Principal Product Advisor - Workday Financials

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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.

About the Team

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It's rewarding to work in a company where people truly believe in what they're doing. At Workday, we are committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business of enterprise applications. We work hard, and we are serious about what we do. We also like to have fun! In fact, fun is one of our company's core values. We put people first, celebrate diversity, drive innovation, and do good in the communities where we live and work.
Product Acceleration and Optimization (PAO) is an organization within our Product team. Our mission is to enable customers and our services ecosystem to adopt Workday products and solutions in the most effective and efficient manner and with the highest quality to ensure lasting customer success.

About the Role

We are looking for someone who is passionate about partnering with our Product, Sales and Professional Services teams to ensure the successful implementation of Workday Financials.

The Principal Product Advisor drives enablement through the following programs:

• Strategic Customer Engagement

• Leading Deployment Offerings for New Offerings and Acquisitions

• Feature Release Deployment Guidance

• Delivering Pre-configured Foundational Solutions

• Leading efforts to reduce Deployment costs

• Partner with Sales on strategic pursuits

As a Principal Product Advisor, you will:

• Influence the product roadmap as an advocate for Services feedback

• Coordinate alignment across diverse organizations including Product & Technology, Product & Industry Strategy, Professional Services, Education, Customer Support, and Pre-Sales

• Collaborate with the broader Workday ecosystem to identify, architect and build solutions

• Drive consistency and quality through pre-configured content and standard deployment tools

• Serve as the Workday advisor for product on large scale complex deployments, escalations, and sales opportunities

• Be responsible for the high-level design and end-to-end solutions based upon product strategy and functionality and identify relevant mitigating strategies

• Collaborate with product management in customer conversations to understand the strategic direction of our Financial product solutions and articulate the product vision to deployment teams through advisory services

About You

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years deploying Financial ERP solutions

• Demonstrable domain expertise in Financial ERP deployment at large enterprise.

• Ability to travel up to 25% under normal conditions.

Other Qualifications

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Experience in a fast-paced work environment

• Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills

• Ability to collaborate with multiple partners across a diverse organization

• Capacity to consolidate and prioritize input from multiple sources.

• Proficient in Japanese and English

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.

Are you being referred to one of our roles? If so, ask your connection at Workday about our Employee Referral process!