Workday

Principal AI GTM Strategist – Outbound & Demand Generation

Workday • $158K — $237K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8 years of GTM/revenue operations or outbound prospecting experience in AI-driven demand generation.
  • 6 years of experience designing end-to-end GTM process architecture for large organizations.
  • 5 years of influencing senior stakeholders in adopting modern GTM models.
  • Hands-on experience in B2B prospecting or outbound strategy and knowledge of sales team operations is preferred.
  • Ability to analyze pipeline metrics and conversion rates to drive revenue outcomes.
  • Experience in designing decision trees and system logic for adaptive workflows.
  • Familiarity with GTM AI concepts and proficiency in revenue tech stacks.

Responsibilities

  • Map the end-to-end strategy for AI-driven demand generation and prospecting.
  • Translate key business requirements to technical teams for execution.
  • Align cross-functional strategies to support pipeline and revenue goals.
  • Define governance and logic for AI workflows, ensuring safety and effectiveness.
  • Monitor trends in demand generation and provide insights for innovation.
  • Measure prospecting framework effectiveness and recommend optimizations.
  • Collaborate with various GTM teams to optimize demand generation initiatives.

Benefits

  • Flexible work arrangement allowing both remote and in-office collaboration.
  • Opportunity to work closely with global teams across various functions.
  • Engagement with cutting-edge AI technologies in demand generation.
  • Chance to influence and shape modern business strategies.
  • Support for personal growth through networking and industry partnerships.
Full Job Description

About the Team

The Global Customer Operations (GCO) Demand and Voice of the Customer team is responsible for driving global strategic pipeline growth through innovative demand generation programs, scalable processes, and customer-informed initiatives. The team brings together global market insights, industry best practices, and modern AI-driven approaches to help Workday build pipeline, generate demand, and better understand customer needs across regions. By partnering closely with stakeholders around the world, the team helps shape programs that improve execution, strengthen customer engagement, and support Workday’s continued global growth.

About the Role

We're looking for a strategic operator who pairs deep demand gen and prospecting experience with the ability to bridge business strategy and technical execution. This role does not configure software or build workflows in code. Instead, you'll act as the strategic translator and GTM architect — working shoulder to shoulder with Sales, SDR, Product, and Marketing leadership to map our AI-driven demand-generation process and turn business needs into clear, high-level system requirements.

You'll be the key liaison to our GTM Tech & Systems, BT, and Data Engineering teams, giving them the logic, functional specs, and business guardrails they need to build and maintain a modern demand-generation engine.

About You

Key Responsibilities

  • Map the operational framework: Define and map the end-to-end strategy for our AI-driven demand-generation and prospecting process — from signal identification and intent scoring to enrichment logic and outbound workflows — without performing the hands-on technical build.
  • Translate business requirements for technical teams: Serve as the primary translator between frontline GTM leaders (Sales, SDR, Marketing, Partner, Product, CS) and technical/systems teams. Gather real-world use cases, analyze buyer behavior, and convert commercial objectives into clear functional requirements and system logic for engineers to execute.
  • Align cross-functional strategy: Partner with Sales, SDR, Partner,  Product and Marketing executives to ensure every AI demand gen initiative supports ICP targeting, pipeline goals, deliverability standards, and revenue metrics.
  • Define system logic and guardrails: Establish the governance, brand-safety rules, and decision logic for AI workflows, leaving day-to-day tool configuration to systems teams and campaign execution to functional GTM teams.
  • Track industry best practices: Monitor fast-moving trends in GTM AI, demand generation, and prospecting strategy to advise leadership on where to innovate and how to prioritize system investments. Partner with Industry analysts and key vendors to deliver ahead of the curve innovation.
  • Measure prospecting effectiveness: Partner with analytics to measure the performance of prospecting frameworks and continuously optimize conversion pathways. Proactively assess frameworks on a regular basis and make recommendations for areas of opportunity in QBRs to consistently improve our demand generation engine.

What We Are Looking For

Basic Qualifications:

  • 8 years of GTM/revenue operations or outbound prospecting experience, specifically in AI-driven demand generation and prospecting strategy.
  • 6 years of designing and mapping end-to-end GTM process architecture (signal identification, intent scoring, enrichment logic, outbound workflows) across an enterprise-scale revenue organization.
  • 5 years of experience influencing VP and SVP-level stakeholders across Sales, SDR, and Marketing to drive organizational pivots toward modern, AI-driven GTM models.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Hands-on outbound experience in B2B prospecting, SDR leadership, or outbound strategy, with a working knowledge of what drives prospect engagement and how sales teams operate day to day.
  • Ability to analyze pipeline metrics, sales cycles, and conversion rates to ensure technical capabilities are directed toward real revenue outcomes.
  • Proven capability designing decision trees and system logic (if-this-then-that triggers, data-enrichment waterfalls, signal prioritization).
  • Deep familiarity with modern GTM AI concepts, LLM capabilities, and revenue tech stacks (i.e. Clay, 6sense, Salesforce, Sales Engagement Platforms, Outreach, SalesLoft).
  • Experience writing clear BRDs, functional specs, or user stories for systems, IT, and software development teams.


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: $158,400 USD - $237,600 USD


 

Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $133,800 USD - $237,600 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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