Technical Program Manager - Products and Technology

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At Workday, it all began with a conversation over breakfast. When our founders met at a sunny California diner, they came up with an idea to revolutionize the enterprise software market. And when we began to rise, one thing that really set us apart was our culture. A culture which was driven by our value of putting our people first. And ever since, the happiness, development, and contribution of every Workmate is central to who we are. Our Workmates believe a healthy employee-centric, collaborative culture is the essential mix of ingredients for success in business. That’s why we look after our people, communities and the planet while still being profitable. Feel encouraged to shine, however that manifests: you don’t need to hide who you are. You can feel the energy and the passion, it's what makes us unique. Inspired to make a brighter work day for all and transform with us to the next stage of our growth journey? Bring your brightest version of you and have a brighter work day here.

About the Team

Workday's P&T PMO unifies the program portfolio across Technology and Product pillars to deliver secure applications to Workday customers powering a rapidly growing global business. This requires outstanding coordination and communication amongst our teams of highly skilled Engineering, Development, Security and Privacy partners’ organizations that span multiple geographies. Our mission is to focus on delivering projects and programs that ensure our Workday platform is highly available while delivering new products and features for our customers.

About the Role

We are looking for a strong Technical Program Manager to join our team. You will be responsible for the delivery of services from the highly technical teams, from internal customer engagement and gathering requirements to ensuring sponsors and partners are kept up to date. You will collaborate with engineers, architects, Strategy and Planning partners and drive the requirements from the design phase through execution. With a growing customer base and a Software-as-a-Service model, security, scalability, resiiency and reliability need to be ever-present in what and how we deliver. You must thrive in working as a team in a fast-paced environment. Our daily work has a direct impact on our customers and our business. As the company grows, so will your skills, exposure and ability to contribute. Work location is Atlanta.

What you will do:

• Drive programs around Product Dev, Enterprise/Product Security, Private/Public Cloud, Compliance and more across Workday's technology, including Assessment, Execution, Tracking and Reporting

• Partner with internal customers to develop new insights and understand long term vision of programs and deliver actionable results.

• Wear technical advisor hat  to scope out program with clear objectives and outcomes to meet the strategic intiative’s target.

• Proactively and independently manage large cross functional technical programs

• Partner across the Products and Technology Organisation (Engineering, Product, Legal, Privacy, Business & Technology, Operations and Customer Success) teams to align with strategic vision and goals

• Independently plan, implement and deliver programs and drive accountability across partner teams to ensure program objectives are met

• Integrate security and resiliency into organizational development and processes

About You

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

• A minimum of 4+ years of experience in a project management capacity.

• A proven experience in technical program management in SAAS/Public/Private Cloud

• Familiarity and experience with agile software delivery methodologies

• Demonstrated ability to efficiently cross collaborate with partner teams

• Strong communication, presentation, and documentation skills including executive communication in steer committee meetings

• Experience influencing others without having direct management authority and motivating them to successfully complete tasks within required timelines

• Strong risk analysis and problem-solving skills

• Able to drive collaboration and influence multiple teams.

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Other Qualifications:

• Experience working with sophisticated, high transaction, high availability environments. Experience in cloud is strongly preferred

• Understanding of Secure Software Development Life Cycle (SSDLC) practices

• Understanding of infrastructure and platform technologies (Linux, virtualization, public cloud, Kubernetes, firewalls etc.) and related secure design patterns

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