Sr. Director, Product - Workday Platform & Transformation

Salesforce•San Francisco, CA

16h

About The Position

Salesforce is seeking an experienced Senior Director to lead our Workday Platform & Agentic Transformation Product Line through nurturing a lean Delivery Team, Building Business Intimacy and Achieving Roadmap goals. An ideal candidate has a strong background in Product Management, Engineering and Development practices, and building strong team relationships. In this role a candidate should have experience with delivering on Product Operating Models and be an agent of change to ensure that teams work with skill, efficiency and with outcomes in mind. The abilities to form positive, lasting relationships with collaborators, proactively manage risk, take ongoing constructive feedback, and empower hard-working teams are crucial in this role. This Product Line Manager owns the implementation of and success for Product Delivery and Operations Maturity, driving teams to grow and stretch by drawing on industry standard methodologies, previous experience, and alignment with corporate strategy. They are an evangelist of product management, engineering and operations methodologies and practices, and apply all subject areas across their delivery process. This professional will be part of the Finance and Accounting Business Partner Group leadership team and is responsible for owning strategic planning of the technology roadmap, staffing plan and budget to achieve outcomes. This role will drive a unified "northstar" architecture across Finance & Employee Success technology while pioneering net-new AI agent capabilities to transform capacity and delivery. This is a unique opportunity to be a driver of change, to build lasting relationships with peers and supporting business groups and positively impact the overall direction of the company.

Requirements

10+ years in product management or related experience
12+ years of development and/or agile management experience
Prior experience managing technology in an "operational" setting driving uptime SLAs, reliability and resilience
Experience managing Profit and Loss and team-specific budgets
Successfully led and delivered on projects with specific benefits and outcomes achieved
Agile methodology and/or Scaled Agile
A related technical degree required
Workday Platform experience strongly preferred - deep understanding of one or both HCM and Finance modules, platform architecture, and integration capabilities
Past experience in Finance and/or HR domain with implementing and managing technology solutions across various process areas - P2P (Plan to Perform), R2R (Record to Report), S2P (Source to Pay), SOX
Ability to work well in multi-functional, highly collaborative, and team oriented approach to problem solving
Excellent written, presentation and design skills along with the ability to communicate effectively to all levels of the company, including executives
Can work in a highly ambiguous and fast-paced environment
Demonstrates strong business insight and effective communication skills at all levels of leadership, including C-suite
Experience with Enterprise Data concepts as well as leveraging IPaaS/SaaS cloud for deployment of cloud solutions at scale
Proficiency in spectrum of delivery methods (Agile > Kanban > hybrid > waterfall)
Knowledge of accounting principles and 3rd party financial cloud applications is a big plus

Nice To Haves

Experience deploying finance / HR applications at large scale
Experience with Salesforce Agentic technologies and AI agent development
Snowflake experience and data platform architecture
AI/ML implementation experience, particularly in enterprise finance and HR contexts
Deep understanding of how to work directly with a large number of multi-functional collaborators and drive teams with differing perspectives & methodologies in a unifying direction using influence and partnership
Highly entrepreneurial, flexible, and innovative with a demonstrated bias for action and thriving in a matrixed, hub-and-spoke model environment
In office expectations are 10 days/a quarter to support customers and/or collaborate with their teams.

Responsibilities

Lead Workday Platform strategy and architecture across both HCM and Finance modules, ensuring optimal shared platform capabilities
Define and execute the northstar architecture vision for Finance & Employee Success technology ecosystem
Drive net-new AI Agent development and implementation to enhance organizational capacity and delivery across Finance & ES systems
Establish data foundation strategies to enable effective AI agent deployment and autonomous system capabilities
Partner with internal product teams across the organization to leverage agentic technologies for process transformation
Work with both the business and team portfolio management to define annual budget requests aligned to roadmaps and goals and manage spend to expectations
Lead Product Management, Engineering and Operations team to deliver on key business and technology objectives
Ensure Enterprise Standards and Process are followed by the team and raise exceptions for review in the correct governance frameworks
Lead major company projects and be accountable for key reporting indicators for those programs accountable to the Vice President of IT Finance & Employee Success
Demonstrate thought leadership for Portfolio and Product development and optimization with a high focus on accountability and ownership at each level of the organization
Rally the multi-functional teams that span over multiple time zones and function in a variety of agile methodologies to hold teams and individuals accountable for adhering to standard processes and defined Product and Portfolio
Hire, develop and retain the best talent in the industry
Invest in the success of every member of the team, providing opportunities for personal development and career growth
Collaborate with vendors and industry consultants to continuously learn and identify opportunities to advance our strategy and operating model for supporting our business partners
Maintain and lead awareness of industry best practices and relevant technologies, particularly in AI/ML and autonomous systems