Sr. Product Manager, Technical (Workday Experience) - T-Mobile

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That’s how we’re UNSTOPPABLE for our employees!Job OverviewAre you ready to join the Un-carrier movement?Join our team as a Product Manager in a role that blends creativity, strategy, and technology
Your mission? To make real impact on our customers' lives by guiding the development of Workday modules and products at T-Mobile
You'll be the innovator behind the enhancement of Workday platforms and services, shaping them from initial concept to final launch to ensure employee experience flows smoothly.Your role is more than just a job; it's about understanding our customers' needs, exploring what's technically possible, aligning with our business goals, and getting the resources needed to bring your ideas to life
You'll lead complementary teams, bringing together different perspectives to create the ecosystem of products that affect every stage of the employee lifecycle.You'll coordinate with developers, marketers, and other key players to ensure our products not only meet but exceed our customers' expectations.If you're someone who's passionate about making a difference, possesses a mix of technical know-how, critical thinking, and leadership skills, and loves the challenge of turning ideas into reality, this role is for you
Join us in shaping the future of technology at T-Mobile and making a positive difference in the lives of our customers.We are a team that encourages innovation and advocate an agile and open approach, truly working and playing in the Un-carrier way!Job Responsibilities:Vision, Strategy, and AnalysisOwns Workday product enhancements and modifications end to end for products or features with moderate level of complexity and scope
This includes creating, managing, maintaining, and communicating product vision and strategy including technical vision and capabilities.Drives end user product research.Partners with business and internal/external partners to understand current customer experience, identifies areas of opportunity to build and enhance Workday platforms and modules.Conducts analysis of quantitative and qualitative data to identify product innovation opportunities or root cause of issues, and assess opportunity size and impact
May work with data scientists to answer complex questions or identify meaningful insights from data.Demonstrates rapid hypothesis driven testing methodologies and experiments (i.e
paper prototype, A/B testing, etc.) to inform direction, prioritize investment.Conducts cost-benefit / value / NPV analysis, to support decision making.Develops and maintains current understanding of tech trends
Assesses how trends impact the roadmap or create opportunity for innovation of the product.Communicates, influences, and sells ideas at Director level and below
This includes regularly delivering product presentations.Conducts specific ad hoc analysis and provides insights to management on request.Recommends product feature set or technical improvements to improve customer experience.Customer EvangelistUses customer insights for product vision, strategy, roadmap, priorities.Dedicates time to customers actively meeting with them to build deeper appreciation and understand their needs and priorities.Create, lead, foster an active VOC feed for themselves and team.Actively looks for opportunities to delight or meet customer’s unmet needs.Evangelizes and advocates for the customer both internally (IC through C level) and externally, perpetuating the customer-first mentality.Creates an environment and culture where the team is immersed in customer-first mentality.Tests ideas with real customers to ensure that the product delivers the desired benefit.Product Execution & Technical DeliveryTranslates product/platform strategy by writing detailed features and user stories consumable for Dev teams for moderately sophisticated products
This work may include creation of prototypes.Collaborates with PM and Dev leaders to design, architect and assemble effective Agile delivery teams in the Agile Release Train and Agile Teams.Runs or contributes significantly to key Agile ceremonies: Program Increment (PI) Planning / Big Room Planning; System Demo; Inspect and Adapt (I&A), etc.Owns and leads product backlog and priorities with our business and technology partners
Backlog at this level typically serves 1 - 4 Agile / Scrum / Sprint teams.Scopes and prioritizes activities based on business and customer impact.Collaborates with Architecture and Dev teams to ensure technical debt and long term technical investment is factored into roadmap.Ensures existing production defects are factored into regular backlog prioritization for resolution based on priority.Collaborates with partners and Dev / Execution teams to create and communicate anticipated release schedule.Runs and maintains efficient flow of just-in-time feature and story elaboration activities across all Agile Teams throughout execution, typically maintaining 2 iterations (Sprints) worth user stories ‘ready’ for Dev in Team Backlogs.In scaled teams, holds regular meetings and coordination activities with other PM’s and Product Owners (if applicable) to ensure parallel work is in sync and dependencies are known.Generates and maintains dashboards and reports that track product health and success metrics, technical KPI’s.Conduct Product Quarterly Business Reviews (QBR’s) and Steering meetings.Runs beta and pilot programs with early-stage products and samples.Collaborates with advertising and public relations to promote product.Supports sales, marketing, and other stakeholder teams with product or technical knowledge and additional documentation.Assists with the overall execution relating to all aspects of the software development process, from defining the strategy and architecture through deployment and support.Communicates technical challenges to partners and makes educated trade-off decisions based on those challenges.Accountable for product quality and performance in production environment, as well as product team response in event of critical or high impacting defect, including communications to partners at all levels.Identify execution, operational, organizational issues that impede product success
Drive improvement plan to change or resolve issues (within sphere of influence).Support and enable core agile practices and tenants: efficient just-in-time flow; lean practices; elimination of waste; DevOps CICD.Relationship & People, Professional DevelopmentCollaborates and champions positive working relationships with many technical and non-technical teams, including sales, commercial accounting, marketing, legal, go-to-market, finance, Dev, Architecture, Engineering
Works with outside partners and other third parties.Develops positive relationships with Customer groups or Customer Representatives.Maintains professional knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviews professional publications; establishes personal networks; participates in professional societies.Develops adoption tools and training material.Education:Bachelor's Degree Computer Science, Engineering, IT or equivalent experience
(Required)Work Experience:5+ years of experience in product management with focus on Workday
[Required]7+ years of relevant Product Management experience in an agile software product development environment
Advanced level understanding of customer experience
(Required)Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:Deep understanding of the Workday platform, its modules, how organizations use it and standard processes for implementation
(Required)Deep understanding product features in Workday HCM, Talent, Recruiting, Security, Reporting and Prism analytics
(Required)Workday integration knowledge and experience with integration patterns(EIB, Studio), API’s, and protocols such as REST, EDI, SOAP, etc
(Required)Understanding of Workday configuration, solution engineering, or technical architecture in large scale company/ application / product environmentUnderstanding of software development processes, cloud-based technologies, and integrations
Ability to work closely with engineering teams.Understanding of HR business processes and skilled in aligning product strategy with business goals
(Required)Skilled with developing cross-functional teams, including engineers, designers, support, and teams.Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and able to use data for decision-making and prioritizing features.Focused on customers and able to understand needs and translate them into product requirements.Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and adapt to changing priorities and requirements.Willingness to continuously learn and stay updated with the latest trends and technologies in the HR software industry.Agile Methodologies Proven success in directing matrixed resources and delivering software, with Agile Scrum methodologies and other commonly used tools, across multiple teams
(Required)Technical Writing Strong requirements elicitation, and proven writing skills including the ability to write concisely and clearly for different audiences
(Required)Agile Project Management Experience with Agile backlog/project management tools
(Required)Collaboration Experience with successive elaboration and ability to develop Initiatives, Features and User Stories that the DevOps teams can ingest
(Required)Product Management Experience in delivering large and complex business/technology initiatives as Product Manager or lead technology role
(Required)Proven ability to connect with Leadership optimally and efficiently, while employing a high degree of collaboration and influence
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences including executives and non-technical leaders
(Required)Technology Deep understanding of platform technologies and components such as security, performance, optimization, API integration
Advanced knowledge of full technology stack on which your assigned product runs
(Required)Business Analysis Strong analytical skills with demonstrated ability to identify/analyze/synthesize product use data and use the data to drive decisions
(Required)DevOps Extensive knowledge of DevOps (CI / CT / CD) and application of CI/CT/CD in Agile environment
(Required)Certifications:Workday Pro certification - HCM Core (Preferred)Workday Pro certification - Performance and Talent (Preferred)Workday Pro certification – Recruiting (Preferred)Workday Pro certification – Reporting (Preferred)Workday Pro certification – Security (Preferred)Scrum Product Owner Certification (CSPO) or SAFe 6.0 Product Owner/Product Manager Certification (Preferred)• At least 18 years of age• Legally authorized to work in the United StatesTravel:Travel Required (Yes/No):DOT Regulated:DOT Regulated Position (Yes/No):NoSafety Sensitive Position (Yes/No):NoBase Pay Range: $124,700 - $224,900Corporate Bonus Target: 20%The pay range above is the general base pay range for a successful candidate in the role
The successful candidate’s actual pay will be based on various factors, such as work location, qualifications, and experience, so the actual starting pay will vary within this range.At T-Mobile, employees in regular, non-temporary roles are eligible for an annual bonus or periodic sales incentive or bonus, based on their role
Most Corporate employees are eligible for a year-end bonus based on company and/or individual performance and which is set at a percentage of the employee’s eligible earnings in the prior year
Certain positions in Customer Care are eligible for monthly bonuses based on individual and/or team performance
To find the pay range for this role based on hiring location, T-Mobile, our benefits exemplify the spirit of One Team, Together! A big part of how we care for one another is working to ensure our benefits evolve to meet the needs of our team members
Full and part-time employees have access to the same benefits when eligible
We cover all of the bases, offering medical, dental and vision insurance, a flexible spending account, 401(k), employee stock grants, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off and up to 12 paid holidays - which total about 4 weeks for new full-time employees and about 2.5 weeks for new part-time employees annually - paid parental and family leave, family building benefits, back-up care, enhanced family support, childcare subsidy, tuition assistance, college coaching, short- and long-term disability, voluntary AD&D coverage, voluntary accident coverage, voluntary life insurance, voluntary disability insurance, and voluntary long-term care insurance
We don't stop there - eligible employees can also receive mobile service & home internet discounts, pet insurance, and access to commuter and transit programs! To learn about T-Mobile’s amazing benefits, check out .Never stop growing!As part of the T-Mobile team, you know the Un-carrier doesn’t have a corporate ladder–it’s more like a jungle gym of possibilities! We love helping our employees grow in their careers, because it’s that shared drive to aim high that drives our business and our culture forward
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