaningful organizational impact.

• Ensures seamless collaboration with business, operations and technology for responsive support for impactful product deliveries
• Ramps quickly into new HR Technology launches, taking initiative, learning the domain, the stakeholders, and the underlying processes well enough to lead without a long runway
• Acts as a thought leader and crafts a multi-year product roadmap, articulating the value proposition and ensuring alignment to company strategic vision without support
• Evangelizes vision across the organization and the company where appropriate
• Breaks down roadmaps into releasable features and owns the prioritization and sequencing of those features to best support strategic goals
• Prioritizes feature backlog, accounting for complexity, impact, and cohesion with company and business unit strategy
• Orchestrates comprehensive product planning sessions within their domain and across dependencies, including Workday configuration, integrations, and downstream systems
• Leads end user research and independently synthesizes insights from employees, managers, HR partners, and operations to develop a deep understanding of product opportunities
• Demonstrates a deep understanding of market value and trends (including competitor and vendor products) and incorporates them into product roadmaps; evaluates build vs. buy vs. integrate
• Writes complete product requirement documents, user stories and acceptance criteria within domain and influences across domains
• Drives progress against deliverables, proactively managing risks and dependencies so that outcomes are achieved
• Determines requirements and success criteria, uses data to make informed decision and ensures release readiness
• Partners with Change Management and other stakeholders to produce training materials and communications for launches and adoption
• Applies AI-enabled capabilities to improve the employee and manager experience, partnering with operations and engineering to evaluate feasibility, risk, and value
• Develops feature timeline and sequencing plan within a product line, considering technical and operational constraints and delivery of iterative value without support

• 6+ years in the product management discipline, preferably in HR technology or workforce platforms
• 2+ years in the Workday ecosystem, with hands-on experience across one or more modules (e.g., Core HCM, Time Tracking, Absence, Benefits, Compensation, Talent Optimization, Recruiting, etc.)
• Proven track record of managing all aspects of a successful HR technology product throughout its lifecycle, including multiple launches across different HR domains
• Strong understanding of HR operational workflows, workforce policies, and labor and data privacy compliance
• Practical experience delivering AI-or-ML-enabled product capabilities, with a strong understanding of AI…