Sr Value Manager - DACH

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About the Team

As part of our experienced DACH Value Management team, you will help some of the most important organisations in Germany make confident strategic decisions about Workday – with a special focus on our AI and data platform capabilities.
We leverage our insights, tools, and expertise to guide customers along their Workday journey, helping them plan, realise, and continuously optimise value. That means not only quantifying business cases, but shaping the narrative that secures internal approval and sustained sponsorship.
Internally, we act as strategic advisors to Sales and Country Leadership and work in cross-functional teams to shape account strategy, craft early value messaging, and design executive experiences that showcase Workday’s differentiation. Externally, we work with senior executives at prospects and customers to clarify their strategic priorities and align Workday – including our AI innovation and consumption-based offerings – to tangible business impact.
Working closely with Sales, Solution Consultants, Professional Services, Marketing and partners, this strategic advisory role offers a great platform within one of the fastest-growing enterprise SaaS companies in the world. Workday is consistently ranked as one of the best places to work, with a collaborative culture that enables you to learn, grow, and deliver at your best.

About the Role

The Value Manager is the strategic business partner to our sales organisation in DACH, with a primary focus on customers and prospects in Germany.

Your mission is to move beyond “just creating business cases” and become a key enabler of executive approvals. You will combine rigorous financial thinking with clear, compelling storytelling that helps C‑level stakeholders understand why they should invest in Workday now – especially in our AI and platform capabilities.

You will lead end‑to‑end value engagements: from early discovery and strategic framing, through to commercial storytelling and approval-ready investment narratives. You will connect the strategic goals of German organisations directly to the capabilities of the Workday platform, using AI- and data-led use cases and, where relevant, consumption-based models.

In this role, you will:

• Lead value engagements with German prospects and customers alongside account teams, from early discovery to approval-ready value stories and investment narratives.

• Craft compelling, concise stories that explain the business problem, the “why now”, and why Workday – turning analysis into clear content that decision-makers can approve.

• Articulate Workday’s business value proposition, including our AI and ML‑powered capabilities and consumption-based offerings, to senior business and IT audiences in German and English.

• Design and facilitate discovery interviews and executive workshops with C‑level, senior business, functional and IT stakeholders to surface strategic priorities, risks, and value levers.

• Conduct qualitative and quantitative analysis (ROI, TCO, scenario analysis, benchmarks) and package insights into simple, approval-focused artefacts (e.g. investment memo, board story, “one slide” narrative).

• Translate complex technology and AI concepts into relatable business outcomes and stories that resonate with non-technical executives.

• Partner with Sales and Country Leadership on territory and account strategy, deal reviews, and approval plans, ensuring value storytelling is consistent from first conversation to final sign-off.

• Contribute to thought leadership and scalable value plays, especially around AI, to help more deals and sellers benefit from strong value narratives and frameworks.

• Represent Value Management at key Workday and industry events in Germany, co-presenting with customers and partners on value and outcomes.

About You

You are a strategic advisor who is as comfortable in Excel as you are in the boardroom – but you know that numbers alone don’t win approvals.

You love turning complex ideas into clear, memorable stories that help executives make decisions.

You bring a strong consulting toolkit (strategy, financials, stakeholder management) and a genuine interest in how AI and cloud platforms can transform HR, Finance, and IT.

You can work independently, but you also enjoy being part of a high-performing, collaborative team.

You are curious, commercially minded, and comfortable challenging senior stakeholders with insight and empathy.

• 5-10 years of experience in Management Consulting, in advising on corporate/business strategy

• Language: English is required as well as the local language (German)

• C-Level Presence: Demonstrable experience and comfort engaging, challenging, and persuading C-suite executives with excellent communication and executive presentation skills.

• Financial Acumen: Strong financial modeling and business case development skills are non-negotiable.

• Autonomy: A documented history of working successfully in building a new territory, or leading a business unit with a high degree of independence.

• Domain Expertise: Functional knowledge of HCM (Human Capital Management) and ideally Financial Management business processes and enterprise technology is an advantage.

• Education: MBA or equivalent advanced degree is a strong plus.

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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