Workday · 1 day ago
Principal Product Advisor, ME HCM or PAY
USA, CA, Pleasanton
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$155K/yr - $233K/yr
5+ years expWorkday is a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents. They are seeking a Principal Product Advisor to drive the end-to-end approach, tooling, and content for specific Workday functional workstreams within a GO deployment, ensuring successful deployments through optimized workflows and automation.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareHuman ResourcesSaaSSoftware
Responsibilities
Define how Workday should be deployed for your domain, shaping the workflows, configurations, automation and tooling that delivery teams and partners use every day
Continuously leverage 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
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
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
Qualification
Required
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)
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
Willing to travel up to 25% of the time, as required by business needs
Preferred
Previous consulting experience, either as an internal consultant or with a consulting/software company, is a plus
Benefits
Workday Bonus Plan
Annual refresh stock grants
Company
Workday
Workday provides SaaS-based enterprise solutions for a company's human resources and financial management activities.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.23BKey Investors
Elliott Management Corp.New Enterprise AssociatesGreylock
2025-09-16Post Ipo Equity· $2B
2012-10-12IPO
2011-10-24Series F· $85M
Leadership Team
Aneel Bhusri
CEO and Co-Founder
Peter Bailis
Chief Technology Officer
Recent News
2026-01-09
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