Principal Business Analyst

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 Team
Workday's Product and Technology Strategic Planning Organization plans, drives and implements processes that empower and underpin the P&T portfolio and beyond! These world-class processes and frameworks require outstanding planning, efficiency and scalability to increase business value and optimize resources across numerous domains. We are a small but mighty team that has a huge impact at Workday!

About the Role

Are you a versatile senior business analyst experienced with collecting requirements and implementing 3rd party enterprise software? In this role, you will partner closely with leaders, product managers and program managers within the organization to determine key requirements for implementation and optimization of enterprise software that enables key development efforts impacting Workday's customers. The ideal candidate is a top-tier professional with both a business and technical background with implementing and running technical portfolio management solutions at scale. Someone who has a passion for understanding what the business needs and can translate into the technical requirements and partner with the supplier to deliver the right solution.

This person will drive the direction of the enterprise planning and execution technical service (Jira Align), its expanded rollout, optimization, and improvements. The candidate will collaborate with key decision makers in engineering, architecture, product management, and program management to ensure continued service delivery and improvements across the technical ecosystem. Additionally, this candidate will ensure development of joint roadmaps with the vendor and internal support and integration teams, contribute to the propagation standards, as well as be accountable for service health metrics.

About You

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years Jira Align, Aha or similar product experience
• 6+ years of enterprise level business requirement analysis for enterprise software implementation and operation.
• 4+ years providing complex analysis across multiple functions involving requirements gathering, process improvement, and/or data analysis for large scale enterprises.
• 3+ years of performing agile development practices and ability to translate business needs into requirements

Other Qualifications

• Able to translate sophisticated requirements into everyday language in order to drive discussions and decision making
• Able to identify relationships between analyses and identify impact to other programs
• Drives cross-functional responsibilities and data needs to completion
• On your own, drive key team members to decisions (those involved in the analyses/program)
• Ability to independently resolve cross-functional issues/challenges
• Problem-solver capable of translating issues into simple terms to facilitate discussions and decisions.
• Strong organizational, presentation and interpersonal skills
• Drives analysis efforts that impact the enterprise and requires deep domain Subject Matter Expertise
• Identify, lead, and de-escalate friction points and risks in data, process, and cross-functional collaboration
• Optimally interact with and influence senior management on decisions that impact multiple organizations

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