BT Strategic Operations & Enablement - Senior Director

Workday; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 265,000 - 397,000; Full time

Job summary

Workday in Atlanta/USA is seeking a strategic leader to shape and oversee the operating model that links BT strategy to disciplined execution. You will unify planning, portfolio governance, financial management, and enablement to drive high-value outcomes and enterprise success.

This role requires senior leadership with deep experience in strategic planning, investment portfolios, and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in BT/technology strategy or enterprise operations.
• 15+ years leading strategic planning, multi-year investment portfolios, and transformation.
• 15+ years in financial and resource management, including budget oversight and forecasting.
• 12+ years advancing data, automation, and AI-enabled capabilities to improve operations.
• Experience in a large, global, matrix organization and influencing outcomes without direct authority.
• Strong communication, facilitation, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Open to 50% reporting to Pleasanton or Atlanta offices.

Responsibilities

• Translate BT and enterprise strategy into actionable operating plans, roadmaps, objectives, and cadences.
• Lead annual and multi-year planning with defined priorities, funding, dependencies and outcomes.
• Establish governance and reporting to track progress, risks, and decisions.
• Develop executive-ready insights and recommendations on strategy execution and portfolio health.
• Lead BT portfolio management, demand intake, prioritization, capacity planning, and delivery oversight.
• Partner with Finance and BT leaders to optimize spend and articulate business value.
• Build a consistent engagement model with business and BT stakeholders.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Executive influence

Financial acumen

Portfolio governance

Analytical judgment

People leadership

Stakeholder management

AI/data capabilities

Job description

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.

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

The Senior Director, BT Strategic Operations and Enablement is a strategic leadership role responsible for building and leading the operating model that connects Business Technology (BT) strategy to disciplined execution. This leader will bring together key business operations capabilities— including strategic planning, portfolio management, financial and resource management, business alignment, and enablement—under a unified function. This leader will serve as a trusted partner to BT and business leaders, ensuring that priorities, investments, capacity, and delivery commitments are aligned to the highest-value business outcomes. The successful candidate will combine strategic thinking, operational rigor, financial acumen, and strong stakeholder leadership to improve decision quality, execution velocity, and organizational effectiveness. The role will establish consistent planning, governance, financial management, and operating practices that enable BT to make informed trade-offs, focus capacity on strategic priorities, and deliver measurable business value.

About The Role

Key Responsibilities

• Strategy, Planning, and Execution -
• Translate BT and enterprise strategy into actionable operating plans, strategic roadmaps, measurable objectives, and execution cadences.
• Lead annual and multi-year planning processes, ensuring priorities, capacity, funding, dependencies, and expected outcomes are clearly defined.
• Establish and maintain management mechanisms that enable leaders to track progress, identify risks, resolve issues, and make timely decisions.
• Develop executive-ready insights, recommendations, and communications on strategy execution, portfolio performance, and operational health.
• Portfolio Management and Governance -
• Lead the BT portfolio-management model, including demand intake, prioritization, investment trade-offs, capacity planning, dependency management, and delivery performance oversight.
• Establish a consistent governance framework that improves visibility into strategic initiatives, business value, delivery health, risks, and decisions.
• Partner with BT leaders and business stakeholders to balance competing priorities and ensure investment decisions reflect enterprise strategy and available capacity.
• Financial and Resource Management -
• Lead BT financial and resource-management processes, including annual planning, forecasting, spend tracking, investment governance, and financial reporting.
• Partner closely with Finance and BT leaders to improve transparency, accountability, and active management of BT investments.
• Identify opportunities to optimize spend, simplify processes, and redeploy capacity toward higher-value strategic work.
• Develop clear financial narratives that connect technology investments, operating costs, and resource decisions to business outcomes.
• Business Alignment and Stakeholder Partnership -
• Create a consistent, high-quality engagement model for business and BT stakeholders.
• Serve as a key connector between BT strategy, business priorities, Finance, and delivery teams.
• Facilitate leadership alignment on strategic priorities, portfolio trade-offs, operating decisions, and execution risks.
• Improve communication, transparency, and accountability across the BT organization and its business partners.
• Operations and Enablement -
• Build and lead an integrated BT Operations and Enablement function, bringing related capabilities together under a single operating model.
• Define and continuously improve BT operating rhythms, including leadership meetings, planning cycles, portfolio reviews, financial reviews, and performance reporting.
• Drive process standardization and modern delivery practices by scaling fit-for-purpose agile, portfolio, and governance frameworks, common templates, and decision-support tools to improve speed to value.

About You

Basic Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in business technology, technology strategy, IT portfolio management, strategic planning, transformation, finance, or enterprise operations within a large, complex organization.
• 15+ years of experience leading strategic planning, multi-year investment portfolios, operating-model transformation, and enterprise-scale execution.
• 15+ years of experience in financial and resource management, including budget oversight, forecasting, variance analysis, investment governance, and vendor-performance or contract optimization.
• 12+ years of experience with advancing data, automation, and AI-enabled capabilities to improve technology operations, planning, decision-making, or delivery effectiveness.
• 12+ years of experience operating successfully in a complex, global, matrix driven organization and influencing outcomes across teams without direct authority.

Other Qualifications

• Strategic and operational leadership: Proven ability to translate enterprise strategy into actionable plans, governance models, performance measures, operating rhythms, and measurable outcomes.
• Executive influence: Exceptional communication, facilitation, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to influence senior business and technology leaders.
• Business and financial acumen: Strong ability to manage investment cases, budgets, forecasts, capacity decisions, and portfolio trade-offs in service of business value.
• Portfolio and governance expertise: Deep knowledge of portfolio-governance practices, prioritization methods, stage-gate processes, OKRs, and modern delivery frameworks.
• Analytical judgment: Ability to synthesize complex operational, financial, and portfolio data into clear insights, recommendations, and executive decisions.
• People leadership: Demonstrated success building, developing, and retaining high-performing, inclusive teams through periods of change and transformation.
• Open to 50% reporting to our Pleasanton or Atlanta offices

Workday Pay Transparency Statement

The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role‑specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidate’s compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business need, among other things. For more information regarding Workday’s comprehensive benefits, please click here.

Primary Location: USA.CA.Pleasanton

Primary Location Base Pay Range: $264,700 USD - $397,100 USD

Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $223,500 USD - $397,100 USD

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 caters to your business, team, and personal needs, while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote “home office” roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.

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