Senior Manager of Keynote Content and Corporate Narrative, Workday
$136-204k
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
$136-204k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To leverage the power of AI to elevate humans and supercharge work, moving business forever forward.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years working in corporate communications, brand, and/or and marketing
- 10+ years of experience in crafting impactful corporate narratives, creating keynote content, or similar roles within a corporate environment
- Proven success leading the end-to-end development of keynote strategy and creation, including scripting. (Design skills are not required. You’ll partner with designers to visualize your stories.)
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to distill complex information into clear, compelling, and engaging content
- Strong strategic thinking and analytical skills, with the ability to translate business objectives into effective storytelling strategies
- Established track record collaborating and building relationships with senior leaders as a trusted advisor. Client service mindset and consultative approach are musts
- High degree of flexibility, with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously. Project management experience is a plus
- Innovative mindset. Always looking for unique and memorable ways to bring a brand’s differentiation and messaging to life
- Technology industry expertise, with specific knowledge and experience in the software market, is favorable but not required
What the job involves
- Employee & Executive Communications is a team of storytellers and strategic advisors to internal stakeholders who engage Workmates across the globe to drive business impact.
- We actively support executive communications that promote Workday’s exciting growth trajectory, and we're excited to be at the center of driving important change across the company: nurturing our values-driven culture, driving a growth mindset while elevating Workday’s reputation, and building Workday acumen and ambassadorship
- Work with the team to build the right strategy to effectively socialize the narrative throughout Workday
- Partner closely with executives and their teams across Workday to ensure their communications with various audiences align to the narrative
- Develop a strategic approach to storytelling, tailoring the narrative to different audiences, events, and platforms, as appropriate
- Collaborate with the team and senior leadership to continually refine the company’s narrative, ensuring it aligns with the organization’s values, brand, and goals
- Develop the keynote content strategy for each event you support, with the objective that it aligns closely to our corporate narrative while being engaging and compelling for our target audience
- Work hands-on with subject-matter-experts and speakers to develop compelling content outlines and scripts, and provide presentation coaching to speakers as needed
- Partner with keynote production and creative teams to conceive experiential and fun elements of keynote programs and ensure flawless execution of the run-of-show
- Develop project timelines and manage cross-functional teams to deliver on time. Partner tightly with the other teams within Corporate Communications, Product Marketing and other parts of the organization to ensure tight alignment of messages and narratives
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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