Senior Principal People Partner

About the Team

The PBP team at Workday builds resilient organizations, enables leaders to operate at scale, and amplifies our employee-first culture. You will be joining a global team of talented People Business Partners (HRPB) leading our talent strategy for the Global Professional Services organization at Workday, focusing on helping our business grow & scale in this space.

Role Overview

This role is for a Senior Principal People Business Partner who is comfortable operating in a fast-paced and outcome-focused environment that has a bias for action. This individual needs to be collaborative, able to lead a high performing (matrixed) team with speed, and balance both strategic thinking and execution.

Responsibilities

• Consultative: Proactively builds positive relationships, facilitates thoughtful dialogue, thinks strategically and advises on all things related to People & Talent.
• Problem Solves: Identifies the source of problems leveraging data and insights, develops solutions, and implements solutions in partnerships with the ecosystem of HR Centers of Excellence.
• Talent Strategy and Executive Coaching: This role is hands-on when it comes to Executive Coaching, Workforce Planning, and Talent Management initiatives like succession planning and leadership development.
• Business Acumen: The successful candidate thinks like a business leader with deep understanding of HR fundamentals and embodies Workday’s culture and core values.

Requirements

• 12+ years of proven understanding of HR, ability to enhance business performance through the creation of People Strategies.
• Thrives in working in ambiguity and is motivated to develop transparency and alignment.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to break down sophisticated concepts for all audience levels and deliver expertly through advised, educated, and engaging presentations.
• Easily builds positive relationships and has the ability to influence senior leaders, knowing when to challenge and when to disagree & commit.
• A bias for action, results are created by this team, and we lean-in where Workday needs us.
• Highly organized and the ability to tenaciously prioritize work.
• An ability to handle adversity and apply learnings.
• A desire to learn, grow, and operate as an essential connector across the business—pulling in HR CoEs when needed.
• Strong investigative, analytical, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Qualifications

• Proven understanding of HR, ability to enhance business performance through the creation of People Strategies.
• Thrives in working in ambiguity and is motivated to develop transparency and alignment.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to break down sophisticated concepts for all audience levels and deliver expertly through advised, educated, and engaging presentations.
• Easily builds positive relationships and has the ability to influence senior leaders, knowing when to challenge and when to disagree & commit.
• A bias for action, results are created by this team, and we lean-in where Workday needs us.
• Highly organized and the ability to tenaciously prioritize work.
• An ability to handle adversity and apply learnings.
• A desire to learn, grow, and operate as an essential connector across the business—pulling in HR CoEs when needed.
• Strong investigative, analytical, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Pay

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.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Flexible Work: Combines the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Spend at least half (50%) of your time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role).
• Employee Referral Program: Refer a friend or colleague to one of our roles and earn a referral bonus.
• Data Security and Privacy: We value our candidates' privacy and data security. We will never ask candidates to apply to jobs through websites that are not Workday Careers. Please be aware of sites that may ask for you to input your data in connection with a job posting that appears to be from Workday but is not.
• Equal Opportunity Employer: We are committed to providing an accessible and inclusive hiring experience where all candidates can fully demonstrate their skills. If you require assistance or an accommodation at any point, please email accommodations@workday.com.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this role, please contact us at careers@workday.com.