Sr. Manager, Partner Solution Consulting

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About the Team

About the Role

As an AI Pod Manager you will report to the Sr. Director of Partner AI Experience leading a pod of Partner AI Architects Partner AI Advisors and Business Value close partnership with the Global Partner Organization you will bring the technical functional and quantitative depth that:

• Helps partner SC teams speak credibly about Workdays roadmap and AI capabilities well before their customers encounter them.

• Ensures partner demos flow seamlessly from Workday-delivered product into GSI-delivered solutions.

• Sharpens how partners position Workday when customers are evaluating platforms.

• Provides partner practice leadership with the business case clarity to make smart investments in building on Workdays platform.

You will maintain a regular cadence with partner practice leaders coordinate with Workday Product & Technology on capabilities and roadmap and collaborate with Solution Consultings Forward Deployed GSI team to ensure your pods work connects seamlessly across Workdays partner-facing teams.

This role requires a leader equally comfortable running high-impact strategic enablement sessions and coaching pod members through complex functional and technical use cases.

Key Responsibilities:

Partner Readiness & Activation

• Ensure partner SC and architect teams have early visibility into Workdays product roadmap and AI capabilities enabling confident client conversations and platform guidance ahead of general availability.

• Develop and deliver readiness programs including architect-tier sessions and persona-based playbooks (CIO CFO CHRO) that translate Workday capabilities into outcome-driven narratives the partners teams can own.

• Ensure the partners demo environment bridges seamlessly from Workday-delivered product to GSI-delivered solutions enabling credible end-to-end demonstrations.

• Equip partner teams with sharp current competitive positioning including how Workday differentiates from SAP Oracle ServiceNow and others to guide customers when platform decisions are on the table.

• Serve as a first line of defense for the partner by fielding competitive objections functional questions and technical issues encountered with clients ensuring they have the answers and positioning needed to move forward with confidence.

Platform & Value Strategy

• Help partner practice and offering leaders understand where Workdays platform is heading so they can make informed decisions about capability build-out certifications and resourcing.

• Guide the partner through the agentic AI opportunity on Sana: identify whitespace in their client base prioritize agent use cases with real ROI and clarify what building on Sana requires so investment is focused on the right opportunities.

• Build joint business cases quantify the productivity gains of agentic workflows and arm the partners value desk with Workday-specific ROI frameworks.

GTM Alignment & Executive Engagement

• Support the GPO in maintaining a regular cadence with GSI practice leaders bringing the technical functional and quantitative depth needed to advance practice investment plans and surface joint go-to-market opportunities aligned to Workdays roadmap.

• Bring structured partner intelligence practice priorities competitive signals and capability needs back to Workdays GPO Product & Technology and Partner Strategy teams on a consistent cadence.

• Represent Workday alongside the partner at joint industry events conferences and partner forums co-presenting thought leadership that strengthens the partners Workday practice brand and deepens the joint go-to-market relationship.

Pod Leadership & Development

• Lead and develop a pod of approximately six specialists Partner AI Architects (oCIO) Partner AI Advisors (oCHRO oCFO) and Business Value Architects setting a clear strategy priorities and execution rhythm across the team.

• Partner closely with the Forward Deployed Partner Architect aligned to your GSI coordinating on the partners largest joint Workday deals and ensuring your pods work translates directly into deal-level impact.

• Coach each team members growth in product knowledge partner engagement and career development aligned with Workdays commitment to investing in its people.

About You

Basic Qualifications

• 5 years in presales value management or a similar role at Workday or a comparable enterprise software company.

• 2 years of people leadership or team mentorship experience.

• 2 years working with or within Global System Integrators large SIs or strategic alliance partners either on the vendor side or from within a GSI practice.

• 2 years of domain expertise in HCM Financials ERP or enterprise AI solutions.

Other Qualifications

• Ability to engage credibly with GSI practice leadership CTOs and offering development leads as a peer and trusted advisor grounded in deep Workday product knowledge prior consulting experience or both.

• Strong command of enterprise AI competitive dynamics and how Workday differentiates against key platforms; familiarity with Workdays product portfolio and roadmap is a strong plus.

• Experience designing and delivering partner readiness programs that build durable self-sufficient capability within a partner or customer organization.

• Familiarity with value engineering business case development or ROI modeling sufficient to guide a Business Value Architect and connect financial outcomes to platform investment decisions.

• Highly collaborative working style with demonstrated ability to coordinate across multiple internal organizations (e.g. GPO Product & Technology Sales CX Forward Deployed teams).

• Energized by building in a fast-moving investment-stage environment with the ability to create structure drive clarity and iterate quickly.

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.

Additional Considerations:

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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