Senior Program Manager, Strategic Initiatives

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We’re obsessed with making hard work pay off, for our people, our customers, and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we’re shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, you’ll feel it. Not just in the products we build, but in how we show up for each other.

Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm. We’re in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you’ll do meaningful work with Workmates who’ve got your back.

In return, we’ll give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So, if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone, including yourself, you’ve found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too.

The Growth Organization at Workday is a dedicated, high-impact team designed to accelerate the company’s success in crucial, must-win market segments, including Medium Enterprise, International, and Planning. We operate as a strategic engine, aligning product strategy, go-to-market execution, and operational rigor to drive performance where it is needed most. Our team works across the company to accelerate sales pipelines and deliver outsized value to customers.

We combine the agility of a startup with the scale of Workday, ensuring that our most ambitious growth objectives are translated into measurable reality.

The Senior Program Manager, Strategic Initiatives acts as a critical connective tissue for the Growth Organization. Reporting into the Chief of Staff for Growth, you will be responsible for turning high-level strategy into operational reality. This is a role for a master orchestrator—someone who can manage complex cross-functional work streams, drive accountability across diverse teams, and provide the analytical backbone for executive decision-making.

You will lead the execution of key programs that ensure our international and mid-market expansion efforts stay on track and deliver high-impact business outcomes.

• Lead the day-to-day execution of strategic programs that span multiple departments, ensuring they directly move the needle on Growth OKRs and organizational effectiveness.
• Take ownership of high-stakes, cross-functional initiatives that fall outside traditional departmental boundaries, providing the structure and project management needed to see them through to completion.
• Proactively surface opportunities for teams to work more effectively together, streamlining hand-offs and shared workflows across the pillar.
• Establish and maintain goals and performance tracking for strategic initiatives, ensuring progress is measurable and transparent.
• Monitor initiative health to identify risks early; prepare the data and framework to help leadership to ensure resources are allocated to the highest-impact areas.
• Partner closely with the Chief of Staff to translate the Growth organization’s vision into a consistent story that resonates across all levels
• Ensure that the Growth Org’s mission and strategic priorities are clearly understood and consistently represented in all cross-functional engagements.
• Manage the end-to-end communication calendar for the Growth Pillar, ensuring a steady drumbeat of information that keeps teams informed and engaged

• 5–7+ years of experience in business operations, strategy, management consulting, or program management within an enterprise SaaS environment.
• 3-5 years experience managing complex, cross-functional initiatives and driving them to successful completion.

• Ability to take a complex, ambiguous business problem and break it down into a logical, executable project plan.
• A strong bias for action and a proven ability to hold teams…