Principal, Workplace Portfolio & Analytics

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About the Team

The Global Real Estate & Workplace team creates and continuously improves Workday’s productive and safe office environments while supporting our core values and distinction as a great place to work. With this critical contribution to the company in mind, we partner with other Workday departments to ensure that we are successful in delivering on this goal.

About the Role

The Principal, Workplace Portfolio & Analytics will report directly to the Sr. Director, Workplace Strategy & Portfolio Performance, and will play a critical role in advising on real estate decisions around the world.  Leveraging AI, financial modeling, market data, and financial acumen, you will derive insights and make recommendations that optimize the real estate portfolio, driving better financial outcomes for Workday.  This role requires a focus on solving unique challenges by considering the overarching Workplace strategy, Workday's culture, and stakeholder needs.

Responsibilities:

• Forecasting Demand: support annual capital and operating budget planning by forecasting real estate investment needs and managing project gating processes.
• Stakeholder management: directly partner with FP&A, Lease Administration, Lease Transactions, and key business partners to determine best financial outcomes for Workday through various Real Estate Transactions.
• Advise & Partner: Provide insights, thought partnership, and scenario planning to the Lease Transactions Team, supporting landlord and stakeholder negotiations, and complex occupier engagements. Act as an advisor to leadership, distilling complex datasets into high-impact narratives that steer regional investment strategies and operational pivots.
• Data Stewardship: Drive accurate outcomes by ensuring that dashboards and AI models are fueled by high-integrity data.
• Predictive Modeling: Develop, maintain, and utilize supply/demand models to create data-driven forecasts that inform long-term strategic planning for the workplace.
• Standardization: Implement a rigorous process to guide and improve Workday's real estate investment strategy.

About You

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Real Estate, Finance, or a related quantitative field.
• At least 10 years of experience in data analysis, corporate real estate, or business intelligence.

Other Qualifications:

• Exceptional attention to detail and analytical rigor, demonstrating the ability to manage large datasets accurately.
• Experience with data-driven decision making, translating complex data into concise business narratives. 
• Strong partnering abilities, with a willingness to collaborate and work cross-functionally to get things done.
• Global experience, with an appreciation and eye for complexity beyond your immediate working region.

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 candidate’s 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 Workday’s comprehensive benefits, please click here.

Primary Location: USA.CA.Pleasanton

 

Primary Location Base Pay Range: $158,600 USD - $238,000 USD

 

Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $134,000 USD - $238,000 USD

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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