Sr Director, Software Development Engineering

Senior Director, Capacity and Cloud Analytics Engineering

Workday is a Fortune 500 enterprise AI platform that delivers people, money, and agents. The Infrastructure and Production Engineering (IPE) team builds the foundations that enable Workday to scale for 10 000 customers worldwide. As the Senior Director of Capacity and Cloud Analytics Engineering you will define the global strategic vision for capacity engineering and cost optimization across private and public clouds and lead a global organization that produces executive‑grade analytics and automation to drive cloud performance and spend.

About the Team

The IPE organization delivers industry‑leading solutions to deploy, manage, secure, and scale Workday reliably across the globe. The team manages compute and network, performance and reliability, security and privacy supporting 100 products and services. Workday is proud of its culture, core values, and dedication to excellence, and it is looking for talented people worldwide.

Key Responsibilities

• Define, execute, and champion the global strategy and multi‑year roadmap for cloud cost governance, infrastructure optimization, and capacity engineering.
• Drive alignment and accountability as a strategic partner to Workday’s Executive Leadership (VPs, SVPs) to define cloud investment priorities and drive enterprise‑wide financial accountability for cloud spend.
• Provide executive leadership and mentorship to a global organization of Directors, Senior Managers, Data Engineers, FinOps Data Analysts, and DevOps professionals, ensuring delivery of high‑impact optimization solutions at scale.
• Lead transformational change to integrate FinOps principles across Workday, utilizing data platform capabilities to drive large‑scale behavioral and architectural changes related to cloud usage.
• Elevate engineering excellence overseeing the advancement of host, pod, container, and JVM runtime optimization initiatives globally; maintain a significant data modeling and analytics platform used by all development and finance teams.
• Foster a strong culture of ownership, innovation, and open‑source collaboration within the organization and across technical partners.
• Represent the organization’s vision and strategic progress clearly to audiences at all levels, including executive steering committees and financial leadership.

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Workday Pay Transparency Statement

The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role‑specific commission / bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidate’s compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business need, among other things. For more information regarding Workday’s comprehensive benefits, please click here .

Primary Location : USA.CA.Pleasanton

Primary Location Base Pay Range : $268,000 USD – $402,000 USD

Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range : $226,500 USD – $402,000 USD

Our Approach to Flexible Work

With Flex Work, we’re combining the best of both worlds : in‑person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways, so rather than a number of required days in‑office each week, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on the role). Those in our remote "home office" roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Workday is an Equal Opportunity Employer including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans. Pursuant to applicable Fair Chance law, Workday will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Workday will never ask candidates to pay a recruiting fee, or pay for consulting or coaching services to apply for a job at Workday.

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