Staff Product Analyst (Workday Payroll, Absence & Time Tracking)

Location: Bellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; San Francisco, California; or Washington, DC. Employees must be physically on U.S. soil and qualify as a U.S. person. Working on a U.S. visa does not qualify as U.S. person status.

Annual base salary: $148,000–$203,500 USD for candidates in California excluding the San Francisco Bay Area, Colorado, Illinois, New York, and Washington; $132,000–$181,500 USD for the applicable additional salary range. Equity, bonus, and benefits may also apply.

Company

Okta builds secure identity infrastructure that helps organizations protect people, applications, and AI-enabled systems.

What you will do

• Define the Workday Payroll, Absence, and Time Tracking product vision and multi-year roadmap.
• Translate business needs from People, Payroll, Finance, IT, and Operations stakeholders into functional requirements and configuration designs.
• Design and configure business processes, calculations, eligibility rules, pay components, and related Workday functionality.
• Manage the configuration lifecycle from discovery and requirements gathering through testing, deployment, maintenance, and adoption.
• Build Workday reports, dashboards, and hubs to identify trends and improve process performance.
• Manage third-party vendor relationships, lead continuous improvement and testing, and develop documentation and training for new features.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience configuring Workday Payroll, Absence, and/or Time Tracking, including business process design, calculated fields, and eligibility rules.
• Deep knowledge of Workday Payroll, including general ledger, pay components, taxes, Absence, Time Tracking, and global HR processes.
• Experience leading tenant configuration, UAT, and regression testing.
• Advanced ability to build custom reports, dashboards, and hubs.
• Strong stakeholder communication, complex functional troubleshooting, scalable solution design, and experience working across global time zones.
• Experience with Agile methodologies, backlog management, and iterative delivery.

Nice to have

• Experience with Workday integrations such as PECI, PICOF, Studio, or Workday Extend.
• Workday certification in Payroll, Absence, or Time Tracking.

Culture & Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k), flexible spending account, paid time off, and parental leave.
• Equity and bonus opportunities where applicable.
• In-person onboarding focused on connecting with the mission and colleagues.
• Opportunities for talent development, community connection, and social impact.