Senior Manager of Enterprise Performance, Workday
$166.5-249.7k
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3 days a week in office (Pleasanton, CA)
Enterprise AI platform for managing HR and finance
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Enterprise AI platform for managing HR and finance
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$166.5-249.7k
More information about location
3 days a week in office (Pleasanton, CA)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To leverage the power of AI to elevate humans and supercharge work, moving business forever forward.
Role
Who you are
- 6+ years of experience in a strategic or operational performance role
- 6+ years of experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, business operations, or product operations roles
- 6+ years of experience in quantitative analysis with knowledge of independently structured analysis, validating data sources, and identifying trends in business performance
- Process and detail oriented in the pursuit of operational excellence
- Extensive experience managing recurring business cycles (planning, reporting, OKRs) and ensuring high-quality deliverables
- Skilled at building strong relationships with stakeholders and influencing peers to drive accountability without direct authority
- Skilled at synthesizing inputs from various teams that can be translated into cohesive reports
- Highly proficient with data & analytics platforms (e.g., Tableau, Executive Dashboards)
- Ability to apply AI and automation to scale business operations
- Open to 50% office reporting in our Pleasanton CA campus
What the job involves
- The Enterprise Business Operations team acts as the connective tissue linking all functions to work towards a shared set of priorities
- We own the cycle of planning, executing, and analyzing company progress, translating high-level strategy into tangible actions and measurable results
- We are building this capability in a dynamic environment and to support Workday as a newly minted S&P 500 company for its next phase of growth
- We embrace an agile mindset, evangelize a data-driven approach, and have a passion for continuous improvement as we navigate evolving challenges and opportunities
- As the Senior Manager, Enterprise Performance, you will play a pivotal role in driving accountability on company performance and ensuring successful delivery of Workday’s strategic growth objectives
- You will drive executive decision-making through actionable insights and make a direct impact on Workday’s growth and performance
- Performance Deep-Dives: Lead analytical investigations into key business areas to diagnose root causes of performance gaps and identify opportunities for growth
- Enterprise Performance Cycles: Manage the delivery of key performance assets, including the Quarterly and Monthly Performance Updates, with functional leaders and data & analytics teams
- Data-Driven Decision Making: Collaborate with the data team to maintain the "Single Source of Truth" (SSOT) for enterprise metrics. Leverage automation and AI tools to enhance how leadership consumes performance data
- OKR Inspection: Monitor and inspect the status of company OKRs and operational metrics. Support the OKR setting process to drive operationalization of the company’s strategic priorities
- Executive Business Reviews: Prepare compelling analysis and content for Monthly Business Reviews (MBRs) and Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs), helping leadership focus on critical areas requiring attention and corrective action
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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