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Workday, Inc. Implementation Strategy Architect Global Payroll in Seattle, Washington
Your work days are brighter here.
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
Workday's Solutions Enablement teams are driven by a passion for successful, reference-able customers on Workday's oCHRO solutions. We're a diverse group of people, with an invaluable mix of experience and backgrounds, located across multiple locations around the world. We are often remote from one another but that doesn't stop our sense of teamwork, supportiveness, and fun!
About the Role
We are looking for a hardworking, innovative, and collaborative Implementation Strategy Architect to join our team. You will be guiding our sales and delivery teams to deploy the current and emerging capabilities for our Payroll products focusing on North American payroll for Workday's largest and most sophisticated customers. You will collaborate closely with the Workday product team on product issues and complex or emerging requirements. You will liaise with senior level customer contacts in escalations, deployments and sales. You are passionate about providing solutions with the next generation of product functionality in mind. Are you ready to be a game-changer and explore new possibilities?
The successful candidate will work with sales, product management, product marketing, business development, customer success, and delivery to provide differentiated Workday solutions. You will help prospective customers and partners understand Workday's value and benefits, explain product capabilities and innovations, architect design and deployment strategies. You're an innovative problem solver who can quickly identify and understand issues and drive towards effective resolution!
Primary Responsibilities
- Serve as the senior Workday representative for product and solution issues on large scale, complex deployments.
- 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 Workday's Global Payroll solutions.
- Identify design and deployment obstacles and opportunities to the product team and field readiness to optimize current functionality and influence future product roadmap for the Office of the CHRO - 5 Payroll Countries.
- Engage with program teams to incubate and launch new products and packaged solutions with product, sales and services to drive value for the office of the CHRO - Payroll.
- Support strategies and guide Solutions Enablement Workforce Management team on third party payroll deployment practices.
- Champion Workday innovation in sales and deployment efforts
Partner with Workday Product Management and Strategy to improve