Principal Partner Enablement Architect

Workday; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Workday is seeking an Enablement Architect to lead global flagship programs and academies for partner learning. The role focuses on scalable, AI-enabled curriculum design and seamless onboarding for external partners, aligning with GTM initiatives and product rollouts.

The position emphasizes cross-functional collaboration with product and field teams to ensure consistent, high-impact learning experiences across the partner ecosystem.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in curriculum architecture for global enterprises.
• 5+ years managing global enablement academies like sales onboarding or partner academies.
• 5+ years collaborating across program managers, enablement ops, and executives.
• 1+ year applying enterprise AI solutions to scalable learning databases and modular curriculum maps.

Responsibilities

• Design global flagship curricula and academies across Partners.
• Co-design readiness with program owners and role readiness counterparts.
• Collaborate with Product and Functional Architects to integrate initiatives.
• Govern content quality and integrate materials into the catalog.
• Co-own and analyze flagship program dashboards; report trends and ramp success.

Skills

Curriculum architecture

Instructional design

Cross-functional collaboration

AI for learning

Education

Master's degree in Adult Learning or Educational Design

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.

About the Team

We are hiring for a talented Enablement Architect to join our Partner Excellence team to help us deliver scaled, repeatable sales enablement for our external sales-track partners as well as Workday's Global Partner Organization. Your goal is "simplicity at scale": creating frictionless paths for partners to learn, sell, and implement.

The Principal Curriculum Enablement Architect drives the overarching curriculum strategy, structuring, and sequencing of multi-modal, weeks-to-months-long global flagship programs (e.g., Partner Onboarding, Partner AI Upskilling, Product Training & more).

This high-impact role ensures that role ramp, foundational onboarding, and continuous upskilling are orchestrated as cohesive, world-class experiences rather than fragmented events. To achieve this, the Curriculum Architect partners extensively with counterparts across the business to align curriculum sequencing with role metrics, while collaborating with Product and Functional Architects to integrate and launch critical GTM initiatives seamlessly.

About the Role

This role splits time across three areas: building and maintaining global flagship programs and academies (50%), integrating mission-critical GTM initiatives into role-based onboarding and curriculum with Functional Architects (35%), and keeping our partner learning library accurate and aligned with GCOE standards through analytics, feedback, and audits (15%).

While the role is primarily scoped as above, you will be responsible for working with our entire team to set a global partner enablement strategy and architecture; help shift towards AI-driven role-based learning, improve our partner onboarding and sales-track accreditations and lead partner GA readiness for new products and major releases.

Key Responsibilities (Swim Lanes & Core Actions)

• Flagship Curriculum Architecture & Design: Define the overall scope, high-level objectives, structured learning maps, and sequential learning paths for weeks/months-long global programs and academies across Partners.
• Program Owner & Readiness Co-Design: Partner extensively with Program Owner counterparts and Role Readiness counterparts to co-design and maintain high-impact curriculum tracks, ensuring seamless delivery and alignment with field metrics.
• Multi-Architect Collaboration: Collaborate actively with Product Architect and Functional Architects on critical business initiatives to support the build (if needed) and drive smooth curriculum integration.
• Content Governance & Quality Alignment: Provide strict content oversight across flagship programs; guide LXDs on content creation requirements, and integrate new materials into the existing catalog to prevent build in isolation.
• Global Cohort Performance & Analytics: Co-own and analyze Flagship Program Performance Dashboards in partnership with Program Owners; report cohort trends, ramp success, and quality markers during QBRs.

VISA Sponsorship is not available for this role

About You

Basic Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in curriculum architecture, instructional design, or talent development in a large-scale global enterprise, ideally focused on external partners.
• 5+ years of experience managing global flagship enablement academies (such as sales onboarding, customer success academies, or technical partner academies) from strategy to delivery.
• 5+ years of experience in cross-functional collaboration with program managers, field enablement operations, and executive business leaders.
• 1+ years of experience applying enterprise AI solutions to manage and scale massive learning databases, tagging, and modular curriculum maps.

Other / Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Adult Learning, Educational Design, or related field.
• Expert-level stakeholder management and partnership skills, with a track r