Workday

Director, Shared Services Enablement

Workday$197K — $295K *
US-AnywhereRemote in California, US
Business Services
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in GTM enablement or related operations in B2B SaaS.
  • 3+ years of managing operational teams with a mix of internal and external resources.
  • Strong knowledge of learning design principles and processes.
  • Proven stakeholder management and ability to build cross-functional partnerships.
  • Solid program and project management skills, able to balance structure and flexibility.

Responsibilities

  • Own and manage the operating rhythm of the enablement organization.
  • Lead and execute Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) with executive insights.
  • Connect organizational input into actionable, forward-looking plans.
  • Oversee enablement communications strategy for consistent messaging.
  • Ensure readiness of enablement content for major events like Sales Kickoff.

Benefits

  • Flexible work arrangement combining in-office and remote work.
  • Opportunity for professional growth in a leading SaaS environment.
  • Collaboration with cross-functional teams, enhancing networking opportunities.
  • Exposure to high-stake events and executive leadership interactions.
Full Job Description
About the Team
The Director, Shared Services Enablement leads the operational backbone of the enablement organization, orchestrating the people, programs, and processes that allow the enablement function to deliver at scale. This role leads a blended team across Learning Experience Design (LXD), Communications, and Program Success, while owning enablement planning and performance cadences and driving content readiness for major moments such as Sales Kickoff and Rising. The ideal leader is a self-starter who thrives in ambiguity, communicates with clarity, and brings rigor to team leadership, planning, and execution.

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

Enablement Planning & Performance Cadence
  • Own the operating rhythm that keeps the enablement organization aligned and accountable, including managing project intake, shaping the planning approach and cadences, and rolling up a prioritized organizational plan.
  • Lead Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) - from narrative and preparation through results tracking and executive presentation.
  • Connect inputs across the organization into a clear, forward-looking plan and a credible view of impact.


Communications Leadership
  • Lead the enablement communications team, partnering closely with Employee Communications to ensure alignment, consistency, and reach across the organization.
  • Set the strategy and approach for enablement messaging - triaging the best channel, identifying the right stakeholders, gathering accurate inputs, sequencing communications, and ensuring the right message reaches the right audience at the right time.


Content Readiness for Strategic Activation Moments
  • Lead enablement's contribution to flagship events, including Sales Kickoff and Rising.
  • Partner with Experience Marketing - who owns the overall event - to ensure enablement content is scoped, developed, and delivered with quality and on time.
  • Own the enablement workstream end to end, including content planning, stakeholder coordination, and readiness.


Learning Experience Design (LXD) Leadership
  • Manage the LXD function, set quality standards, prioritize the design backlog, and ensure on-time delivery of learning experiences.
  • Apply working knowledge of learning design to guide the team toward instructionally sound, learner-centric outcomes.


Program Success & Delivery Operations
  • Manage the team responsible for the operational execution of enablement programs, including webinar scheduling and production support, coordination with Business Technology (BT), participant communications and learner support, purchase order (PO) management, and survey execution.


About You

Basic Qualifications
  • 10+ years of progressive experience in GTM enablement or related operational experience within a B2B SaaS environment
  • 3+ years managing operational teams with blended resources (e.g., Learning Experience Design, Program Managers, Communications, etc.). Demonstrated experience leading teams that include a mix of internal employees and external partners - setting clear expectations, developing talent, and holding the team accountable to quality and outcomes


Other Qualifications
  • Knowledge of learning design: understands instructional design principles, modalities, and the LXD process well enough to guide a design team toward strong learner outcomes, even without being the hands-on designer.
  • Stakeholder management and cross-functional partnership: builds strong working relationships across functions (Employee Communications, Experience Marketing, BT, and field leadership) and earns trust as a reliable partner.
  • Program and project management discipline: strong instincts for structure, timelines, dependencies, and risk, without becoming overly process-heavy.
  • Business and learning analytics literacy: able to interpret program data and survey results to inform decisions and tell the story of enablement impact.
  • Executive presence and storytelling: able to translate operational detail into a clear narrative for senior leaders, particularly in QBR and planning forums.
  • Preferred: experience leading enablement, L&D, or shared services operations at a SaaS or enterprise technology company; familiarity with supporting large-scale events (SKO, customer conferences, or equivalent) from a content or enablement workstream perspective; experience designing and running planning and QBR cadences for cross-functional leadership audiences.


Personal Attributes
  • Strong communicator: crisp written and verbal communication, with the judgment to know when to draft, when to delegate, and when to facilitate alignment between others.
  • Detail oriented: brings rigor to plans, trackers, communications, and deliverables, catching the small things that protect large outcomes.
  • Operates in ambiguity: comfortable defining the problem, building the plan, and moving forward without a fully formed playbook; can structure work where none exists.
  • Self-starter: identifies what needs to happen and drives it without waiting for direction, bringing energy and ownership to every workstream.
  • Prioritization and decision-making: comfortable making trade-offs in a high-volume environment, balancing strategic priorities against incoming demand.


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.CA.Home Office

Primary Location Base Pay Range: $197,200 USD - $295,800 USD

Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $178,500 USD - $317,000 USD

Additional Considerations:

If performed in Colorado, the pay range for this job is $187,800 - $281,800 USD based on min and max pay range for that role if performed in CO.

The application deadline for this role is the same as the posting end date stated as below:

08/21/2026

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.
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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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