Senior Principal Technical Program Manager, US Federal

Workday•Reston, VA

13h•Hybrid

About The Position

This role will support one or more direct or indirect contracts with the U.S. Federal Government which, due to federal government security requirements, mandates that all Workday personnel working on the contracts be United States citizens (naturalized or native). As a TPM on the IPE team you will lead projects and programs spanning infrastructure and software that ensure our systems scale to meet diverse customer requirements in this dynamic and rapid-growth landscape. You will need to possess the skills to understand complex problems broadly and have the ability to dive deep. You will find, build, and analyze data about every aspect of the platform, services running on it, tooling used to operate it and monitor it. You will drive process and technology improvements that reduce friction for engineers and continuously improve the platform's operational excellence. You will work across business, product, and engineering teams and balance cost, schedule, and technical variables to create tools and/or processes that help our customers realize better company outcomes.

Requirements

This role may require a security clearance at the TS/SCI w/CI Poly level. Applicants must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance. An active TS/SCI w/CI Poly is preferred.
May be required to be on site at client locations in the DC, MD, and VA (DMV) area.
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent professional experience
10+ years of experience in engineering, technical program management, or similar technical leadership role
10+ years of experience with software development lifecycle from conception to delivery

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent professional experience.
Experience working independently to design, plan, and execute technical projects; able to distill data and articulate rationale for making difficult trade-offs
Experience managing the lifecycle of a complex cross-functional program with considerable impact
Experience driving technical strategy and teams across organizations
Experience solving challenging engineering problems with multiple constraints
Solid foundation in service-oriented and web-service technologies to be able to understand service inter-dependencies and drive technical solutions for multi-tiered systems
Excellent verbal and written communication abilities: effectively communicates with technical and non-technical teams, executive management, partners and customers

Responsibilities

From a technical perspective, you need to feel comfortable with design concepts. You will contribute to large-scale architectural designs specific to a variety of technical domains within the platform.
You will dive deep and understand both the high and low level architectures of multiple complex systems.
You will manage remote project delivery teams, and possess the ability to facilitate technical whiteboard sessions to troubleshoot project implementation issues, and remove barriers to project success.
You'll work closely with product managers to define Product experience, work with engineering leaders and engineers to design and build secure, durable and scalable services.
You will be accountable for the successful delivery of large-scale cross-functional programs that are business critical. Thus, you will be skilled in driving these types of programs from planning, execution, tracking, risk identification and mitigation, status reporting, measuring success etc.
Participate in current and future region strategic, operational and tactical level planning and forecasting efforts
Manage multiple, cross-functional and large-scale process re-engineering efforts
Document and standardize cross functional processes and procedures
Develop, communicate, and maintain portfolio, program, and project roadmaps
Effectively prioritize and complete tasks
Additional tasks as assigned by senior leadership