SVP, Infrastructure

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About the Team

About the Role

Workday is seeking a Senior Vice President (SVP) Infrastructure to serve as a visionary executive leader during a pivotal era of transformation. This is not a business as usual role; it is an opportunity to redefine the backbone of a global SaaS leader.

The SVP will be responsible for developing a strategic infrastructure roadmap that focuses investments on high-impact modernization ensuring our technology environment scales seamlessly with Workdays rapid growth. We are looking for a multi-dimensional thinker who balances seasoned experience with an appetite for market-disrupting innovations. You will be the primary architect of change turning ambitious corporate goals into actionable high-performance engineering milestones that establish a modern resilient technology landscape.

Responsibilities:

• Strategic Roadmap Development: Define and execute a global infrastructure vision that anticipates future growth optimizes resource allocation and integrates emerging technologies.

• Transformational Leadership: Lead the shift toward a modern automated and resilient technology environment reinventing legacy processes to improve speed-to-market and scalability.

• Global Service Delivery: Oversee global corporate infrastructure strategy and architecture ensuring service delivery standards are aligned with overarching company goals.

• Performance Metrics: Establish and monitor sophisticated KPIs SLAs and operational metrics to ensure world-class system availability and performance on a global scale.

• Executive Partnership: Serve as a key technology advisor to senior management translating complex technical infrastructure needs into business-driven outcomes.

• Team Empowerment: Build and scale a high-performing organization; mentor leaders foster a culture of accountability and ensure every team member understands the actionable steps to reach the mission.

• Operational Excellence: Drive profitable results in a high-growth environment by balancing technical debt with the need for rapid feature deployment and infrastructure hardening.

About You

• Executive Leadership: 15 years of progressive experience in infrastructure engineering and operations with a proven track record as an executive-level leader in a high-growth entrepreneurial environment.

• Transformation Expert: Demonstrated ability to lead large-scale organizational and technical transformations moving from legacy frameworks to modern cloud-native and automated architectures.

• Business Acumen: Experience consistently driving profitable results and managing large-scale global budgets while maintaining a focus on ROI.

• Strategic Communicator: Exceptional ability to develop a mission and vision turning abstract goals into practical plans that motivate and align global teams.

• Technical Depth: Deep knowledge of global corporate infrastructure architecture and the latest marketplace developments in cloud technology and distributed systems.

• Multi-Dimensional Thinker: A leader who operates based on past experience but remains agile enough to adopt new approaches and industry-leading innovations.

• Education: Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Engineering Computer Science or a related field; MBA or equivalent leadership training preferred.

Workday Pay Transparency Statement

The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidates compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including but not limited to geography experience skills job duties and business need among other things. For more information regarding Workdays comprehensive benefits please click here.

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