Systems and methods are provided for resource adaptive workload management. In a method thereof, at least one execution objective is received for at least one of a plurality of queries under execution. A progress status of, and an amount of resource consumed by, each of the plurality of queries are monitored. A remaining resource requirement for each of the plurality of queries is estimated, based on the progress status of, and the amount of resource consumed by, each of the plurality of queries. Resource allocation is adjusted based on the at least one execution objective and the estimates of the remaining resource requirements.