Workday Product Manager - Compensation and Benefits

Ready to turn your Workday compensation, benefits, and configuration expertise into a better experience for 12,000+ team members?

Davidson Hospitality Group is looking for a seasoned Workday Product Manager to drive the configuration and optimization of our domestic Workday ecosystem, with a focus on Compensation and Benefits. This is a hands-on, high-impact role. You will connect product strategy with real configuration work, turning complex compensation programs, benefit plans, and multi-state requirements into reliable, scalable solutions.

You will report to our Corporate HRIS Systems Manager and work closely with our Sr. Director, Workday Systems and Director of Total Rewards. You will lead the Workday side of Compensation and Benefits, managing the product roadmap, guiding Agile delivery, and serving as the functional and technical authority within Workday.

This is an on-site position at our corporate office in Dunwoody, GA. Remote work is not available for this role.

Responsibilities

Compensation & Benefits Configuration

• Lead and personally execute end-to-end Workday configuration across Compensation, Benefits, and closely related modules such as Core HCM and Payroll
• Design and maintain compensation plans, grades, eligibility rules, packages, allowances, and merit and bonus processes in Workday
• Configure benefit plans, programs, coverage options, eligibility, enrollment events, and life-event workflows
• Build advanced business processes, conditional routing, calculated fields, custom notifications, and security frameworks for compensation and benefits administration
• Ensure accurate integrations and downstream impacts across payroll, employee data, and benefit vendors

Platform Governance & Delivery

• Own the Workday Compensation and Benefits product roadmap, prioritizing enhancements and converting operational needs into scalable solutions
• Lead design sessions, requirements refinement, sprint planning, story sizing, testing, and release readiness
• Validate Workday releases, assess tenant impacts, and support data integrity and security reviews
• Oversee advanced reporting and critical EIB mass updates with strong controls and auditability
• Develop prototypes and process improvements that reduce defects and improve the experience for corporate teams and property-level users

Partnership & Escalation

• Report to the Corporate HRIS Systems Manager and collaborate closely with the Sr. Director, Workday Systems on roadmap priorities, platform strategy, and delivery
• Partner with the Director of Total Rewards to translate compensation and benefits strategy and program design into Workday solutions
• Serve as the senior Workday escalation point for complex compensation and benefits issues, working with HR, Payroll, Finance, vendors, and other partners
• Partner with HR leaders, COEs, executives, and field operations to align system design with business needs
• Mentor Workday analysts in configuration, requirements discovery, testing, and product delivery
• Engage with the Workday Community to evaluate new product capabilities and emerging features

Please note: This role requires hands-on Workday Compensation and Benefits configuration experience. General HRIS, reporting-only, or recruiter-side Workday experience will not meet the minimum requirements.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on Workday configuration experience, with deep expertise in Workday Compensation and Benefits
• Strong working knowledge of Core HCM and related integrations
• Proven experience configuring compensation structures and processes, benefit plans and enrollment, eligibility rules, and connected business processes
• Expert knowledge of Workday business processes, security, custom notifications, and advanced calculated fields
• Strong Workday reporting, matrix reporting, and EIB data management experience
• Experience delivering through an Agile or structured product lifecycle, including sprint planning, story refinement, sizing, and testing
• Excellent analytical and communication skills, with the ability to explain technical solutions to business stakeholders and senior leaders
• Multi-unit/multi-state location experience
• Hospitality related industry experience strongly preferred
• Ability to work on-site at our corporate office in Dunwoody, GA

Benefits

In keeping with the company’s heritage of delivering value to its owners and team members, Davidson offers a rich benefit program with a variety of benefits designed to enrich the lives and well-being of our team members and their families.

• Multiple Tiers of Medical Coverage
• Dental & Vision Coverage
• 24/7 Teledoc service
• Free Maintenance Medications
• Pet Insurance
• Hotel Discounts
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Time Off (vacation, sick, bereavement, and Holidays).
• 401K Match