Workday Product Manager

Job Disclosures:

Location:

On-site or Remote, providing the candidate resides in one of the following markets: Santa Fe, NM; Denver, CO; Las Vegas, NV; Houston, TX; Dallas, TX; New York, NY; or Los Angeles, CA

Compensation:

The salary range for this position is $107,911-145,680. Compensation is based on location and experience.

Deadline:

The deadline for submitting applications for this position is September 15, 2025. Meow Wolf reserves the right to extend this deadline if needed.

Job Summary:

The Product Manager at Meow Wolf serves as the critical link between technical capabilities and business needs, ensuring the system is robust, scalable, and strategically aligned. This role defines and drives the vision, roadmap, and priorities for Workday, making sure it supports and advances the company’s overall product and business objectives.

We are a fast-moving, high-growth B Corporation intent on improving the world for good through immersive art experiences. You will join a professional, knowledgeable, and supportive HR team in ensuring our staff are empowered and engaged. Above all else we seek candidates who are curious, analytical and sticklers for perfection when it comes to HRIS software configuration, policies, and practice.

Key Responsibilities:

Workday Lead (40%)

• Understand the underlying architecture and system design to make informed decisions about functionality, scalability, and performance.
• Develop structure and process for testing, implementation, and maintenance of the system, ensuring performance, scalability, and security.
• Manage system governance including control documentation and compliance efforts, adhering to internal and external data privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR, PII). Lead the Workday Committee, which includes monitoring and vetting system changes.
• Administer security (roles and access) for all modules, managing user permissions, system settings, scheduled reports and reviews.
• Oversee third-party vendor relationships and ensure service level agreements (SLAs) are met.
• Lead and coordinate project related to bi-annual Workday releases, system updates and integrations.
• Partner with HR, Payroll, Finance, and IT to address integration needs, business process improvements, and system enhancements.
• Develop, organize and deliver system documentation, user guidelines and training materials/sessions for users to enhance system adoptions and effectiveness.
• Monitor system performance, gather user feedback, and leverage data insights to drive future development.
• Anticipate business needs, mitigate risks, and provide solutions to complex technical challenges.
• Strengthen internal communication and visibility of Workday functionalities across the organization.

HRIS Subject Matter Expert (60%)

• Serve as partner & backup to HRIS Administrator for troubleshooting and configuration of the HCM.
• Resolve customer tickets for the HCM.

Required Qualifications

• A Bachelor's degree in information systems, computer science, business administration, HR management, or similar field or equivalent experience
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience as an HRIS and/or FIN administrator
• Experience with Workday including HCM, Payroll, Benefits, Reporting, Absences, Advanced Compensation, Recruiting, Prism, Time Tracking, etc.
• Strong project management experience (at least 2 years)
• Advanced experience with the building and maintenance of calculated fields is strongly preferred
• Basic knowledge of labor legislation and data protection regulations
• Experience in analyzing HRIS & FIN performance metrics and improving processes
• Experience in performing diagnostic tests and audits, as well as documenting processes
• Ability to keep information confidential, particularly PII
• Workday Certification preferred but not required
• Ability to provide, in user-friendly terms, sound ideas and solutions to end users on HR & FIN systems-related questions, tasks, projects and reports
• Demonstrates an understanding of business objectives both internally and externally which impact the company’s ability to achieve its objectives
• Strong understanding of data ETL pipelines
• Experience developing reporting or self-service tooling for non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven track record of using operations data analysis to identify opportunities, pain points, courses of action, and the underlying causes behind issues
• Experience communicating results of analyses to non-technical stakeholders who are the users of systems involving metrics, pipelines, and dashboards
• Experience in producing business intelligence for operations teams, using outputs of pipelines, dashboards, and other infrastructure
• Experience in one of more of the following programming languages: Python, PHP or Haskell.
• Experience working with data visualization tools (e.g. Power BI / Tableau)
• Experience operating strategic projects with cross-functional partners

Work Environment and Physical Demands

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed must be representative of the knowledge, skills, minimum education, training, licensure, experience, and/or ability required.

Work Environment:

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and scanners.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Physical ability to walk, stand, take stairs/slides/elevators, and navigate the elements during the day and night. Employee may be required to remain in a sitting or standing position for prolonged periods, and repeat motions that may include the wrists, hands, and/or fingers. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Must be able to lift up to 5 pounds at times.

The employee will comply with company and OSHA standard workplace safety protocols. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work Schedule:

This is a full-time position, and hours of work and days are Monday through Friday, 9a.m. to 5 p.m. or 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand.

Supervisor Responsibilities:

This position does not require supervisory responsibility.

Travel

This position does not require travel.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

IMPACT: Meow Wolf is committed to our DIY roots and grassroots community support principles. To document that commitment, we converted our legal designation into a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation and have certified as a B Corporation. As a B Corp, we have a triple bottom line of supporting financial, social and environmental wellbeing in our community.

INCLUSION: Meow Wolf is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. We are committed to ensuring all employees enjoy and thrive in a work environment where differences make us the vibrant, wonderful community we are! All employment decisions at Meow Wolf are based on business need, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, results of genetic testing, veteran status, service in the military or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

BENEFITS:

The choices we make concerning our benefits during enrollment periods are among the most important we select for ourselves and our families. As part of the total compensation package for full-time employees, Meow Wolf offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes various options to meet individual healthcare and financial needs along with many perks.

• Medical Insurance options: PPO & HDHP*
• Dental and Vision Insurance*
• HSA, HRA, and FSA options*
• 401k Retirement Plan
• Company paid Life Insurance Policy and Disability Coverage(s)*
• Voluntary Critical Illness and Life Insurance Policies*
• Company Paid Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Parental Leave for 12 weeks
• Discount off Meow Wolf Gift Shop Merch and Cafes
• Admission to Meow Wolf attractions for employees and guests

\*Regular or Project Based Full-time positions

Please visit www.meowwolf.com/careers for more information.