Senior Program Management Manager, Workday
SDLC Security Governance and Compliance
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
1001+ employees
Company mission
To leverage the power of AI to elevate humans and supercharge work, moving business forever forward.
Role
Who you are
- 3- 5+ years of technical program management experience, preferably in IaaS, PaaS, or SaaS
- 3- 5+ years of people leadership experience
- 3- 5+ years of experience in SDLC Quality & Governance
- Demonstrated technical expertise in at least two of the following domains: CICD, SDLC lifecycle management, engineering best practices, IT Compliance
- Self starter with exceptional influencing skills
- Able to work independently in highly ambiguous environments, with technical and business groups internally and externally, change agent
- Strong understanding of a wide variety of SDLC technologies relating to: Audit and Monitoring, Risk Response & Recovery, vulnerability management, Computer Operations Security, cloud security, Multi-Factor Authentication, Passwordless Authentication
- Knowledge of application risk management frameworks and compliance practices
- Strong Application experience SDLC Modeling, Code Reviews, Vulnerability Assessment and API management, SDLC best practices
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Sr Manager, Technical Program Management to define, establish and maintain governance in the SDLC
- You will be part of a globally distributed engineering team responsible for the building and supporting standardized technologies for engineering environments, engineering tools and CI/CD lifecycle management, developer experiences, and more
- The role will define, manage and improve the software best practices of Workday and all that is quality in the SDLC, software developer lifecycle ensuring the experiences of our engineers is stable, performant, highly available and aligned with standard processes
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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