Senior People Business Partner, Workday

$138.6-208k

May be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

Remote from US

More information about location

Enterprise AI platform for managing HR and finance

Open for applications

Enterprise AI platform for managing HR and finance

1001+ employees

B2BHRInternal toolsAnalyticsFinancial ServicesCloud Computing

Open for applications

$138.6-208k

May be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

Remote from US

More information about location

1001+ employees

B2BHRInternal toolsAnalyticsFinancial ServicesCloud Computing

Company mission

To leverage the power of AI to elevate humans and supercharge work, moving business forever forward.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

8+ years of progressive experience in HR, preferably within a high-growth technology, engineering, or product organization
4+ years managing complex, VP-level executive partnerships, including navigating multiple competing priorities and high-stakes organizational design decisions
Proven ability to quickly establish credibility with engineering senior leaders, acting as a trusted partner on organizational dynamics
Ability to be flexible and forward-thinking within a changing organization
Proven ability to tailor communication style to work well with diverse stakeholders; effective at influencing, facilitating, and problem solving
Strong business acumen, understanding financial conditions, with an ability to link the HR and business strategy, and identify ways to improve business performance
Proven experience in diagnosing organizational health across multiple geographies and leading the design and implementation of significant operating model changes within technical groups
Expertise in scaling and high-potential development: A strong record of coaching VP-level leaders and architecting high-impact talent management programs tailored for a high-performance technical workforce
Experience serving global organizations and building strong, multi-geo partnerships with all functions within our people organization
You thrive on ambiguity and are driven by ownership

What the job involves

This role will partner with senior leaders within a critical area of our business - our Product Engineering pillar within our Product and Technology organization
This role focuses efforts on organization and operating model design, talent management, leadership coaching, manager effectiveness, transformations & change management

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

Top investors

16% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.2)

Trustpilot (1.1)

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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