Sr. Director, Product - Workday Platform & Transformation

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Applications will be accepted until 01/17/2026.

Salesforce is seeking an experienced Senior Director to lead our Workday Platform & Agentic Transformation Product Line through nurturing a lean Delivery Team, Building Business Intimacy and Achieving Roadmap goals. An ideal candidate has a strong background in Product Management, Engineering and Development practices, and building strong team relationships. In this role a candidate should have experience with delivering on Product Operating Models and be an agent of change to ensure that teams work with skill, efficiency and with outcomes in mind. The abilities to form positive, lasting relationships with collaborators, proactively manage risk, take ongoing constructive feedback, and empower hard-working teams are crucial in this role.

This Product Line Manager owns the implementation of and success for Product Delivery and Operations Maturity, driving teams to grow and stretch by drawing on industry standard methodologies, previous experience, and alignment with corporate strategy. They are an evangelist of product management, engineering and operations methodologies and practices, and apply all subject areas across their delivery process. This professional will be part of the Finance and Accounting Business Partner Group leadership team and is responsible for owning strategic planning of the technology roadmap, staffing plan and budget to achieve outcomes. This role will drive a unified "northstar" architecture across Finance & Employee Success technology while pioneering net-new AI agent capabilities to transform capacity and delivery. This is a unique opportunity to be a driver of change, to build lasting relationships with peers and supporting business groups and positively impact the overall direction of the company.

Responsibilities:

• Lead Workday Platform strategy and architecture across both HCM and Finance modules, ensuring optimal shared platform capabilities
• Define and execute the northstar architecture vision for Finance & Employee Success technology ecosystem
• Drive net-new AI Agent development and implementation to enhance organizational capacity and delivery across Finance & ES systems
• Establish data foundation strategies to enable effective AI agent deployment and autonomous system capabilities
• Partner with internal product teams across the organization to leverage agentic technologies for process transformation
• Work with both the business and team portfolio management to define annual budget requests aligned to roadmaps and goals and manage spend to expectations
• Lead Product Management, Engineering and Operations team to deliver on key business and technology objectives
• Ensure Enterprise Standards and Process are followed by the team and raise exceptions for review in the correct governance frameworks
• Lead major company projects and be accountable for key reporting indicators for those programs accountable to the Vice President of IT Finance & Employee Success
• Demonstrate thought leadership for Portfolio and Product development and optimization with a high focus on accountability and ownership at each level of the organization
• Rally the multi-functional teams that span over multiple time zones and function in a variety of agile methodologies to hold teams and individuals accountable for adhering to standard processes and defined Product and Portfolio
• Hire, develop and retain the best talent in the industry
• Invest in the success of every member of the team, providing opportunities for personal development and career growth
• Collaborate with vendors and industry consultants to continuously learn and identify opportunities to advance our strategy and operating model for supporting our business partners
• Maintain and lead awareness of industry best practices and relevant technologies, particularly in AI/ML and autonomous systems

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