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Workday Security Product Owner(Hybrid)

Cisco • $109K — $145K *
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709In-Person
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in information systems, Computer Science, Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field
  • 5+ years of Workday experience focused on Workday Security
  • 3+ years leading Workday security governance and administration
  • Deep knowledge of Workday Domain Security Policies and role-based access controls
  • Experience with audits, compliance reviews, and access certification processes

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the product owner for the Workday security framework and governance standards
  • Maintain Workday Domain Security Policies, Business Process Security Policies, and Security Groups
  • Optimize domain permissions across Workday modules like HCM and Payroll
  • Establish standards for Workday security groups creation and modification
  • Lead security governance, audits, and compliance initiatives while collaborating with stakeholders

Benefits

  • Collaboration with cross-functional teams including HR, IT, and Compliance
  • Opportunity to influence security governance in a high-impact role
  • Focus on continuous improvement and scalability of security models
  • Exposure to evolving technologies like AI-enabled capabilities
  • Access to advanced security frameworks and protocols
Full Job Description
The application window is expected to close on: 07/19/2026
Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Meet the Team

You will join a cross-functional team that partners closely with HR, Finance, IT, Internal Audit, Compliance, Information Security, and Workday support teams to enable secure, scalable, and compliant access across the Workday platform. This team plays a meaningful role in protecting enterprise data, strengthening governance, and ensuring Workday security capabilities evolve in line with business, regulatory, and technology needs.

Your Impact

As the Product Owner - Workday Security, you will own the strategy, governance, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the organization's Workday security model. You will own the end-to-end security framework across Workday, ensuring access is invented and governed with a solid focus on compliance, auditability, scalability, and least-privilege principles. This is a high-impact role that blends product ownership, security governance, stakeholder management, and platform expertise to support a secure and future-ready Workday environment, including AI-enabled capabilities.

Responsibilities
  • Serve as the end-to-end product owner for the Workday security framework, including strategy, roadmap, governance standards, and operating model.
  • Own and maintain Workday Domain Security Policies, Business Process Security Policies, Security Groups, and Prism Security.
  • Develop, review, and optimize domain permissions across Workday modules including HCM, Payroll, Compensation, Recruiting, and related areas.
  • Establish and implement standards for creation, modification, review, and retirement of Workday security groups, including role-based, user-based, intersection, segment-based, and constrained security groups.
  • Lead security governance, audits, access reviews, segregation-of-duties monitoring, compliance support, and security improvement initiatives while partnering with business and technical stakeholders.


Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in information systems, Computer Science, Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
  • 5+ years of Workday experience with significant focus on Workday Security.
  • 3+ years of experience leading Workday security governance and administration.
  • Deep expertise in Workday Domain Security Policies, Business Process Security Policies, Security Groups, Workday Prism Security, role-based access controls, and segregation of duties.
  • Experience supporting audits, compliance reviews, and access certification processes.


Preferred Qualifications
  • Workday Pro Security certification or equivalent Workday security credentials.
  • Experience with Workday HCM, Recruiting, Compensation, and other Workday modules.
  • Knowledge of SOX, GDPR, and enterprise security frameworks.
  • Experience with identity and access management (IAM) integrations.
  • Agile Product Owner or Product Management experience, with the ability to lead cross-functional stakeholders and evolving backlogs.

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Size
79,500 employees
Market Cap
$194.5 billion
Industry
Telecommunications & Hardware
Net Income
$10.1 billion
Founded
2014
5 Year Trend
+1.4%
Revenue
$48 billion
NASDAQ
CSCO
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