Workday

Director of Program Management, M&A & Growth

Workday$215K — $322K *
Finance & Insurance
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 12+ years in project/program management leadership with a focus on large-scale, cross-functional programs.
  • 6+ years managing M&A financial integrations and strategic enterprise growth in SaaS or technology sectors.
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, or related field; Master's degree preferred.
  • Strong capability to unify financial, technical, and operational stakeholders for M&A goals.
  • Proven ability to influence executive stakeholders and deliver outcome-focused reporting.
  • Expertise in anticipating friction points and balancing execution with governance.

Responsibilities

  • Drive financial integration programs post-merger across key finance functions.
  • Lead the planning and execution of new offer structures and geographic expansion programs.
  • Ensure smooth transitions by bridging commercial and finance operations teams.
  • Facilitate design decisions to maintain continuity during transitions to Workday standards.
  • Create frameworks for tracking and reporting on growth initiatives.
  • Identify and mitigate systemic risks in cross-functional projects.
  • Enhance the strategic capabilities of the Finance organization by developing program managers.

Benefits

  • Flexible work arrangement combining in-person and remote work.
  • Opportunity to spend time in the office at least 50% of the time quarterly.
  • Comprehensive benefits package, including bonuses and stock grants.
  • Emphasis on maintaining a strong community while providing work-life flexibility.
Full Job Description

About the Team

The Finance Transformation Office (FTO) drives the modernization and optimization of Workday’s global finance function. At the heart of this effort is the Transformation Excellence team—responsible for leading enterprise-wide transformation governance, strategic portfolio oversight, and execution excellence across the Finance organization. By establishing effective PMO processes, this team helps ensure that Workday’s most critical initiatives are aligned to strategy, delivered with discipline, and continuously improved through world-class program management practices.

About the Role

We are seeking a strategic, results-oriented Director of Program Management, M&A & Growth to lead complex M&A and strategic growth initiatives (new offer launches, new SKU/pricing strategies, and international market expansion) across our Finance organization. The ideal candidate is an enthusiastic leader and proactive problem-solver who is capable of managing projects across multiple Finance functions (Revenue, Controllership, Tax), collaborating with cross-functional teams (IT, Product, Sales), driving standardization, and communicating with executive stakeholders.  This role requires strong executive presence, deep financial and operational acumen, and the ability to identify, mitigate, and escalate program delivery risks to leadership.

Responsibilities:

  • Drive post-close financial integration programs across accounting, treasury, tax, billing/order-to-cash, procurement, and FP&A. Curate, execute, and continuously refine repeatable M&A playbooks to accelerate future acquisitions.

  • Lead planning & delivery of programs for new offer structures, product launches, pricing/packaging models, and expansion into new geographic markets.

  • Bridge upstream commercial teams (Sales Ops, Product Marketing, Legal, Pricing) and downstream Finance operations (RevOps, Billing, Tax, SOX) to ensure system and process changes don't disrupt billing cycles or the revenue pipeline.

  • Enable timely design decisions across financial workflows, ensuring legacy operations transition smoothly into Workday standards while maintaining financial controls and operational continuity.

  • Establish frameworks, tracking, and executive reporting for growth initiatives. Design frameworks to measure value realization, financial performance, and post-launch outcomes.

  • Proactively identify systemic risks, dependencies, and bottlenecks across multi-functional workstreams, developing robust mitigation strategies.

  • Elevate the Finance organization’s strategic capability by developing program managers, instituting best practices, and driving standard governance principles.

About You

​​​Required Qualifications:

  • 12+ years of project/program management leadership experience delivering large-scale, cross-functional programs in corporate environments.

  • 6+ years of direct experience managing end-to-end M&A financial integrations and strategic enterprise growth programs in enterprise SaaS, cloud, or high-growth technology sectors.

  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline such as Business, Engineering, or a related discipline; a Master's degree preferred or equivalent practical experience.

Other Qualifications:
  • Demonstrated capability to bring structure to complex cross-functional challenges, uniting technical, operational, and financial stakeholders to achieve long-term M&A goals.

  • Proven track record of influencing VP and C-level stakeholders, delivering transparent, outcome-focused reporting, and driving consensus under tight deal or launch timelines.

  • Skilled at anticipating friction points, balancing agile execution with robust governance, and evaluating strategic choices under uncertainty.

  • Solid understanding of financial cycles, internal controls (SOX), tax structures, and revenue recognition compliance in automated SaaS environments.


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 .

Primary Location: USA.CA.PleasantonPrimary Location Base Pay Range: $215,200 USD - $322,800 USD


 

Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $181,700 USD - $322,800 USD



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.

About Workday

Workday, Inc. is a provider of enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources. The Company delivers financial management, human capital management and analytics applications designed for various companies, educational institutions and government agencies. As part of its applications, the Company provides embedded analytics that capture the content and context of everyday business events, facilitating informed decision-making from wherever users are working. Its applications include Workday Financial Management, Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) and Other Applications. It also provides open, standards-based Web-services application programming interfaces, and pre-built packaged integrations and connectors. Workday, Inc. is headquartered in Pleasanton, California.
Learn more about Workday
Size
15,932 employees
Market Cap
$42.2 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$282.4 million
Founded
2005
5 Year Trend
+26.7%
Revenue
$4.3 billion
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