Principal Senior Partner Technical Enablement Lead, Workday Wellness
Chicago, IL - USA
Job Summary
Your work days are brighter here.
Were 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 were shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join youll 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. Were 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 youre building smarter solutions supporting customers or creating a space where everyone belongs youll do meaningful work with Workmates whove got your return well 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 youve found a match in Workday and we hope to be a match for you too.
About the Team
Its fun to work in a company where people truly believe in what theyre the Workday Global Partner Organization we believe that partners are essential to delivering outstanding customer experiences and extraordinary business results. We are passionate about what our partners do for our customers we work hard were serious about what we do and we have fun doing it.The Partner Strategy and Growth team in the Global Partner Organization leads strategy planning and business development for the partner business at Workday. We define and execute our strategy with leaders across the business; lead strategic partner relationships; and deliver sizable net-new revenue growth with partners.
About the Role
The Workday Wellness platform enables benefit providers (Wellness Partners) to deliver seamless API-based integration solutions within Workdays HCM and Benefits ecosystem. As part of our strategic growth this role bridges the gap between partner signing and live customer deployment.
As the Partner Technical Enablement Lead for Workday Wellness you will own the technical journey for our Wellness Partners ensuring they understand Workday HCM/Benefits functionality master our API capabilities and are fully equipped to guide enterprise customers through successful product deployments.
Success for the role will be measured in optimizing for time required for partners to adopt and reach readiness to deploy. Youll streamline the end-to-end program and activities required between partner sign-on and operational deployment readiness.
Key Responsibilities
Lead our Wellness Partner Platform Adoption Program
Facilitate structured technical onboarding sessions for Wellness Partners including technical deep dives authentication setup system service coordination and test tenant provisioning.
Lead test-case development and scenario testing to validate integration capabilities prior to customer engagement.
Solution Education Training & Certification
Build and maintain comprehensive learning resources API documentation and training modules.
Design implement and own a solution quality certification program that establishes quality standards and differentiates partner offerings (e.g. base use cases vs. advanced best-in-class implementations).
Define how internal teams and Workday HCM customers identify available Wellness Partners and their associated certification tiers.
Provide proactive technical advisory services ad-hoc troubleshooting and hands-on guidance to ensure partners earn required product credentials.
Partner Deployment Readiness & Customer Enablement
Equip partners with both the technical expertise and program management frameworks required to lead customer deployments:
Coach partners on best practices across all deployment phases (discovery design build test deploy and post go-live).
Train partners on defining deployment scope tracking milestones managing project plans mitigating risk and coordinating cross-functional teams.
Guide partners through customer-facing workshops demos and go-live readiness reviews. Perform hands-on tenant configurations when necessary to replicate complex testing or integration scenarios.
Create reusable frameworks playbooks and toolkits that partners can leverage for repeatable scalable customer implementations.
About You
Basic Qualifications: Principal Partner Technical Enablement Lead
Experience: 7 years of experience in technical partner enablement solution architecture technical consulting or enterprise SaaS deployment.
Technical Proficiency: Strong hands-on experience (5 years) with API-based technologies (REST/SOAP JSON/XML) web services authentication protocols and API testing tools (e.g. Postman).
Domain Expertise: 7 years of demonstrated experience with enterprise SaaS or ERP ecosystems specifically within HCM and Benefit Administration domains.
Basic Qualifications: Senior Partner Technical Enablement Lead
Experience: 4 years of experience in technical partner enablement solution architecture technical consulting or enterprise SaaS deployment.
Technical Proficiency: Strong hands-on experience (3 years) with API-based technologies (REST/SOAP JSON/XML) web services authentication protocols and API testing tools (e.g. Postman).
Domain Expertise: 4 years of demonstrated experience with enterprise SaaS or ERP ecosystems specifically within HCM and Benefit Administration domains.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in the Workday software alliances ecosystem a plus
Demonstrated understanding of how APIs function as the connective tissue between software platforms
Experience in US healthcare financial services or insurance markets
Consistent record of exceeding targets and customer impact
Ability to frame structure and execute large and complex partner deals
Ability to engage with executives facilitate business development identify large-scale greenfield opportunities and deliver business and revenue outcomes
Ability to influence senior leaders and executives
Strong written and oral presentation skills
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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