Principal Customer Success Manager

Principal Customer Success Manager

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.

Workday is looking for a Principal Customer Success Manager, with Strong HCM or Financials expertise to join to exceed our success for customers.

About the Role

Customer Success Management (CSM) is Workday's liaison between our Professional Services and Production Services teams. We plan and oversee enterprise-level support and service activities for Workday products and services for a designated customer or group of customers. We ensure quality service and operational performance, collaborate with sales and support groups to demonstrate value of support offering to customers and identify opportunities for expanded support business. Our Customer Success Managers work directly with customers to improve their overall user experience with Workday. Responsibilities:

• Handling overall responsibility for coordinating the customer relationship.
• Acting as a liaison between product management and the customer with a focus on communicating the Workday roadmap and how the roadmap will influence customer activities.
• Developing success plans for customers that outline their critical success factors, metrics for success, potential issues, and provide recommendations.
• Prioritizing and driving resolution on raised customer concerns.
• Promoting opportunities for two-way communication.
• Supervising and facilitating the customer's adoption of our solution features and functionality with providing Workday with an understanding of their overall business needs as they relate to our products.
• Using customer relationships as needed for prospect references.
• Keeping customers advised of process and procedural changes.

About You

Basic Qualifications:

• 7+ years in a customer facing services role (consulting or account management) that includes issue resolution and escalation management at both the business owner and executive levels.
• 1+ years project management experience with Workday HCM, Payroll, or Financials.

Other Qualifications:

• Functional domain expertise with Financials (in addition to HCM/Payroll) is preferred.
• Experience with State & Local Government customer base and projects.
• Customer management experience in a complex software or SaaS environment.
• Proven track record to collaborate and build strong relationships with customers especially at the executive level.
• Demonstrated ability to engage across corporate functions (Sales, Services and Product Management).
• Account management / adoption planning experience preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to chair meetings with executive leadership, host webinars.
• Excellent organization, time management, data analysis, and communication skills.
• Bachelor degree or equivalent work experience; Business or Technical degree preferred.
• Ability to travel up to 30%.

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 role). This means you'll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business, team, and personal needs, while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote "home office" roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.