Sr. Manager of Application Development - Workday

The Senior Manager, Application Development is a senior technology leader responsible for leading multiple software engineering and application delivery teams in the design, development, modernization, implementation, and support of secure, scalable, cloud-enabled enterprise applications. This role oversees a portfolio of business-critical applications, including Human Resources, Finance, SaaS, custom-developed, integration, workflow, and reporting solutions, while driving excellence in Agile delivery practices across the organization.

The Senior Manager provides strategic and technical leadership to ensure technology solutions align with business objectives, enterprise architecture standards, security requirements, and operational expectations. The role serves as a key partner to business leaders, product teams, enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, infrastructure, data, risk, compliance, and IT leadership to deliver innovative and sustainable technology solutions.

Success in this role requires strong expertise in software engineering, cloud technologies, Agile delivery, Dev Sec Ops  practices, talent development, and application modernization within a complex and highly regulated environment.

• Lead the planning, design, development, implementation, and support of enterprise applications, integrations, workflows, reporting capabilities, and SaaS platforms.
• Oversee the full software development lifecycle, including architecture, development, testing, deployment, support, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure applications are secure, scalable, reliable, maintainable, and aligned with enterprise architecture and technology standards.
• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to define application roadmaps, modernization strategies, and investment priorities.
• Promote modern engineering practices including API-first development, cloud-native architectures, automated testing, code reviews, reusable components, and continuous integration and deployment.
• Provide leadership and guidance for complex technical, operational, and production support challenges.

• Lead teams responsible for developing and operating applications in cloud environments.
• Drive adoption of cloud-native technologies, infrastructure as code, automation, observability, and platform resiliency practices.
• Champion Dev Sec Ops  principles by embedding security, quality, compliance, and testing throughout the development lifecycle.
• Establish standards for monitoring, logging, alerting, performance management, and operational readiness.

• Lead and continuously improve Agile delivery practices, frameworks, processes, tools, and governance.
• Support Scrum, Kanban, and other Agile methodologies to improve delivery predictability, quality, transparency, and business outcomes.
• Partner with delivery leaders, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and Business Analysts to manage priorities, dependencies, risks, and delivery commitments.
• Utilize delivery, quality, and operational metrics to drive continuous improvement and organizational effectiveness.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning.

• Build trusted relationships with business leaders and stakeholders to understand business priorities and translate requirements into technology solutions.
• Serve as a strategic advisor on technology opportunities, modernization initiatives, and application capabilities.
• Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences, including executive leadership.
• Balance business priorities, technical complexity, operational risk, resource constraints, and delivery objectives.
• Recruit, develop, coach, and retain high-performing technology professionals.
• Lead teams that may include software engineers, engineering managers, Dev Ops engineers, quality assurance professionals, business analysts, and application support personnel.
• Establish clear performance expectations and development plans to support career growth and succession planning.
• Promote a culture focused on accountability, inclusion, innovation, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Build organizational capabilities needed to support evolving business and technology strategies.

• Ensure applications and development practices meet security, risk management, compliance, audit, and…