Apj Delivery Director

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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.

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About the Team

About the Role

In this role, reporting directly to the SVP of Workday Success Plans, you will lead an organisation of several functional, technical, and engagement consulting teams that are responsible for leading a team of consultants for Workday Success Plans (WSP). You will build and lead a team of consultants to accelerate customers adoption of Workday’s products and be part of a growing hard-working team that helps customers keep pace with Workday’s product innovation, elevates their team, and helps them realize their success multiplier.

Key Responsibilities:
- Attracting, hiring, onboarding and retaining top talent in delivery leadership, project management, functional and technical roles.- Ensuring the WSP team is driving to achieve operating targets, while also ensuring the teams are collaborating and working together in an effective manner to respond to shifts in the business.- Develop skills across the team to ensure the pipeline of organization leadership and capacity of each function will be sufficient to meet demand.- Plan and manage headcount, financial budget, and key operational metrics for teams aligned with Workday’s growth strategy.- Manage each team and operating rhythm to achieve operational metrics for each function and support the global rollup of revenue forecasting and other critical operational processes.- Support sales pursuits and deal structure when required.- Maintain alignment with regional leadership team and account teams- Manage escalations and facilitate across the Customer Experience, Sales, and Product Management teams as required.- Support the innovation of new service models and steer the organization to adapt to meet customer needs as they evolve.- Serve as an Executive Sponsor and key stakeholder on critical WSP customers.- Encourage high standards of performance and inspire others to define new opportunities and continuously improve the organization.- Create and foster a team environment that encourages people to take risks and do their best.

About You

The APJ WSP Delivery Director will play a key role in delivering Workday Success Plans across our portfolio of customers in the region. They will be highly motivated and have the ability and desire to have real impact across the organization.

The successful person will be a multi-dimensional problem solver who operates not only based on important past experiences, but in light of new approaches and developments that occur in the market. They will have demonstrated an ability to build effective teams and consistently aim to achieve/exceed operational targets in high growth/entrepreneurial environments, including a consistent track record of building and scaling diverse organizations.

Basic Qualifications- 10+ years of functional experience in HCM, Payroll, Financial, or Supply Chain Management software solutions or systems.- 8+ years professional services experience- 6+ as a People Manager and/or leading implementation teams

Other Qualifications- Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate and focus on both team and individual objectives.- Strong communicator who can work across the organization and company.- Ability to build and nurture diverse and high functioning teams

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 cate