Senior Principal Technical Program Manager, US Federal

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About the Team

About the Role

This role will support one or more direct or indirect contracts with the U.S. Federal Government which due to federal government security requirements mandates that all Workday personnel working on the contracts be United States citizens (naturalized or native).

As a TPM on the IPE team you will lead projects and programs spanning infrastructure and software that ensure our systems scale to meet diverse customer requirements in this dynamic and rapid-growth landscape. You will need to possess the skills to understand complex problems broadly and have the ability to dive deep. You will find build and analyze data about every aspect of the platform services running on it tooling used to operate it and monitor it. You will drive process and technology improvements that reduce friction for engineers and continuously improve the platforms operational excellence. You will work across business product and engineering teams and balance cost schedule and technical variables to create tools and/or processes that help our customers realize better company outcomes.

Key Job Responsibilities

From a technical perspective you need to feel comfortable with design concepts. You will contribute to large-scale architectural designs specific to a variety of technical domains within the platform. You will dive deep and understand both the high and low level architectures of multiple complex systems. You will manage remote project delivery teams and possess the ability to facilitate technical whiteboard sessions to troubleshoot project implementation issues and remove barriers to project success.

Youll work closely with product managers to define Product experience work with engineering leaders and engineers to design and build secure durable and scalable services. You will be accountable for the successful delivery of large-scale cross-functional programs that are business critical. Thus you will be skilled in driving these types of programs from planning execution tracking risk identification and mitigation status reporting measuring success etc.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Participate in current and future region strategic operational and tactical level planning and forecasting efforts
• Manage multiple cross-functional and large-scale process re-engineering efforts
• Document and standardize cross functional processes and procedures
• Develop communicate and maintain portfolio program and project roadmaps
• Effectively prioritize and complete tasks
• Additional tasks as assigned by senior leadership

About You

Basic Qualifications:

This role may require a security clearance at the TS/SCI w/CI Poly level. Applicants must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance. An active TS/SCI w/CI Poly is preferred.

May be required to be on site at client locations in the DC MD and VA (DMV) area.

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Computer Science or equivalent professional experience
• 10 years of experience in engineering technical program management or similar technical leadership role
• 10 years of experience with software development lifecycle from conception to delivery

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters degree in Engineering Computer Science or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience working independently to design plan and execute technical projects; able to distill data and articulate rationale for making difficult trade-offs
• Experience managing the lifecycle of a complex cross-functional program with considerable impact
• Experience driving technical strategy and teams across organizations
• Experience solving challenging engineering problems with multiple constraints
• Solid foundation in service-oriented and web-service technologies to be able to understand service inter-dependencies and drive technical solutions for multi-tiered systems
• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities: effectively communicates with technical and non-technical teams executive management partners and customers

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.

Our Approach to Flexible Work

With Flex Work were combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections maintain a strong community and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways so rather than a number of required days in-office each week we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers prospects and partners (depending on role). This means youll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business team and personal needs while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote home office roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.

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