Senior People Technology Product Manager (Comp & Benefits)

Role Summary

Senior People Technology Product Manager (Compensation & Benefits) within Gilead’s HR People Technology team. This role is ideal for a seasoned Workday expert who combines deep technical knowledge with solution design skills to deliver robust, scalable, and compliant HR technology solutions. You will serve as the technical authority for Workday, driving architecture, configuration, and integration strategies across multiple modules and ensuring alignment with business outcomes. This is an opportunity to shape Gilead’s HR technology landscape and elevate the employee experience through innovation and automation.

Responsibilities

• Act as the Workday subject matter expert and solutions architect, leveraging deep technical and analytical capabilities to design and implement durable, scalable solutions.
• Lead end-to-end delivery for Workday initiatives: requirements gathering, solution design, configuration, testing, deployment, and post-implementation support.
• Provide technical guidance across modules such as Core HCM, Compensation, Benefits, Recruiting, Security, Reporting and Absence Management.
• Partner with HR, IT, and cross-functional teams to ensure cohesive architecture and mitigate downstream impacts.
• Provide subject matter expertise on Workday best practices and partner with functional, engineering teams, and stakeholders to design Workday solutions ensuring all workstreams are cohesive and cross-functional/technical impacts are considered and mitigated.
• Provide technical guidance and support to project teams during all phases of the implementation lifecycle and on an ongoing basis, ensuring durable solutions and high data quality.
• Ensure implemented technology meets the transactional, reporting, and analytical needs of our businesses. As appropriate, work with data engineering teams to ensure accuracy and completeness of data in the workforce data lake.
• Conduct regular system audits and performance tuning to ensure optimal system performance and reliability.
• Stay current with Workday releases and updates, evaluating new features and functionality for potential adoption.
• Maintain compliance with GDPR, OFCCP, and Sarbanes Oxley controls.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of relevant experience; OR
• Required: Masters' degree and 6+ years of relevant experience; OR
• Required: PhD and 2+ years of relevant experience

• Preferred: 7+ years of experience implementing and supporting Workday’s suite of applications and technologies.
• Preferred: Experience as a technical lead on multiple full life-cycle implementations of Workday.
• Preferred: Experience cross delivering on one or more of the following Workday HCM modules: Core HR, Compensation, Benefits, Time and Absence Management
• Preferred: Proven success delivering products that connect multiple systems and drive measurable business impact.
• Preferred: Strategic thinker who links product outcomes to organizational goals.
• Preferred: Strong stakeholder management and storytelling skills to align diverse teams around a clear vision.
• Preferred: Experience using AI, analytics, or data to enhance user experience and decision-making.

Education

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a related field (as applicable per above).