M&A Integration Sr. Principal Program Manager, BT PMO at Workday, Inc. — USA, CA

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About the Team

The Business Technology Program Management Office (BT PMO) drives consistency, operational rigor, and delivery excellence across Workday's most important technology initiatives. We partner across engineering, operations, and business platforms to ensure execution is connected to measurable results. As part of this mission, the BT PMO provides dedicated program management for Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A). These programs are critical to unlocking new markets, scaling Workday's business, and ensuring acquired companies are seamlessly integrated into our technology ecosystem—often under high-pressure timelines and complex political landscapes.

About the Role

Workday is seeking a Sr. Principal Technical Program Manager (P6) to serve as a primary strategic driver for our M&A technology portfolio. At the P6 level, you will address significant and unique issues where analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangible and variable factors, such as "hidden" risks and unpredictable human variables. You will have wide latitude in determining objectives and approaches to critical integration assignments that impact the long-term success of Workday's global growth. This is a high-visibility leadership role requiring the creation of formal networks with key decision-makers and serving as a stabilizing force and spokesperson during high-stakes pivots.

M&A Strategy & Execution - Job Duties:

• Strategic Leadership: Lead the planning and execution of Workday's most complex, cross-functional M&A integration programs, from initial due diligence through post-close stabilization.
• Pre-Close Diligence Partnership: Represent BT as an embedded partner during due diligence—not solely post-close execution. Surface technical, architectural, and organizational risk before deal terms are finalized, and directly inform go/no-go and integration-cost decisions pre-signing.
• Full-Stack Integration Ownership: Own integration planning and execution across the full technology surface area—including GTM and CRM systems (e.g., Salesforce), infrastructure and security, employee experience, and customer-facing enablement (customer zero, new offer/SKU launch). Infrastructure or network integration alone does not meet the bar for this role.
• High-Stakes Decision Making: Exercise independent judgment in methods and evaluation criteria for obtaining results in environments with significant organizational friction and shifting deal dynamics.
• Playbook Orchestration: Curate, drive, and refine repeatable M&A playbooks to ensure lessons learned from previous programs are codified to accelerate future integrations.
• Integration Governance: Act as the final arbiter of trade-offs between speed, cost, and quality when guiding critical, often contentious, integration decisions.
• Complex Problem Solving: Resolve critical issues and broad design matters that arise between legacy systems and Workday standards, prioritizing scalability and compliance over short-term "band-aid" fixes.
• Ecosystem Orchestration: Create and maintain formal networks across Corporate Development, GTM/Sales Operations, Engineering, Legal, Security, and Finance to ensure execution is connected to measurable value realization.
• Executive Storytelling: Provide outcome-focused, unfiltered reporting to executive sponsors, simplifying complex integration health metrics into actionable technical strategies.

About You

Basic Qualifications:

• 12+ years of program experience leading large-scale, cross-functional initiatives. You bring a proven track record at the Principal contributor level with the ability to influence at the executive level.
• 6+ years of Merger and Acquisition experience engaging in M&A activities prior to close—informing due diligence, risk assessment, or integration planning before deal signing—in addition to post-close execution.
• 6+ years of experience in both technical/infrastructure integration and business systems integration (CRM/GTM enablement, customer-facing product launch). This role requires cross-functional integration experience spanning both technical infrastructure and business systems (CRM/GTM, customer-facing launch)—not infrastructure integration alone.
• 10+ years in enterprise SaaS, cloud, or high-growth technology environments.

Other Qualifications:

• Ability to influence and align executive-level stakeholders across diverse functions to achieve long-term M&A goals.
• Deep understanding of the Workday architecture and the dependencies required to maintain compliance and scale in a multi-tenant environment.
• A track record of mentoring and developing other Program Managers, acting as a "force multiplier" and elevating the organization's collective "M&A IQ".
• Highly adaptable and resilient; able to manage shifting priorities and organizational drama while maintaining a relentless long-term focus.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Technology, or Management (or equivalent experience).
• Relevant certifications (PMP, PgMP, or equivalent) required
• Open to 50% reporting to our Pleasanton or Atlanta office.

Workday Pay Transparency Statement

Primary Location: USA.CA.Pleasanton

Primary Location Base Pay Range: $210,600 USD - $316,000 USD

Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $177,800 USD - $316,000 USD

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