Principal Product Manager - Observability - Logs & Traces

Workday

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12+ years product management experience
Saas or cloud-based infrastructure expertise
Deep familiarity with metrics logs traces alerting
** Workday is seeking a Principal Product Manager for its observability platform, focusing on logs and traces. The role involves leading product strategy, collaborating with engineering teams, and driving the adoption of observability tools within the organization. **

Job Summary

  • This role sits at the intersection of platform engineering and operational reliability, directly supporting Workday's mission to deliver dependable services.
  • You will partner with engineering, SRE, and operations teams to deeply understand their observability needs and drive the product vision for the platform.
  • The company offers a flexible work approach requiring at least half of the time each quarter to be spent in the office or field.

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** Workday is seeking a Principal Product Manager for its observability platform, focusing on logs and traces. The role involves leading product strategy, collaborating with engineering teams, and driving the adoption of observability tools within the organization. **

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 12+ years product management experience
  • SaaS or cloud-based infrastructure expertise
  • Deep familiarity with metrics logs traces alerting
  • Experience owning products in data pipeline space
  • Strong track record leading cross-team collaboration

Nice-to-have

  • Master's degree in Computer Science or Engineering
  • Knowledge of Prometheus Grafana OpenTelemetry Elasticsearch
  • Ability to influence engineering leadership without authority
  • Experience with user interviews and dogfooding programs
  • Strategic thinker connecting platform to business outcomes

Key Requirements

  • 12+ years of product management experience
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
  • Proven ability to influence stakeholders without authority

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