Sr. Director, HR Accelerator Team

Your work days are brighter here.

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

We are building our P&P (HR) Accelerator Team–a project-based team focused on delivering solutions and insights to business leaders that will help innovate and increase the speed of execution. The mission of the AT is to have strong HR generalists who aren’t focused on solutions in one HR domain (E.g. Compensation, Recruiting, Talent Management) rather, they solve complex problems across the HR function and geographically that have the highest impact. Unlike many of our peers in P&P who have day-to-day operations or clients to support, our primary responsibility is to solve problems and execute large-scale projects, giving us the opportunity for greater focus. We instill discipline to projects we undertake in terms of resources allocated, timelines, project management, working with constituents, and apply a consulting
methodology.

About the Role

We are looking for a Sr. Director who is comfortable operating in a fast-paced, often ambiguous, project environment that has a bias for action. This individual needs to be collaborative, able to lead a high performing team with speed, and balance both strategic thinking and project execution (we don’t create value with ideas we can’t deliver). This is an exciting opportunity to lead a team in groundbreaking ways of making a big impact and leading teams on cool projects.

About You

• Leads a high performing team aligned to Workday's values with direct responsibility for identifying projects, staffing models, solution designs and manages a team from project initiation through delivery.

• Consultative: Manages strong customer relationships of the HR leadership team, facilitates thoughtful dialogue, thinks strategically and advises executives on project design and delivery.

• Problem Solves: Identifies the source of problems, develops solutions, and then tests, iterates and implements solutions.

• Storytelling through Data Analytics: Analyzes data and synthesizes the fundamental issues and themes. Presents compelling case or story to an executive audience that is supported by data and objective reasoning.

• Team success in this role is not determined by how well we believe we did, but by the impact we make and how key stakeholders view us.

We’re looking for individuals who have the following:

Basic qualifications:

• Demonstrated understanding of HR, project management, and consulting methodology
  Proven success in collaborating cross-functionally and managing relationships in fast-paced environments

• Thrive in dealing with ambiguity and motivated in creating clarity and alignment

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to break down complex concepts for all audience levels and deliver confidently through informed, educated, and engaging presentations

• You easily build trusted relationships and can influence senior leaders--knowing when to challenge and when to disagree & commit

• A track record of using data and insights from both internal and external sources to inform opinions and strategies

• Coached and led high-performing teams

• A passion for helping other succeed

It’s critical that you have the following:

Other Qualifications:

• A bias for action, results are created by this team, and we lean-in where Workday needs u

• Highly organized and the ability to ruthlessly prioritize work

• An ability to handle adversity and apply learnings

• A desire to learn, grow, and operate as an essential connector across P&P (E.g.

• Compensation, Talent Experience, Talent Acquisition, etc.)

• Strong investigative,