Sr Director, Software Development Engineering (workday)

Job Description

Your work days are brighter here.

At Workday, it all began with a conversation over breakfast. When our founders met at a sunny California diner, they came up with an idea to revolutionize the enterprise software market. And when we began to rise, one thing that really set us apart was our culture. A culture which was driven by our value of putting our people first. And ever since, the happiness, development, and contribution of every Workmate is central to who we are. Our Workmates believe a healthy employee-centric, collaborative culture is the essential mix of ingredients for success in business. That’s why we look after our people, communities and the planet while still being profitable. Feel encouraged to shine, however that manifests: you don’t need to hide who you are. You can feel the energy and the passion, it's what makes us unique. Inspired to make a brighter work day for all and transform with us to the next stage of our growth journey? Bring your brightest version of you and have a brighter work day here.

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About the Team

How do you know you’ve found the right place to work? At Workday, we live our core values every day: Employees, Customer Service, Innovation, Integrity and Fun. We work hard, and we’re serious about what we do. But we like to have fun, too. We put people first, celebrate diversity, drive innovation, and do good in the communities where we live and work. We help the world’s largest organizations adapt to what’s next by bringing finance, HR, and planning into a single enterprise cloud.

The mission of the Workday Product Financials team is to "ditch business as usual and launch Finance into a Brighter Future!" Our team's vision will enable our customers to enjoy a seamless zero-day close customer experience through innovative and automated technology solutions.

About the Role

This role will be the first application development leader in Chennai, India and will be responsible for building at least 3 new scrum teams in the Financials area and supporting the hiring and onboarding for additional teams across PDQA.

Your efforts will help contribute to the Financials Global initiative, which could include, but is not limited to Tax, Compliance, and Supplier Accounts areas. In additional, you will be essential to the success of PDQA in India as we work to define how we work in the Chennai environment.

You will partner with Product and Technology leaders to understand the product areas and technical initiatives that we want teams to take on in Chennai. You will have an immediate impact on the business as this will be a stratgetic location to grow our teams.

Below is an overview of responsibilities for this role:

• Lead and grow a passionate team of software engineering leaders and engineers

• Ensure high degree of efficiency and effectiveness of your team

• Champion and influence product solutions

• Responsible for the overall management of architecture and production triage and support team

• Partner closely with Product Management and Technical Directors

• Provide insights and recommendations back to North American and EMEA leaders on learnings, improvements, and support needed for Chennai-based teams.

• Raise issues and trade-offs to Sr. Leadership and effectively communicate decisions that impact multiple teams

• Strong executive presence with ability to lead through focused, high pressure scenarios

• Facilitate executive meetings, as well as cross team alignment meetings

• Responsible for collaborating with cross functional teams

About You

You are an empathetic leader, comfortable driving the definition of strategic goals, and ensuring they are communicated effectively to your teams. You are passionate about solving customer problems, with a proven ability to prioritise based on delivering the most valuable and necessary solutions. Delegating effectively, you coach and mentor the next generation of senior leaders in your team, creating a working environment that builds trust, autonomy, psychological safety, and high levels of performance

​Basic Qualifications

• 10+ years experience of Leadership, inclusive of leading high performing senior technical engineers/architects, and seasoned senior people leaders.

• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle from conception to delivery

• Experience working in Agile software development environment

• Track record of leading high level strategy definition, roadmap forecasting, and delivery execution in a software product development environment.

Other Qualifications

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Excellent communication and facilitation skills

• Consistent track record of leading complex cross-functional technical initiatives

• Experience communicating effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences

• Background in a fast-paced and complex environment

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, or equivalent experience

• A Master's Degree is a plus

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Our Approach to Flexible Work
 

With Flex Work, we’re 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 you'll 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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