Principal Product Advisor Developer Platform

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About the Team

The Developer Platform Product Enablement team is one of the driving forces behind a productive well-enabled developer ecosystem at Workday. Working in partnership with Product Managers Product Marketing and key groups including Forward Deployed Engineers Developer Relations Customer Developers and Services Ecosystem Consultants the team brings specialized hands-on technical expertise rooted in building and developing on the platform itself. We translate complex platform capabilities into practical guidance that developers and internal teams depend on every day.

This team sits at the forefront of one of the most significant shifts in Workdays history. As the developer ecosystem evolves from building traditional apps and integrations to building agents agentic apps and integrations designed for the agentic landscape we are leading the way in helping developers embrace new AI tooling like Developer Agent and Agent Ready Tools. We enable front-line resources most notably Forward Deployed Engineers to lead the field in the AI shift with Workdays most strategic customers.

The team also serves as a critical part of the feedback pathway between the field and Workdays product and engineering teams. Through programs like Early Adopter engagements and close partnership with customer-facing teams we provide the context perspective and translation that turns real-world customer feedback into concepts that resonate with Product Managers and Engineers. This ensures that feedback makes a meaningful impact on product prioritization and ultimately improves the developer experience.

What makes this team special is its deeply hands-on culture. Every member comes from an implementer or developer background which means we dont just understand what the product is capable of we know how to build with it. We take tremendous pride in our work embrace every challenge and share a genuine sense of unity. Team members reprioritize to help one another and ensure everyone succeeds whether directly involved in each others initiatives or not.

About the Role

As a Principal Product Advisor on the Developer Platform Product Enablement team you will be a senior technical leader serving as a bridge between product and the diverse groups that build on the Workday platform. You will play a critical role in ensuring that developers partners and internal teams have the technical knowledge resources and enablement they need to succeed especially as the ecosystem shifts toward agentic solutions and AI-driven development workflows.

In this role you will be responsible for:

• Enabling Forward Deployed Engineers and other front-line roles on both existing and emerging Developer Platform capabilities with a focus on the newest AI features so they can position and solution the platform effectively with Workdays most strategic customers.

• Serving as a critical link in the feedback loop between the field and product by gathering contextualizing and translating customer and developer feedback into insights that resonate with Product Managers and engineers helping to shape product prioritization and drive meaningful improvements to the developer experience.

• Running and coordinating Early Adopter programs for emerging product features across Developer Platform AI Platform Integration Platform and Product Development Engineering ensuring EA programs are run effectively products are thoroughly tested in real-world customer environments and constructive feedback is curated for product teams prior to general availability.

• Ensuring that EA participants receive the enablement and support necessary to use and test EA products driving positive outcomes that include successful testing actionable product feedback and customer success stories for marketing use at launch.

• Helping the developer community understand how to bring together agents agentic apps integrations and AI tooling to build solutions faster guiding them through the shift from a closed-wall approach to an open flexible development model while championing responsible AI usage.

• Building and maintaining deep expansive expertise across the developer platform and all of its features and capabilities.

• Presenting on webinars contributing to Developer Forums and leading enablement sessions for Forward Deployed Engineers and other frontline customer-facing teams.

About You

Basic Qualifications:

• 10 years of related work experience in technical enablement developer advocacy solutions engineering product consulting or a related field within an enterprise software or SaaS environment.

Other Qualifications:

• Skilled communicator with the ability to exchange complex technical information clearly across a range of audiences from developers and engineers to product leaders and customer-facing teams. You are comfortable presenting at conferences leading enablement sessions and contributing to technical forums adapting your style to ensure your message resonates.

• Experienced in managing relationships across multiple groups with a demonstrated ability to identify the needs and expectations of diverse partners including product engineering sales services and customer teams and to develop communication approaches that build alignment and facilitate engagement in cross-organizational programs.

• Forward-looking and analytical with the ability to generate and apply unique insights about the developer ecosystem and platform landscape to identify opportunities anticipate challenges and develop plans that align with Workdays long-term goals. You think beyond the immediate task to consider the broader impact of your work.

• Creative resourceful and willing to explore beyond familiar tools and processes with the ability to develop and implement new ideas approaches and solutions that create value for the developer community. You actively seek out external tools technologies and methods that can push the boundaries of what is possible and you bring that curiosity back to your team and the broader developer ecosystem.

• Deeply empathetic toward the developer experience with a natural ability to understand the perspective needs and challenges of developers and customers. You actively listen put yourself in the developers shoes and use that understanding to improve enablement shape feedback for product teams and ensure developers feel supported.

• Highly organized and adaptable with a demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects priorities and responsibilities at the same time. You bring structure and discipline to your work while remaining flexible and ready to shift direction as product strategy evolves and urgent needs arise.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to create compelling technical content including samples demos guided activities and documentation.

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.

Primary Location:

Primary Location Base Pay Range: $178200 USD - $267400 USD

Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $150500 USD - $267400 USD

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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