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We’re obsessed with making hard work pay off, for our people, our customers, and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we’re shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, you’ll feel it. Not just in the products we build, but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm. We’re in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you’ll do meaningful work with Workmates who’ve got your back. In return, we’ll give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So, if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone, including yourself, you’ve found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too.
About the Team
The Portfolio and Delivery Leadership team sits within the Transformation Excellence group of Workday’s Finance Transformation Office. This function ensures Finance’s transformation portfolio is strategically aligned, well-governed, and outcome-driven. By bringing together portfolio management, program governance, and delivery leadership, the team drives transparency, accountability, and measurable value across all transformation initiatives. Acting as the connective tissue between strategic priorities, execution teams, and senior leadership, the team ensures that Finance transformation programs deliver against both near-term milestones and long-term business outcomes.
About the Role
Portfolio Strategy & Alignment
- Define and operationalize the Finance Transformation portfolio governance model to align initiatives with enterprise strategic priorities.
- Manage the end-to-end transformation portfolio, ensuring initiatives are properly scoped, resourced, sequenced, and measured.
- Partner with Finance, Technology, and Transformation Excellence leadership to continuously refine portfolio priorities and optimize investments for maximum impact.
Delivery Leadership & Execution
- Oversee delivery for the finance portion of the Hire to Retire portfolio, providing leadership and integration across initiatives that impact finance operations, systems, and processes.
- Ensure delivery excellence through standardized governance, milestone tracking, and proactive issue management.
Governance, Reporting & Value Realization
- Partner with Finance Organizations, Change Management, and Process Ownership teams to measure realized value and adoption of transformation outcomes.
- Ensure transformation investments are delivering on intended ROI, productivity, and experience improvements.
Stakeholder Management & Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Serve as a single point of accountability for the end-to-end Hire to Retire portfolio, ensuring transparency and alignment across program sponsors, process owners, and delivery teams.
- Facilitate effective communication and alignment with senior Finance leadership, the Transformation Office, and enterprise PMO counterparts.
- Champion collaboration across Finance, Business Technology, HR, and Change teams to ensure cohesive execution.
About You
Required Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience in Transformation, Program Management, or Portfolio Management within large, global organizations.
- Proven success leading enterprise portfolios or major cross-functional transformation initiatives.
- Strong understanding of finance processes, systems, and enterprise transformation dynamics.
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree in business, finance, or project management preferred.
Other Qualifications:
- Expertise in portfolio management, governance, and program execution frameworks.
- Ability to connect strategic intent to operational delivery, ensuring transformation outcomes are measurable and sustained.
- Strong analytical and executive reporting capabilities with experience developing dashboards and tracking value realization.
- Exceptional leadership, communication, and influencing skills with experience engaging senior executives.
- A mindset focused on impact—ensuring transformation investments deliver measurable value and tangible business outcomes.
- The ability to create and lead a trusted function that becomes the backbone of transparency, accountability, and delivery excellence within Finance Transformation.
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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