Workday

Senior Principal Technical Program Manager, US Federal

Workday$217K — $326K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
  • 10+ years of experience in engineering, technical program management, or similar roles.
  • Familiarity with the software development lifecycle from conception to delivery.
  • Experience managing complex cross-functional programs.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance.

Responsibilities

  • Lead cross-functional projects and programs ensuring scalability of systems.
  • Analyze and build data about platform functioning and services.
  • Drive process and technology improvements for operational excellence.
  • Collaborate with product and engineering teams to design scalable services.
  • Manage remote teams and facilitate technical troubleshooting sessions.
  • Document and standardize cross-functional processes and procedures.
  • Develop, communicate, and maintain project roadmaps.

Benefits

  • Flexible work schedule with a combination of in-office and remote work.
  • Opportunity to collaborate directly with U.S. government clients in the DMV area.
  • Access to a comprehensive benefits package including annual bonuses and stock options.
  • Engagement in strategic planning and forecasting at a high level.
Full Job Description

About the Role

This role will support one or more direct or indirect contracts with the U.S. Federal Government which, due to federal government security requirements, mandates that all Workday personnel working on the contracts be United States citizens (naturalized or native).

As a TPM on the IPE team you will lead projects and programs spanning infrastructure and software that ensure our systems scale to meet diverse customer requirements in this dynamic and rapid-growth landscape. You will need to possess the skills to understand complex problems broadly and have the ability to dive deep. You will find, build, and analyze data about every aspect of the platform, services running on it, tooling used to operate it and monitor it. You will drive process and technology improvements that reduce friction for engineers and continuously improve the platform's operational excellence. You will work across business, product, and engineering teams and balance cost, schedule, and technical variables to create tools and/or processes that help our customers realize better company outcomes.

Key Job Responsibilities

From a technical perspective, you need to feel comfortable with design concepts. You will contribute to large-scale architectural designs specific to a variety of technical domains within the platform. You will dive deep and understand both the high and low level architectures of multiple complex systems. You will manage remote project delivery teams, and possess the ability to facilitate technical whiteboard sessions to troubleshoot project implementation issues, and remove barriers to project success.

You'll work closely with product managers to define Product experience, work with engineering leaders and engineers to design and build secure, durable and scalable services. You will be accountable for the successful delivery of large-scale cross-functional programs that are business critical. Thus, you will be skilled in driving these types of programs from planning, execution, tracking, risk identification and mitigation, status reporting, measuring success etc.

Additional Responsibilities:

  • Participate in current and future region strategic, operational and tactical level planning and forecasting efforts
  • Manage multiple, cross-functional and large-scale process re-engineering efforts
  • Document and standardize cross functional processes and procedures
  • Develop, communicate, and maintain portfolio, program, and project roadmaps
  • Effectively prioritize and complete tasks
  • Additional tasks as assigned by senior leadership

About You

Basic Qualifications:

This role may require a security clearance at the TS/SCI w/CI Poly level. Applicants must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance. An active TS/SCI w/CI Poly is preferred.

May be required to be on site at client locations in the DC, MD, and VA (DMV) area.

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent professional experience
  • 10+ years of experience in engineering, technical program management, or similar technical leadership role
  • 10+ years of experience with software development lifecycle from conception to delivery

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent professional experience.
  • Experience working independently to design, plan, and execute technical projects; able to distill data and articulate rationale for making difficult trade-offs
  • Experience managing the lifecycle of a complex cross-functional program with considerable impact
  • Experience driving technical strategy and teams across organizations
  • Experience solving challenging engineering problems with multiple constraints
  • Solid foundation in service-oriented and web-service technologies to be able to understand service inter-dependencies and drive technical solutions for multi-tiered systems
  • Excellent verbal and written communication abilities: effectively communicates with technical and non-technical teams, executive management, partners and customers


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 candidates 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 Workdays comprehensive benefits, please .

Primary Location: USA.VA.RestonPrimary Location Base Pay Range: $217,400 USD - $326,000 USD


Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $196,700 USD - $349,400 USD



Our Approach to Flexible Work

With Flex Work, were 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 youll 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 4home office4 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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