Vice President, Software Development Engineering (Workday Extend)

Workday•Pleasanton, CA

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Your work days are brighter here. We’re obsessed with making hard work pay off, for our people, our customers, and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we’re shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, you’ll feel it. Not just in the products we build, but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm. We’re in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you’ll do meaningful work with Workmates who’ve got your back. In return, we’ll give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So, if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone, including yourself, you’ve found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too. About the Team Workday is the enterprise AI platform for people, money, and agents, enabling over 11,000 customers to move business forward with a single, open platform. Workday Extend empowers third party developers to build custom AI apps that live in and run on Workday, and is one of our fastest growing products. We are seeking an exceptionally motivated Vice President, Software Development Engineering to serve as Head of Engineering for Workday Extend. This executive, reporting to GM, Extend, will be accountable for the growth and operations of a world-class engineering practice, driving top-line revenue growth through technical innovation and on-time delivery, and delivering profitability through continuous cost control and monitoring. About the Role This is an executive role with direct P&L influence. The successful candidate will: Technical Leadership Executive Leadership & Organizational Scaling: Lead and scale a global, multi-site organization of engineering managers, architects, and software engineers of approximately 100. Foster a culture of technical excellence, accountability, speed, and continuous learning. Market Leadership & Architecture Vision: Define and execute a multi-year technical vision for Workday Extend, empowering developers to innovate with AI while ensuring the platform remains highly available, secure, and scalable. High-Quality Delivery at Scale: Oversee the end-to-end development, launch, and post-launch support for all Workday Extend platform capabilities, ensuring they meet rigorous enterprise standards for security, reliability, and performance. Talent Strategy & Development: Recruit, mentor, and retain world-class engineering and management talent. Develop the organization's technical and leadership capabilities to meet long-term strategic growth objectives. Drive Business Success & Operational Rigor Drive Revenue Enablement: Partner closely with Product, Strategy, and GTM to align the engineering roadmap with strategic market opportunities, directly enabling $XXX Million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) targets for Workday Extend. Own the Technical P&L Contribution: Be directly accountable for the Workday Extend platform’s financial success, ensuring engineering investment translates into platform features that drive customer adoption, recurring revenue, and superior gross margins. Operational Stewardship: Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) and service level objectives (SLOs) that directly map engineering productivity and operational costs to the overall profitability and customer satisfaction metrics of Workday Extend. Cross-Functional Executive Collaboration: Serve as the engineering face of Workday Extend, regularly presenting platform strategy, progress, and business impact to C-suite executives, key customers and partners, and at industry events. Drive architectural consensus and technology adoption across Workday platform teams. About You The ideal candidate is an experienced technology executive with a proven track record of scaling engineering organizations that have directly contributed to substantial revenue growth in the cloud or SaaS industry. You are a builder, an operational leader, and a strategic partner to the business.

Requirements

15+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years as a Director or VP leading large (100+ people), global, multi-disciplinary platform engineering teams, with people managers reporting to you.
Deep, verifiable experience in designing, launching, and operating enterprise-class, large-scale distributed systems and cloud platforms.
Demonstrated history of collaborating with Product Management to define roadmaps that successfully balance innovation, technical debt, and direct business/revenue objectives.
BS in Computer Science or a related field

Nice To Haves

Experience building and launching developer products/platforms is highly desirable.
A Graduate Degree (MS or MBA) is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

Lead and scale a global, multi-site organization of engineering managers, architects, and software engineers of approximately 100.
Foster a culture of technical excellence, accountability, speed, and continuous learning.
Define and execute a multi-year technical vision for Workday Extend, empowering developers to innovate with AI while ensuring the platform remains highly available, secure, and scalable.
Oversee the end-to-end development, launch, and post-launch support for all Workday Extend platform capabilities, ensuring they meet rigorous enterprise standards for security, reliability, and performance.
Recruit, mentor, and retain world-class engineering and management talent.
Develop the organization's technical and leadership capabilities to meet long-term strategic growth objectives.
Partner closely with Product, Strategy, and GTM to align the engineering roadmap with strategic market opportunities, directly enabling $XXX Million in annual recurring revenue (ARR) targets for Workday Extend.
Be directly accountable for the Workday Extend platform’s financial success, ensuring engineering investment translates into platform features that drive customer adoption, recurring revenue, and superior gross margins.
Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) and service level objectives (SLOs) that directly map engineering productivity and operational costs to the overall profitability and customer satisfaction metrics of Workday Extend.
Serve as the engineering face of Workday Extend, regularly presenting platform strategy, progress, and business impact to C-suite executives, key customers and partners, and at industry events.
Drive architectural consensus and technology adoption across Workday platform teams.