diff --git a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/flows/FlowRunner.java b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/flows/FlowRunner.java
index 4e130e387..8aabd902e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/flows/FlowRunner.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/flows/FlowRunner.java
@@ -109,7 +109,9 @@ public class FlowRunner {
     }
   }
 
-  /** Exception for explicitly propagating an EppException out of the transactional {@code Work}. */
+  /**
+   * Exception for explicitly propagating an EppException out of the transactional {@code Supplier}.
+   */
   private static class EppRuntimeException extends RuntimeException {
     EppRuntimeException(EppException cause) {
       super(cause);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/model/ofy/CommitLoggedWork.java b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/model/ofy/CommitLoggedWork.java
index f3e76e6a6..6569e38cc 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/model/ofy/CommitLoggedWork.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/model/ofy/CommitLoggedWork.java
@@ -30,28 +30,28 @@ import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.googlecode.objectify.Key;
 import google.registry.model.BackupGroupRoot;
 import google.registry.model.ImmutableObject;
-import google.registry.model.transaction.TransactionManager.Work;
 import google.registry.util.Clock;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import org.joda.time.DateTime;
 
-/** Wrapper for {@link Work} that associates a time with each attempt. */
+/** Wrapper for {@link Supplier} that associates a time with each attempt. */
 class CommitLoggedWork<R> implements Runnable {
 
-  private final Work<R> work;
+  private final Supplier<R> work;
   private final Clock clock;
 
   /**
    * Temporary place to store the result of a non-void work.
    *
    * <p>We don't want to return the result directly because we are going to try to recover from a
-   * {@link com.google.appengine.api.datastore.DatastoreTimeoutException} deep inside Objectify
-   * when it tries to commit the transaction. When an exception is thrown the return value would be
-   * lost, but sometimes we will be able to determine that we actually succeeded despite the
-   * timeout, and we'll want to get the result.
+   * {@link com.google.appengine.api.datastore.DatastoreTimeoutException} deep inside Objectify when
+   * it tries to commit the transaction. When an exception is thrown the return value would be lost,
+   * but sometimes we will be able to determine that we actually succeeded despite the timeout, and
+   * we'll want to get the result.
    */
   private R result;
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class CommitLoggedWork<R> implements Runnable {
   /** Lifecycle marker to track whether {@link #run} has been called. */
   private boolean runCalled;
 
-  CommitLoggedWork(Work<R> work, Clock clock) {
+  CommitLoggedWork(Supplier<R> work, Clock clock) {
     this.work = work;
     this.clock = clock;
   }
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class CommitLoggedWork<R> implements Runnable {
     // Set the time to be used for "now" within the transaction.
     try {
       Ofy.TRANSACTION_INFO.set(createNewTransactionInfo());
-      result = work.run();
+      result = work.get();
       saveCommitLog(Ofy.TRANSACTION_INFO.get());
     } finally {
       Ofy.TRANSACTION_INFO.set(previous);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/model/ofy/DatastoreTransactionManager.java b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/model/ofy/DatastoreTransactionManager.java
index 8fac0fcda..40c4f5157 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/model/ofy/DatastoreTransactionManager.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/model/ofy/DatastoreTransactionManager.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package google.registry.model.ofy;
 import static google.registry.model.ofy.ObjectifyService.ofy;
 
 import google.registry.model.transaction.TransactionManager;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import org.joda.time.DateTime;
 
 /** Datastore implementation of {@link TransactionManager}. */
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ public class DatastoreTransactionManager implements TransactionManager {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public <T> T transact(Work<T> work) {
+  public <T> T transact(Supplier<T> work) {
     return getOfy().transact(work);
   }
 
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ public class DatastoreTransactionManager implements TransactionManager {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public <T> T transactNew(Work<T> work) {
+  public <T> T transactNew(Supplier<T> work) {
     return getOfy().transactNew(work);
   }
 
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ public class DatastoreTransactionManager implements TransactionManager {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public <R> R transactNewReadOnly(Work<R> work) {
+  public <R> R transactNewReadOnly(Supplier<R> work) {
     return getOfy().transactNewReadOnly(work);
   }
 
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ public class DatastoreTransactionManager implements TransactionManager {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public <R> R doTransactionless(Work<R> work) {
+  public <R> R doTransactionless(Supplier<R> work) {
     return getOfy().doTransactionless(work);
   }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/model/ofy/Ofy.java b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/model/ofy/Ofy.java
index fbf834d8d..58c4263d5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/model/ofy/Ofy.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/model/ofy/Ofy.java
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ import com.googlecode.objectify.cmd.Saver;
 import google.registry.model.annotations.NotBackedUp;
 import google.registry.model.annotations.VirtualEntity;
 import google.registry.model.ofy.ReadOnlyWork.KillTransactionException;
-import google.registry.model.transaction.TransactionManager.Work;
 import google.registry.util.Clock;
 import google.registry.util.NonFinalForTesting;
 import google.registry.util.Sleeper;
@@ -46,6 +45,7 @@ import google.registry.util.SystemClock;
 import google.registry.util.SystemSleeper;
 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
 import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 import org.joda.time.DateTime;
 import org.joda.time.Duration;
@@ -194,9 +194,9 @@ public class Ofy {
   }
 
   /** Execute a transaction. */
-  <R> R transact(Work<R> work) {
+  <R> R transact(Supplier<R> work) {
     // If we are already in a transaction, don't wrap in a CommitLoggedWork.
-    return inTransaction() ? work.run() : transactNew(work);
+    return inTransaction() ? work.get() : transactNew(work);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ public class Ofy {
   }
 
   /** Pause the current transaction (if any) and complete this one before returning to it. */
-  <R> R transactNew(Work<R> work) {
+  <R> R transactNew(Supplier<R> work) {
     // Wrap the Work in a CommitLoggedWork so that we can give transactions a frozen view of time
     // and maintain commit logs for them.
     return transactCommitLoggedWork(new CommitLoggedWork<>(work, getClock()));
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ public class Ofy {
   }
 
   /** A read-only transaction is useful to get strongly consistent reads at a shared timestamp. */
-  <R> R transactNewReadOnly(Work<R> work) {
+  <R> R transactNewReadOnly(Supplier<R> work) {
     ReadOnlyWork<R> readOnlyWork = new ReadOnlyWork<>(work, getClock());
     try {
       ofy().transactNew(() -> {
@@ -324,11 +324,11 @@ public class Ofy {
   }
 
   /** Execute some work in a transactionless context. */
-  <R> R doTransactionless(Work<R> work) {
+  <R> R doTransactionless(Supplier<R> work) {
     try {
       com.googlecode.objectify.ObjectifyService.push(
           com.googlecode.objectify.ObjectifyService.ofy().transactionless());
-      return work.run();
+      return work.get();
     } finally {
       com.googlecode.objectify.ObjectifyService.pop();
     }
@@ -342,11 +342,11 @@ public class Ofy {
    * Note that unlike a transaction's fresh session cache, the contents of this cache will be
    * discarded once the work completes, rather than being propagated into the enclosing session.
    */
-  public <R> R doWithFreshSessionCache(Work<R> work) {
+  public <R> R doWithFreshSessionCache(Supplier<R> work) {
     try {
       com.googlecode.objectify.ObjectifyService.push(
           com.googlecode.objectify.ObjectifyService.factory().begin());
-      return work.run();
+      return work.get();
     } finally {
       com.googlecode.objectify.ObjectifyService.pop();
     }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/model/ofy/ReadOnlyWork.java b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/model/ofy/ReadOnlyWork.java
index c93873ddf..aca72f196 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/model/ofy/ReadOnlyWork.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/model/ofy/ReadOnlyWork.java
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
 
 package google.registry.model.ofy;
 
-import google.registry.model.transaction.TransactionManager.Work;
 import google.registry.util.Clock;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
-/** Wrapper for {@link Work} that disallows mutations and fails the transaction at the end. */
+/** Wrapper for {@link Supplier} that disallows mutations and fails the transaction at the end. */
 class ReadOnlyWork<R> extends CommitLoggedWork<R> {
 
-  ReadOnlyWork(Work<R> work, Clock clock) {
+  ReadOnlyWork(Supplier<R> work, Clock clock) {
     super(work, clock);
   }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/model/transaction/JpaTransactionManagerImpl.java b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/model/transaction/JpaTransactionManagerImpl.java
index 9d5e18042..ccd850b7d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/model/transaction/JpaTransactionManagerImpl.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/model/transaction/JpaTransactionManagerImpl.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ package google.registry.model.transaction;
 
 import com.google.common.flogger.FluentLogger;
 import google.registry.util.Clock;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
 import javax.persistence.EntityManagerFactory;
 import javax.persistence.EntityTransaction;
@@ -63,11 +64,11 @@ public class JpaTransactionManagerImpl implements JpaTransactionManager {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public <T> T transact(Work<T> work) {
+  public <T> T transact(Supplier<T> work) {
     // TODO(shicong): Investigate removing transactNew functionality after migration as it may
     //  be same as this one.
     if (inTransaction()) {
-      return work.run();
+      return work.get();
     }
     TransactionInfo txnInfo = transactionInfo.get();
     txnInfo.entityManager = emf.createEntityManager();
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ public class JpaTransactionManagerImpl implements JpaTransactionManager {
       txn.begin();
       txnInfo.inTransaction = true;
       txnInfo.transactionTime = clock.nowUtc();
-      T result = work.run();
+      T result = work.get();
       txn.commit();
       return result;
     } catch (RuntimeException e) {
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ public class JpaTransactionManagerImpl implements JpaTransactionManager {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public <T> T transactNew(Work<T> work) {
+  public <T> T transactNew(Supplier<T> work) {
     // TODO(shicong): Implements the functionality to start a new transaction.
     throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
   }
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ public class JpaTransactionManagerImpl implements JpaTransactionManager {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public <T> T transactNewReadOnly(Work<T> work) {
+  public <T> T transactNewReadOnly(Supplier<T> work) {
     // TODO(shicong): Implements read only transaction.
     throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
   }
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ public class JpaTransactionManagerImpl implements JpaTransactionManager {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public <T> T doTransactionless(Work<T> work) {
+  public <T> T doTransactionless(Supplier<T> work) {
     // TODO(shicong): Implements doTransactionless.
     throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
   }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/model/transaction/TransactionManager.java b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/model/transaction/TransactionManager.java
index ba1ec7e6a..7df737c26 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/model/transaction/TransactionManager.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/model/transaction/TransactionManager.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 package google.registry.model.transaction;
 
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import org.joda.time.DateTime;
 
 /**
@@ -21,12 +22,6 @@ import org.joda.time.DateTime;
  */
 public interface TransactionManager {
 
-  /** This functional interface defines a method to execute a work and return the result. */
-  @FunctionalInterface
-  interface Work<R> {
-    R run();
-  }
-
   /** Returns {@code true} if the caller is in a transaction.
    *
    *  <p>Note that this function is kept for backward compatibility. We will review the use case
@@ -42,18 +37,19 @@ public interface TransactionManager {
   void assertInTransaction();
 
   /** Executes the work in a transaction and returns the result. */
-  <T> T transact(Work<T> work);
+  <T> T transact(Supplier<T> work);
 
   /** Executes the work in a transaction. */
   void transact(Runnable work);
 
-  /** Pauses the current transaction (if any), executes the work in a new transaction
-   *  and returns the result.
+  /**
+   * Pauses the current transaction (if any), executes the work in a new transaction and returns the
+   * result.
    *
-   *  <p>Note that this function is kept for backward compatibility. We will review the use case
-   *  later when adding the cloud sql implementation.
+   * <p>Note that this function is kept for backward compatibility. We will review the use case
+   * later when adding the cloud sql implementation.
    */
-  <T> T transactNew(Work<T> work);
+  <T> T transactNew(Supplier<T> work);
 
   /** Pauses the current transaction (if any) and executes the work in a new transaction.
    *
@@ -62,12 +58,13 @@ public interface TransactionManager {
    */
   void transactNew(Runnable work);
 
-  /** Executes the work in a read-only transaction and returns the result.
+  /**
+   * Executes the work in a read-only transaction and returns the result.
    *
-   *  <p>Note that this function is kept for backward compatibility. We will review the use case
-   *  later when adding the cloud sql implementation.
+   * <p>Note that this function is kept for backward compatibility. We will review the use case
+   * later when adding the cloud sql implementation.
    */
-  <R> R transactNewReadOnly(Work<R> work);
+  <R> R transactNewReadOnly(Supplier<R> work);
 
   /** Executes the work in a read-only transaction.
    *
@@ -77,7 +74,7 @@ public interface TransactionManager {
   void transactNewReadOnly(Runnable work);
 
   /** Executes the work in a transactionless context. */
-  <R> R doTransactionless(Work<R> work);
+  <R> R doTransactionless(Supplier<R> work);
 
   /** Returns the time associated with the start of this particular transaction attempt. */
   DateTime getTransactionTime();
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/google/registry/model/ofy/OfyTest.java b/core/src/test/java/google/registry/model/ofy/OfyTest.java
index f84224ca5..2e93f4093 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/google/registry/model/ofy/OfyTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/google/registry/model/ofy/OfyTest.java
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ import google.registry.model.contact.ContactResource;
 import google.registry.model.domain.DomainBase;
 import google.registry.model.eppcommon.Trid;
 import google.registry.model.reporting.HistoryEntry;
-import google.registry.model.transaction.TransactionManager.Work;
 import google.registry.testing.AppEngineRule;
 import google.registry.testing.DatastoreHelper;
 import google.registry.testing.FakeClock;
 import google.registry.util.SystemClock;
 import java.util.ConcurrentModificationException;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import org.joda.time.DateTime;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Rule;
@@ -239,72 +239,88 @@ public class OfyTest {
 
   @Test
   public void testTransact_transientFailureException_retries() {
-    assertThat(tm().transact(new Work<Integer>() {
+    assertThat(
+            tm().transact(
+                    new Supplier<Integer>() {
 
-      int count = 0;
+                      int count = 0;
 
-      @Override
-      public Integer run() {
-        count++;
-        if (count == 3) {
-          return count;
-        }
-        throw new TransientFailureException("");
-      }})).isEqualTo(3);
+                      @Override
+                      public Integer get() {
+                        count++;
+                        if (count == 3) {
+                          return count;
+                        }
+                        throw new TransientFailureException("");
+                      }
+                    }))
+        .isEqualTo(3);
   }
 
   @Test
   public void testTransact_datastoreTimeoutException_noManifest_retries() {
-    assertThat(tm().transact(new Work<Integer>() {
+    assertThat(
+            tm().transact(
+                    new Supplier<Integer>() {
 
-      int count = 0;
+                      int count = 0;
 
-      @Override
-      public Integer run() {
-        // We don't write anything in this transaction, so there is no commit log manifest.
-        // Therefore it's always safe to retry since nothing got written.
-        count++;
-        if (count == 3) {
-          return count;
-        }
-        throw new DatastoreTimeoutException("");
-      }})).isEqualTo(3);
+                      @Override
+                      public Integer get() {
+                        // We don't write anything in this transaction, so there is no commit log
+                        // manifest.
+                        // Therefore it's always safe to retry since nothing got written.
+                        count++;
+                        if (count == 3) {
+                          return count;
+                        }
+                        throw new DatastoreTimeoutException("");
+                      }
+                    }))
+        .isEqualTo(3);
   }
 
   @Test
   public void testTransact_datastoreTimeoutException_manifestNotWrittenToDatastore_retries() {
-    assertThat(tm().transact(new Work<Integer>() {
+    assertThat(
+            tm().transact(
+                    new Supplier<Integer>() {
 
-      int count = 0;
+                      int count = 0;
 
-      @Override
-      public Integer run() {
-        // There will be something in the manifest now, but it won't be committed if we throw.
-        ofy().save().entity(someObject);
-        count++;
-        if (count == 3) {
-          return count;
-        }
-        throw new DatastoreTimeoutException("");
-      }})).isEqualTo(3);
+                      @Override
+                      public Integer get() {
+                        // There will be something in the manifest now, but it won't be committed if
+                        // we throw.
+                        ofy().save().entity(someObject);
+                        count++;
+                        if (count == 3) {
+                          return count;
+                        }
+                        throw new DatastoreTimeoutException("");
+                      }
+                    }))
+        .isEqualTo(3);
   }
 
   @Test
   public void testTransact_datastoreTimeoutException_manifestWrittenToDatastore_returnsSuccess() {
     // A work unit that throws if it is ever retried.
-    Work work = new Work<Void>() {
-      boolean firstCallToVrun = true;
+    Supplier work =
+        new Supplier<Void>() {
+          boolean firstCallToVrun = true;
 
-      @Override
-      public Void run() {
-        if (firstCallToVrun) {
-          firstCallToVrun = false;
-          ofy().save().entity(someObject);
-          return null;
-        }
-        fail("Shouldn't have retried.");
-        return null;
-      }};
+          @Override
+          public Void get() {
+            if (firstCallToVrun) {
+              firstCallToVrun = false;
+              ofy().save().entity(someObject);
+              return null;
+            }
+            fail("Shouldn't have retried.");
+            return null;
+          }
+        };
     // A commit logged work that throws on the first attempt to get its result.
     CommitLoggedWork<Void> commitLoggedWork = new CommitLoggedWork<Void>(work, new SystemClock()) {
       boolean firstCallToGetResult = true;
@@ -323,18 +339,22 @@ public class OfyTest {
   }
 
   void doReadOnlyRetryTest(final RuntimeException e) {
-    assertThat(tm().transactNewReadOnly(new Work<Integer>() {
+    assertThat(
+            tm().transactNewReadOnly(
+                    new Supplier<Integer>() {
 
-      int count = 0;
+                      int count = 0;
 
-      @Override
-      public Integer run() {
-        count++;
-        if (count == 3) {
-          return count;
-        }
-        throw e;
-      }})).isEqualTo(3);
+                      @Override
+                      public Integer get() {
+                        count++;
+                        if (count == 3) {
+                          return count;
+                        }
+                        throw new TransientFailureException("");
+                      }
+                    }))
+        .isEqualTo(3);
   }
 
   @Test