Principal Strategic Customer Engagement Program Manager

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The Strategic Customer Engagement team helps the Product organization drive ongoing commercial success for oCFO by ensuring strategic customers derive long term value from their Workday investment.

About the Role

Workday is looking for a Principal Program Manager to join Strategic Customer Engagement within the oCFO Product team focused on the Spend Management pillar. This role is focused on creating bi-directional collaboration between the Product team and our customers. You will develop, evolve and maintain customer programs that support both our strategic customer base and broader financial customer base. 

The Strategic Customer Engagement (SCE) Program Manager is a key role on the product team that reports, analyzes and communicates customer satisfaction, health and trends to the broader Financials Product team and leadership team. Additionally, the SCE Program Manager is a champion for our customers - deep knowledge of both the Workday Spend Management Suite and Workday Deployment methodology will help the ideal candidate be successful. 

If you love to collaborate across various teams, continuously learn and challenge yourself, work on initiatives that directly impact customer satisfaction, collaborate with Product teammates to drive process efficiency and work with customers this role is for you!

What You Will Do 

• Partner with Product Leadership, Product Adoption & Optimization (PAO), Customer Experience, and Services to monitor and support deployments of strategic customers identified by the executive leadership team

• Assist in leading formal customer partnership programs, including our executive Workday Spend Product Advisory Council

• Partner with Services, Customer Success, Services Enablement and other teams around customer escalations. 

• Act as liaison between product and other internal teams to review customer issues to discover additional details that will help product & other teams determine appropriate solutions. 

• Collaborate with Product workmates and P&T Operations to develop, evolve, and maintain customer programs that influence product interactions with customers

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to create bi-directional communication across the Product organization and other internal teams (Customer Success, Strategy, Marketing, GTM, Sales, Community & more)

• Champion the products externally with customers and constructively challenge their thinking to enable success with Workday’s products

• Develop reports and resources to provide visibility to the products organization on the Customer health, satisfaction, collaboration and engagement 

• Be a passionate voice of the customer internally for the product organization

About You

Basic Qualifications 

• 5+ years Workday Spend Management experience - deep understanding of the Spend Management Suite, including WSS, Spend Management and Expenses

• Proficient with Workday oCFO Products and willingness to learn other oCFO Products (eg Evisort, Reporting, etc). Experience in Workday Deployment Methodology is a foundational skill set. 

• Previous deployment experience either as a Consultant or Customer SME

• Executive Presence and Credible Influence

Other Qualifications 

• Extensive familiarity with Workday oCFO or enterprise software (Workday specific experience highly preferred) and Workday Deployment methodology

• BA / BS / BE degree or higher, Accounting/Finance background or P2P/Supply Chain Experience preferred 

• Strong problem solving, priority setting, facilitation, multi-tasking, analytical, and team-working skills including communication and relationship building

• An enthusiastic team player with a positive mindset and Workday Champion who is passionate about Workday Financials and believe in our product strategy and vision

• Proven track record of successful program management including experience in software deployments/projects

• Customer Advocate- passionate about our customer experience both within the Financials suite and throughout their entire life cycle (Sales, Deployment, Post Go-Live) to help drive the customer to become our sales references of tomorrow. 

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.GA.AtlantaPrimary Location Base Pay Range: $145,800 USD - $218,600 USDAdditional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $138,500 USD - $246,000 USDIf performed in Colorado, the pay range for this job is $145,800 - $218,600 USD based on min and max pay range for that role if performed in CO.04/21/2025

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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