Senior Product Manager - HR Technology

Nordstrom is hiring a Senior Product Manager for HR Technology to lead HR technology initiatives from early idea through launch. This role shapes the employee and manager experience across the employee journey, owning work across planning, delivery, adoption, and data-informed, compliant solutions at scale.

In this hybrid position based in Seattle, WA, you will collaborate with business, operations, and technology partners to support impactful product releases. Nordstrom requires candidates to be available to work in the office at the corporate headquarters a minimum of 4 days per week. The salary range for this role is USD 142,000 - 220,500 per year.

What you’ll do

• Coordinate with business, operations, and technology to enable responsive support for impactful product deliveries
• Ramp quickly into new HR technology launches by learning the domain, stakeholders, and underlying processes well enough to lead without extended runway
• Own a multi-year product roadmap, articulating the value proposition and aligning priorities to Nordstrom’s strategic vision
• Break roadmaps into releasable features, then own prioritization and sequencing to support strategic goals
• Manage feature backlog prioritization using complexity, impact, and alignment with company and business unit strategy
• Lead comprehensive product planning sessions within your domain and across dependencies, including Workday configuration, integrations, and downstream systems
• Drive end user research and synthesize insights independently from employees, managers, HR partners, and operations to identify product opportunities
• Use market and trend knowledge, including competitor and vendor offerings, to inform product roadmaps and assess build vs. buy vs. integrate options
• Write complete product requirement documents, user stories, and acceptance criteria, and influence across related domains
• Advance deliverables by proactively managing risks and dependencies to achieve desired outcomes
• Define requirements and success criteria, use data for decision-making, and ensure release readiness
• Partner with Change Management and other stakeholders to produce training materials and communications that support launch and adoption
• Apply AI-enabled capabilities to improve employee and manager experience, partnering with operations and engineering to evaluate feasibility, risk, and value
• Develop a feature timeline and sequencing plan within a product line while considering technical and operational constraints and delivering iterative value

What you bring

• 6+ years in product management, preferably in HR technology or workforce platforms
• 2+ years in the Workday ecosystem with hands-on experience across one or more modules (for example: Core HCM, Time Tracking, Absence, Benefits, Compensation, Talent Optimization, Recruiting)
• Experience managing the full lifecycle of successful HR technology products, including multiple launches across different HR domains
• Strong understanding of HR operational workflows, workforce policies, and labor and data privacy compliance
• Experience delivering AI- or ML-enabled product capabilities, including AI concepts such as RAG, agentic patterns, and prompt design, applied responsibly in enterprise software
• Experience making build vs. buy vs. integrate decisions and working with vendors and system integrators
• Experience partnering with Change Management and Learning to drive adoption across a large, distributed workforce
• Ability to inspire and influence, including experience managing and leading high-performing teams
• Ability to define, measure, and analyze processes to identify improvement opportunities
• Experience defining and tracking success metrics (examples include accuracy, cycle times, adoption, case volume, and employee satisfaction) and using metrics to prioritize investments
• Technical background with understanding of software development principles, including Agile development and testing methodologies
• Proficiency in data analysis and performance metrics
• Strong critical thinking, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to explain complex technical material clearly to users with varying technical levels
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including presenting to different levels in a matrixed organization
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Knowledge of product management tools such as Aha! and Jira

Technologies you’ll work with

• Workday
• Aha!
• Jira

Benefits

• Medical/Vision, Dental, Retirement, and Paid Time Away
• Life Insurance and Disability
• Merchandise Discount and EAP Resources
• 401k
• PTO accruals
• Holidays
• Performance-based incentives/bonuses (eligibility may apply)

Note: This job posting is not all-inclusive and may include additional duties, responsibilities, and qualifications. Nordstrom keeps job postings open for at least one day after the posting date.