Principal, Partner Innovation Business Development

Workday Workday · Enterprise · Pleasanton, CA +7

This role focuses on driving Workday's strategic partnerships within the Agentic AI and Data ecosystem. The Principal will be responsible for recruiting and onboarding new partners, defining partnership strategies, and supporting the growth of the Workday Agent Partner Network. The role requires a blend of technical competency and business acumen to define joint solutions and drive go-to-market execution.

What you'd actually do

  1. Identify, recruit, and onboard new strategic partners within the Agentic AI and Data ecosystem.
  2. Define and execute partnership strategies that align with Workday’s Product and Technology roadmap.
  3. Actively support and scale the Workday Agent Partner Network efforts to drive innovation.
  4. Work across various Workday organizations (Product, Marketing, Sales, and Tech) to ensure successful joint solution definitions and go-to-market execution.
  5. Manage the health of the partnership portfolio and ensure all organizational targets and KPIs are met.

Skills

Required

  • partner management
  • product management
  • strategy
  • application pre-sales
  • consulting
  • AI
  • Agentic AI
  • Data Cloud
  • technical competency
  • business acumen
  • cross-functional collaboration
  • communication

Nice to have

  • go-to-market execution
  • executive-level presentations

What the JD emphasized

  • 5+ years of partner management experience
  • 5+ years of product management, strategy, application pre-sales, or consulting experience.
  • 2 years of experience in AI, Agentic AI, or Data Cloud topics.
  • successful development of at least 5 strategic technology partnerships.