Executive Talent Management Strategist, Workday
$161.6-242.4k
Salary applicable for candidates based in CA. Salary for additional locations: $136,400 USD - $242,400 USD
Enterprise AI platform for managing HR, finance & IT
Job no longer available
Enterprise AI platform for managing HR, finance & IT
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$161.6-242.4k
Salary applicable for candidates based in CA. Salary for additional locations: $136,400 USD - $242,400 USD
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 experience in the application of strategic talent management aligned to achieving business outcomes
- Experience in a line of business HR role (strategic HRBP), management consulting or chief of staff preferred
- Proven track record of designing and implementing successful companywide/global succession and development programs
- Possess a deep technical experience with Talent and Succession modules of Workday
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret complex data to inform decision-making
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage and influence at all levels of the organization, including the C-Suite
- Exhibits self-awareness, resilience, and agility. Has strong consultancy skills; able to manage multiple projects prioritizing and acting with a sense of urgency
What the job involves
- Workday is investing in strengthening our executive leadership pipeline to ensure that we are identifying and developing executives to take the company forever forward as we continue to scale
- This is a strategic role that will work cross-functionally to deliver outcome-focused executive talent practices (i.e. succession planning, skills assessment, talent calibration) in order to deeply understand our current leadership capabilities, identify future capability needs and develop programmatic solutions to close identified gaps
- This role will focus on using data and talent management expertise to identify the highest value opportunities and influence stakeholder alignment
- This role reports to the VP, Talent Management and Development and will be responsible for developing a focused cross-functional strategy and ensuring on-going coordination across Talent Management, Talent Development, Executive Talent Acquisition, Executive Compensation, Chief Diversity Officer and People Business Partner teams
- Strategy Development: Create and implement an overarching strategy and detailed roadmap, with a focus on key activities and investments that will drive business outcomes
- Business Acumen: Understand the business needs and challenges of the organization and can translate them into talent management strategies that drive business outcomes
- Collaboration: Deliver the Executive Talent Strategy and C-Suite Talent Reviews in partnership and close collaboration with the People Business Partners
- Be a collaborative leader who understands how to achieve buy-in from diverse constituencies across a matrixed organization
- Affinity for Technology: Learning agility to deep-dive into Workday product capabilities, understanding how to translate talent practices into technical specifications
- Functional Expertise: SME in Succession Planning, Skills Assessment, Executive Performance Frameworks, Program Design and Implementation, Talent Segmentation and Differentiation
- Bring an “outside in” perspective, sharing market best practices and innovative talent recommendations
- Project Management & Analytics: Understand Executive capabilities, assess future needs, propose, develop and run/implement programs to fill the gaps
- Use a data-drive approach to identify focus areas. Have needle-moving measurement at the forefront of program design
- Communication: Ability to craft messaging and frame complex concepts for an executive audience; high presentation quality, strong facilitator with excellent verbal and written communication skills
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 & CEO)Annel began their career at Morgan Stanley as a Corporate Finance Analyst. They then spent nearly 6 years at PeopleSoft as a Senior VP before co-founding Workday in 2005.
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