Workday
Sr Engagement Manager - AI Practice – EMEA
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Is the Sun Shining on Your Workday?
We’re driven by making hard work meaningful—for our people, our customers, and the world. As a Fortune 500 company and leading AI platform for managing people, money, and teams, we’re redefining the future of workforce operations. From day one, you’ll notice the difference—not just in the products we build, but in how we interact. Our culture thrives on integrity, empathy, and shared passion. We embrace bold ambition and genuine care, tackling challenges with curious minds and collaborative energy.
Whether you’re crafting next-gen solutions, supporting customers, or fostering an inclusive workplace, your work will matter—and we’ll support your growth. With trust to innovate, tools to succeed, and a long-term commitment to your career, we believe your brighter workday starts here. If you’re ready to turn challenges into opportunities, you’ve found the right match at Workday.
About the Team
The AI Practice is Workday’s cutting edge—where innovation meets enterprise AI adoption. Our role? Scaling AI capabilities for customers, turning new advancements into measurable outcomes in production environments. This is fast-paced. Agile. Diverse.
If you’re passionate about building AI-driven solutions and collaborating directly with customers, you’ll thrive in this environment.
About the Role: AI Engagement Manager
The AI Engagement Manager combines strategic leadership and deep technical expertise to guide customers through AI-powered transformations. You won’t just oversee deployments—you’ll redefine how enterprise customers leverage Workday’s AI platform, shaping product roadmaps and customer success at scale.
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What You’ll Do
Customer & Value Ownership
- Deliver end-to-end leadership for multiple medium-to-large enterprise engagements—from deployment to adoption.
- Ensure customers maximise return on Workday’s AI investments, identifying upsell opportunities and retention strategies.
- Balance timelines, cross-functional coordination, and risk mitigation—ensuring seamless, long-term adoption.
AI & Change Leadership
- Act as the customer-facing AI specialist, partnering closely with executives on AI strategy and transformation.
- Drive change initiatives, undertaking:
- Implementing behaviour change programs for sustainable AI adoption.
- Educating end users on Workday’s AI functionalities.
- Prioritising and deploying AI use cases—with a clear view of business impact.
- Mapping user pain points to AI-driven solutions, uplifting individual and team performance.
- Project manage multiple concurrent implementations, ensuring on-time and budget-aligned delivery per Statement of Work (SOW).
Stakeholder & Implementation Expertise
- Engage sales teams, gathering requirements to shape deliverables, approaches, and SOWs.
- Mentor professional services teams on modern AI-driven work methodologies.
- Assemble well-planned, resourced teams to ensure project success.
- Resolve critical risks impacting deadlines, scope, or execution.
- Present findings and outcomes at executive steering committees, driving alignment and expansion.
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About You
Basic Qualifications
✔ Demonstrated experience leading medium-to-large enterprise implementations or transformation programs. ✔ 3+ years in either:
- Enterprise application implementation (Workday, Oracle, NetSuite, SAP, Cornerstone, or equivalents).
- Top-tier strategy consulting (MBB, Tier 2), or venture capital/project-based roles in scale-ups.
Other Required Traits
🔹 Problem-solving – Thrives in unstructured problems with no established playbook. 🔹 Strategic execution – Turns theoretical models into tangible practices (e.g., piloting a new deployment methodology). 🔹 Blazing-learning agility – Rapidly absorbs sales, marketing, and product knowledge to apply effectively. 🔹 Vision selling – Inspires buyers, partners, and internal stakeholders to endorse a bold AI-driven vision. 🔹 Collaborative mindset – Part Little Hen, part Lion—works seamlessly across product, marketing, and leadership. 🔹 Executive presence – Connects with large audiences, commands audiences, and elevates executive conversations.
Pursuant to Fair Chance employment laws, we evaluate all qualified applicants, including those with non-traditional backgrounds.
workday is an equal opportunity employer—provided members of protected categories, including persons with disabilities and veterans are encouraged to apply.
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