Principal Program Manager, Workday
New Offering Launches
$138.5-246k
Salary is dependent on location
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Office located in Boulder, CO; Pleasanton, CA; or San Francisco, CA
Enterprise AI platform for managing HR and finance
Job no longer available
Enterprise AI platform for managing HR and finance
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$138.5-246k
Salary is dependent on location
More information about location
Office located in Boulder, CO; Pleasanton, CA; or San Francisco, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To leverage the power of AI to elevate humans and supercharge work, moving business forever forward.
Role
Who you are
- This is a highly visible role within Workday that requires a high degree of business acumen and an exceptional ability to build cross-functional relationships while driving programmatic execution
- While being an expert in all functions is not required, you’ll need to demonstrate confidence, resourcefulness, adaptability, and flexibility to address issues to move a launch forward
- 7+ years of professional experience working cross-functionally with peer team, executives, colleagues, and third parties to achieve strategic business outcomes
- High intellectual curiosity, with passion for problem solving with structured thinking and data, with a bias toward pragmatic solutions
- Superior organizational skills to manage multiple efforts across multiple stakeholders
- Ability to apply templates and methodologies, while maintaining flexibility and adaptability in a dynamic business environment
- Experience in similar or adjacent roles within a technology company, ideally in enterprise software
- Other Qualifications:
- Change agent with strong communication skills: proven track record to influence senior and mid-level leaders, communicate effectively & build buy-in for change
- Strong program/project management skills and prior experience
- Collaborative decision-making: demonstrated experience defining approaches, processes & forums to support effective decision-making in cross-functional settings
- Operational excellence: demonstrated experience building and improving team processes and methods
- Ability to thrive in a dynamic, results-oriented work environment and be aligned to Workday culture and values
- Prior experience with process design and business operations a plus
What the job involves
- The New Offer Launch (NOL) team is responsible for commercializing new sources of revenue at Workday, prioritizing and driving accountability for the planned business impact
- These sources may include newly developed product and service offers, solutions enabled through partnerships, or expansion of our target markets
- The NOL team partners across all Workday business functions to define the business strategy and then drive action to position new businesses to scale
- As the volume and complexity of Workday’s product & offering portfolio grows, we are partnering with key business and operations functions, including Finance, Sales, Partners, Marketing, Customer Experience, and Business Technology team to make foundational improvements to our operations to accelerate speed to market and scale new business models
- As a New Offer Launch Lead, you will organize and drive a cross-functional team to define the business strategy and bring new offers to market
- As a strategic partner to senior business leaders, it's critical that you possess exceptional leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills, and are adept at cutting through complexity to shape and drive decisions
- Lead program(s) from inception/initiation to launch in market, in alignment to stated launch objectives
- Develop in-depth understanding of the offer vision, value proposition and roadmap, and work with functional teams to translate strategy into detailed execution plans and where applicable, operational requirements
- Structure, prioritize and facilitate strategic and tactical decisions to drive program progress
- Collaborate to define the GTM readiness approach and delivery mechanisms for each offer, while remaining anchored in business outcomes
- Help define and evangelize the vision, strategy, and roadmap for the offer and clearly communicate the milestones, deliverables, and interdependencies required to realize that vision
- Partner closely with the offer owner in decision making, managing and mitigating risks and resolving escalations
- Support building and improving processes and systems
Application process
- End Date: March 8, 2025
- Target Hire Date: 6/5/2025
Our take
Workday is a cloud-based software vendor that provides management of workforces and finances. The company uses a single database for workforce management and financial management to offer integration and optimize business intelligence across companies. It has added to the packages and tools it offers over the years, providing analytic options that allow companies to combine third-party data with information collected by Workday.
The company has also grown through acquisitions and partnerships to broaden its capabilities.. Most recently, in 2025 it purchases Sana, an AI-driven enterprise knowledge and learning platform, to create a "new front door for work". This acquisition allows Workday to integrate Sana's AI-powered search, agents, and learning capabilities with its own data and workflows, allowing employees to access information, automate tasks, and complete their day entirely within Workday.
Through a combination of strategic acquisitions and in-house development, WOrkday has built a comprehensive suite of HR, financial, and enterprise tools. By focusing on innovation and AI-driven workflows, the company continues to push productivity and decision-making for organizations worldwide. Building on this track record, Workday is very much positioned for even more growth, reinforcing its status as a leader in shaping the future of work.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Oct 2011
$85m
SERIES F
Apr 2009
$75m
SERIES E
Total funding: $215.3m
Company HQ
Pleasanton, CA
Leadership
Aneel Bhusri
(Co-Founder & Executive Chair)Annel began his career at Morgan Stanley as a Corporate Finance Analyst. He then spent nearly 6 years at PeopleSoft as a Senior VP before co-founding Workday in 2005, where he has served as the CEO ever since.
Carl Eschenbach
(CEO)Carl joined Workday in 2022 as Co-CEO, becoming CEO in 2024. He has also been a Partner at Sequoia Capital since 2016. Previously, he spent 14 years at VMware as President and COO and 3 years at Inktomi Corporation as the VP of North America Sales.
Peter Bailis
(CTO)Prior to joining Workday in 2025, People was a VP of Engineering at Google. He also previously founded Sisu Data, where he served as the CEO for over 5 years.
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