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 TeamStudent is Workday’s market-leading cloud student information system for faculty and students in Higher Education. The Student application suite consists of 10 products that span the lifecycle of academic needs from recruiting through graduation. We’ve only just begun the journey to advance the enterprise capabilities of Higher Education. If you are passionate about leading teams that are building scalable user experiences through partnership, collaboration, and iteration with product managers, architects, and engineers then this is the role for you.About the RoleWe are seeking a highly motivated and transformational Director of Software Development Engineering to lead a distributed team of innovative and experienced engineers. You will be responsible for leading development teams to build features and capabilities for the Higher Education industry. You will take on the challenge of partnering with product leaders to drive an evolving product and technical vision, while supporting the needs of current customers. You will have responsibility for your teams’ on time delivery of high-quality software to customers, while collaborating with partners across the organization in discovery and scoping efforts for future efforts.Build and lead teams to develop software applications for the Higher Education industry, in an iterative, agile environment.Work with internal Workday stakeholders to build and execute a development roadmap that balances the needs of the stakeholders, available staffing, and the priorities for the business.Collaborate with product managers, architects, and engineers to analyze functional requirements, assess technical solutions, and ensure the teams deliver.Drive continuous improvements in teams’ productivity, job satisfaction, and product quality. Influence and collaborate across all teams in coming together towards a common business goal and product architecture.Grow the organization by hiring key talent and mentoring existing team members.Have fun and be a good person.About YouBasic Qualifications8+ years of experience of leading software engineering teams, 4+ years managing people leaders.8+ years of experience with operations, development, and testing of cloud-hosted software products.8+ years experience with developing and integrating commercial software solutions to deliver an intuitive and comprehensive set of product features and capabilities to customers.BS in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other relevant field.Other QualificationsExcellent organizational skills, attention to detail, exceptional communication skills, and validated ability to lead and deliver projects within a given timeline and resources.Comfortable working at a fast pace with small teams to develop and deliver a world-class suite of products for Workday's Higher Education customers.Strong team management experience supporting great engineering teams, with a track record of continually improving organizational health and growing engineering leaders. Experience as a Software Development Engineer.Experience with Agile development methodologies.Experience leading by influence and managing through change, while acting with integrity.High emotional intelligence and the ability to form trust-based relationships up, down, and across.As a federal contractor, Workday is requiring all new hires to verify that they are fully-vaccinated against COVID-19 within 72 hours of beginning employment with Workday, consistent with applicable law. Workday is an equal opportunity employer. Candidates who are not vaccinated due to a sincerely held religious belief, medical reasons, or other legally-protected reason should contact accommodations@workday.com to explore what, if any, reasonable accommodations or exemptions Workday is able to offer.Pursuant to applicable Fair Chance law, Workday will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.Workday is an Equal Opportunity Employer including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.Are you being referred to one of our roles? If so, ask your connection at Workday about our Employee Referral process!
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