Principal UX Designer, Workday
$166.4-249.6k
50%
Office located in Boulder, CO
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
$166.4-249.6k
50%
Office located in Boulder, CO
1001+ employees
Company mission
To leverage the power of AI to elevate humans and supercharge work, moving business forever forward.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of product design experience preferably 2-3 years of enterprise product design
- 8+ years of experience working with product managers and engineering teams with initial product definition and ongoing product evolution and execution
- 6+ years of leading major product design initiatives with medium to high complexity
- Portfolio showcasing your design experience that highlights a blend of web and mobile based work . (Please share password)
- Ability to build alignment and articulate a product design vision through strong storytelling and presentations skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly explain your ideas and decisions in a way that anyone can understand
- Ability to work with the larger product and engineering teams on influencing roadmap and supporting implementation
- Extensive product sense and an understanding of how to ship a well-crafted product experience
- Willingness to learn and passion for collaborating with an outstanding cross-disciplinary team including UX, engineers, and product managers
- Knowledge in designing multiple form factors including web and mobile
- Highly knowledgeable of the latest design tools (Figma) and the ability to learn new ones
- Bring your whole self to work and find ways to have fun
- BA/BS or MA/MS degree preferred in human-computer interaction, human factors, psychology or related field
- Flex-Hybrid structure with 50% onsite in our Boulder office
- You are organized, care about the details, and have a strong intellectual curiosity to understand a new domain
- You strive to transform sophisticated tasks into fabulous and effortless experiences for our users
- You understand that achieving phenomenal design is a team effort and requires collaboration with cross functional partners
- You are willing to show your work early and often because you believe showing is more important than telling
What the job involves
- As a Principal Product Designer on the Hyper-automation Financial UX team you will shape the future of enterprise level experiences in AI/ML to create innovative solutions that our customers grow to trust
- Be able to identify opportunities in an ambiguous and fast paced environment by demonstrating an ability to bring thought partnership and ideas with rational and business acumen to be included in roadmaps
- You will lead product design for one of the major areas of our Financial Management suite of products
- You'll own the full design process, from partnering with product management and UX research on initial research and product definition, through concepting, crafting detailed designs, prototyping, testing, and working with engineering on implementation
- This role involves both work on new as well as on established products and features, which will allow you to spend time thinking about the bigger picture across products while shipping concrete things to customers and end-users
- You will have the opportunity to influence design and product through the development of frameworks that help scale the power of AI/ML across Workday
- You’ll partner with other designers to improve the quality of your designs and theirs, and continue your growth as a designer.Be an ambassador for UX, a mentor for other designers, and champion for the design culture at Workday
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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