[Hiring] Product Owner Sr @Dayforce

Role Description

The Product Owner is a highly skilled, versatile, dedicated subject matter expert who will directly contribute to the success of the Marketing Technology team’s objectives and goals. We’re looking for a Product Owner experienced in engaging stakeholders, customers and employees across all groups and levels to enhance and implement a robust and effective set of enterprise marketing tools.

• Serve as the product owner for the capabilities delivered through Marketo, Salesforce, and other marketing technology platforms.
• Work closely with business stakeholders across all functions to understand their demand, capture ideas, and shape them into actionable initiatives.
• Review the business backlog of ideas on a regular basis and help determine the right direction.
• Develop, track, and report on KPIs to measure adoption, performance, and business impact of initiatives.
• Define and maintain a product roadmap that balances innovation, feasibility, and business priorities.
• Manage tradeoff decisions between scope, speed, and value, while offering creative, scalable solutions.
• Oversee the product backlog, ensuring clear prioritization and acceptance criteria for all features.
• Drive user adoption by developing strategies, playbooks, and training to optimize usage of tools.
• Develop strategies and plans to drive end user adoption and optimization.
• Manage and communicate tradeoff decisions between scope and schedule while offering alternative solutions.
• Provide work assignments to Business Analysts supporting the associated development teams.
• Work with many internal teams to develop a unified and exceptional customer experience and user experience.
• Participate in feature assessment, requirements gathering and documentation.
• Collaborate with Architect Review Board, Cybersecurity, Privacy and Risk Management for new software considerations.
• Research and investigate emerging technologies, best practices and tools to continuously improve the capabilities, with AI top of mind.
• Support marketing partners in designing and building Custom GPTs for various capabilities.
• Lead PI planning for the Marketing area. Design and drive all aspects of sprint management to complete our internal customer requests within the required timeline without sacrificing quality.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Product Owner or Product Manager, ideally focused on Marketing Technology.
• Strong understanding of MarTech platforms and data-driven decision-making.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into business value and stakeholder outcomes.
• Strong skills in roadmap development, backlog management, and KPI tracking.
• Experience with Agile methodologies (including PI planning, sprint management, and iterative delivery).
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; able to influence at all levels of the organization.
• Demonstrated ability to anticipate future needs and proactively identify opportunities where AI and automation can add value.
• Evidence of strong analytical skills, problem solving, and strong logical thinking.
• Proven ability to document requirements, issues, and outcomes.
• Positive attitude with a drive and capacity to learn quickly with ability to collaborate, negotiate and persuade, while maintaining positive relationships.
• Excellent organizational and time-management skills, and ability to prioritize multiple tasks and projects under pressure.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, HR Tech, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in digital transformation, enterprise automation, or collaboration technology leadership.
• Solid understanding of HR and HCM workflows, digital workplace strategies, and employee experience metrics (preferred).
• Proven program management, cross-functional leadership, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Must have experience with both Marketo and Salesforce platforms.
• Must have experience with Jira.
• Must have hands-on experience with ChatGPT and other generative AI tools.
• Nice to have: DemandBase and ZoomInfo.

Benefits

• Dayforce is fueled by the diversity of our talented employees.
• We are an equal opportunity employer and consider and embrace ALL individuals and what makes them unique.
• We believe our employees should be happy and healthy, with peace of mind and a sense of fulfillment.
• We encourage individuals to apply based on their passions.
• Dayforce encourages personal and professional growth.
• We offer excellent time away from work programs, comprehensive wellness initiatives and recognition through competitive pay and benefits.
• With a commitment to community impact, including volunteer days and our charity, Dayforce Cares we provide opportunities for you to thrive both in your career and personal life.
• Our focus is not just on your job but on supporting you to be the best version of yourself.