Workday · 3 days ago
Senior Product Manager, Authentication
Pleasanton, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$166K/yr - $248K/yr
8+ years expWorkday is a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents. They are seeking a Senior Product Manager for Authentication to define and build foundational controls for secure identity verification, focusing on delivering resilient multi-factor and passwordless authentication solutions.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareHuman ResourcesSaaSSoftware
Responsibilities
Collaborate with Workday's Senior leadership, Customers, Product Management, and Development teams to define requirements that drive the overall access control and management strategy and roadmap
Lead the collaborative effort across product and engineering to shape and refine AI Agent authentication strategies, maintaining a proactive stance on evolving A2A (Agent-to-Agent) and Model Context Protocol standards (MCP)
Represent the customer and be data-driven when evaluating development decisions with engineering teams through design, testing and product/feature release
Identifying platform solutions or improvements to help tackle customer problems or feedback. Own feature design documents to ensure multiple teams apply the solutions
Capture, prioritize, and define requirements (while actively grooming backlog) into executable epics and user stories for engineering
Build and maintain a prioritized backlog of epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria, based on key collaborator requirements, and persona and use case development
Independently drive the product vision and execution for a dedicated Scrum team, ensuring successful delivery by actively owning and guiding all Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog grooming, and product prioritization
Qualification
Required
8+ years of demonstrated ability as a Product Manager, Technical Product Manager, Product Owner, or other equivalent role
4+ years of proven experience in one or more of the following areas: authentication, identity management, authorization, or related security technologies
Validated understanding of common compliance security regulations and standards such as NIST Cybersecurity Framework, FedRAMP, etc
Ability to influence, lead, and collaborate across multiple technical and product teams in a matrixed environment
Preferred
Ability to clearly prioritize and articulate product requirements, as well as develop a vision and strategy for area of ownership
Ability to break down complex concepts and distill requirements that meet customer needs
Strong written and verbal communication, and presentation skills, with the ability to interact professionally at all levels including customers, executives, and subject matter authorities
Experience with SaaS and/or cloud infrastructure products and services
Experienced with Scrum and other agile development methodologies, and general software standard processes
Passionate about technology and the security space
Benefits
Workday Bonus Plan
Annual refresh stock grants
Company
Workday
Workday provides SaaS-based enterprise solutions for a company's human resources and financial management activities.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.23BKey Investors
Elliott Management Corp.New Enterprise AssociatesGreylock
2025-09-16Post Ipo Equity· $2B
2012-10-12IPO
2011-10-24Series F· $85M
Leadership Team
Aneel Bhusri
CEO and Co-Founder
Peter Bailis
Chief Technology Officer
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