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About the Team
Join our team and experience Workday!About the Role
This role is a primary driver of the end-to-end approach, tooling, and content for specific Workday functional workstreams within a GO deployment. You will define how Workday should be deployed for your domain, shaping the workflows, configurations, automation and tooling that delivery teams and partners use every day.
You are responsible for continuously leveraging deployment tool enhancements, optimizing pre-configured content, and driving the creation of AI-enabled automation and workflows based on performance data and feedback from delivery teams. You will translate delivery learnings, escalations, and patterns into concrete improvements in our automated approach, ensuring that deployments have the tools, guidance, and workflows needed to be successful.
As a Principal Product Advisor, you lead complex, cross-functional initiatives with a high degree of autonomy, partner closely with senior stakeholders across Product, Services, and Sales, and act as a key subject matter expert for your area.
About You
Basic Qualifications
Demonstrable domain expertise in enterprise software applications, specifically Workday applications in at least one major functional area (e.g., Core HCM, Benefits, Compensation, Payroll, Absence, Time Tracking).
5+ years deploying, supporting, or advising on Workday in one or more functional areas (for example: Core HCM, Compensation, Talent, Benefits, Recruiting, Payroll, Financials, or related domains).
Significant experience leading functional or technical workstreams on complex SaaS implementations, with accountability for design decisions, timelines, and outcomes.
Strong hands-on experience with implementation tools, data and integration concepts, or workflow automation (such as ETL tooling, integrations, reporting, scripting, or low-code/no-code automation platforms).
Other Qualifications
Is adaptable and can adjust to changing circumstances and evolving product and deployment strategies.
Communicates and collaborates effectively with cross-functional partners (Product, Services, Engineering, Partners, and Customer teams).
Learns new technologies and related product areas quickly, including AI/ML-driven tools and emerging deployment automation capabilities.
Can handle multiple competing priorities and drive progress across parallel initiatives in a structured way.
Has strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a track record of breaking down ambiguous implementation challenges into scalable, tool- and workflow-based solutions.
Explains complex and technical concepts in simple, accessible terms to audiences with varying levels of technical knowledge.
Mentors consultants and delivery teams, provides guidance on deployment best practices, and can lead virtual teams or workstreams to deliver cross-organizational outcomes.
Comfortable using AI tools (such as generative AI assistants) to design or enhance implementation workflows, documentation, and training content.
Previous consulting experience, either as an internal consultant or with a consulting/software company, is a plus.
Willing to travel up to 25% of the time, as required by business needs.
Workday Pay Transparency Statement
The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidate’s compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business need, among other things. For more information regarding Workday’s comprehensive benefits, please click here.
Primary Location: USA.VA.McLean (Tyson's Corner)
Our Approach to Flexible Work
With Flex Work, we’re combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways, so rather than a number of required days in-office each week, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role). This means you'll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business, team, and personal needs, while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote "home office" roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.
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