Workday
Senior Associate Executive Search
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Workday
makes hard work pay off
for our people, our customers, and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we’re shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. You’ll feel our culture rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm—the truth that we’re in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. Workday values curiosity, collaboration, and optimism. If you want to inspire brighter work days, you’ve found a match in Workday.
About the Team As a Senior Associate on the Executive Talent Acquisition team at Workday, you will be a critical driver of our executive search strategy. You’ll move beyond transactional recruiting to become a strategic partner, responsible for identifying, engaging, and securing top‑tier executive talent (VP+) who will shape the future of our company. You will focus on building robust pipelines for active searches and proactively developing our succession bench, ensuring we have a continuous flow of world‑class leaders aligned with our corporate strategy and growth initiatives.
About the Role
Lead the search strategy: Partner directly with executive stakeholders to define the ideal candidate profile and make data‑driven recommendations for target companies and skillsets. Your deep market insights and competitive intelligence will inform and guide every search from its inception.
Elevate search execution: Own the end‑to‑end search identification process, from detailed market mapping and strategic outreach to expert screening and compelling candidate presentations. You will set a new standard for excellence in every phase.
Build the leadership pipeline: Actively engage with and cultivate relationships with a network of top‑tier executive talent. You will proactively identify and recommend high‑impact leaders for future opportunities, ensuring a strong and ready talent pipeline.
Deliver impactful market intelligence: Go beyond the resume. You will gather and synthesize critical market insights on compensation, industry trends, and the competitive landscape to provide our leadership team with a strategic advantage.
Provide strategic counsel: Serve as a trusted advisor to hiring teams, guiding them through every stage of the search process. You’ll provide thoughtful, data‑backed counsel that influences decisions and drives successful outcomes.
Champion the Workday brand: Act as a brand ambassador for Workday, embodying our values and culture in every interaction. You will ensure a high‑touch, world‑class experience for all candidates, regardless of outcome.
About You Basic Qualifications
7+ years of executive search experience, with a proven track record of successfully recruiting and closing VP‑level and above candidates.
2+ years of experience from a retained executive search firm, demonstrating the ability to navigate complex, global, and multi‑business unit environments.
Other Qualifications
Strategic Acumen: Think strategically and operate with a high degree of autonomy.
Data‑Driven Storyteller: Highly analytical and skilled at translating complex data and insights into clear, influential narratives for senior leadership.
Consultative Partner: Build deep, consultative relationships with Recruiting Partners, senior executives, and HR Business Partners, earning trust through expertise.
Compensation Knowledge: Solid understanding of executive compensation plans, strategies, and industry benchmarks.
Exceptional Execution: Highly organized, detail‑oriented self‑starter with a strong intellectual curiosity, thriving in a fast‑paced environment and managing multiple priorities with speed and precision.
Global Mindset: Hands‑on, can‑do professional with a global mindset and a passion for connecting leaders who will shape the future of Workday.
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 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,
click here .
Primary Location:
USA.CA.Pleasanton
Primary Location Base Pay Range:
$138,600 USD - $207,900 USD
Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range:
$117,000 USD - $207,900 USD
Our Approach to Flexible Work With Flex Work, we combine the best of both worlds: in‑person time and remote. Our approach enables teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. Rather than a fixed number of required days in the office, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role). This means you 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.
Workday respects Fair Chance law and will consider 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! At Workday, we value our candidates’ privacy and data security. Workday will never ask candidates to apply to jobs through websites that are not Workday Careers. Please be aware of sites that may ask for you to input your data in connection with a job posting that appears to be from Workday but is not. Additionally, Workday will never ask candidates to pay a recruiting fee, or pay for consulting or coaching services, in order to apply for a job at Workday.
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Workday
makes hard work pay off
for our people, our customers, and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we’re shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. You’ll feel our culture rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm—the truth that we’re in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. Workday values curiosity, collaboration, and optimism. If you want to inspire brighter work days, you’ve found a match in Workday.
About the Team As a Senior Associate on the Executive Talent Acquisition team at Workday, you will be a critical driver of our executive search strategy. You’ll move beyond transactional recruiting to become a strategic partner, responsible for identifying, engaging, and securing top‑tier executive talent (VP+) who will shape the future of our company. You will focus on building robust pipelines for active searches and proactively developing our succession bench, ensuring we have a continuous flow of world‑class leaders aligned with our corporate strategy and growth initiatives.
About the Role
Lead the search strategy: Partner directly with executive stakeholders to define the ideal candidate profile and make data‑driven recommendations for target companies and skillsets. Your deep market insights and competitive intelligence will inform and guide every search from its inception.
Elevate search execution: Own the end‑to‑end search identification process, from detailed market mapping and strategic outreach to expert screening and compelling candidate presentations. You will set a new standard for excellence in every phase.
Build the leadership pipeline: Actively engage with and cultivate relationships with a network of top‑tier executive talent. You will proactively identify and recommend high‑impact leaders for future opportunities, ensuring a strong and ready talent pipeline.
Deliver impactful market intelligence: Go beyond the resume. You will gather and synthesize critical market insights on compensation, industry trends, and the competitive landscape to provide our leadership team with a strategic advantage.
Provide strategic counsel: Serve as a trusted advisor to hiring teams, guiding them through every stage of the search process. You’ll provide thoughtful, data‑backed counsel that influences decisions and drives successful outcomes.
Champion the Workday brand: Act as a brand ambassador for Workday, embodying our values and culture in every interaction. You will ensure a high‑touch, world‑class experience for all candidates, regardless of outcome.
About You Basic Qualifications
7+ years of executive search experience, with a proven track record of successfully recruiting and closing VP‑level and above candidates.
2+ years of experience from a retained executive search firm, demonstrating the ability to navigate complex, global, and multi‑business unit environments.
Other Qualifications
Strategic Acumen: Think strategically and operate with a high degree of autonomy.
Data‑Driven Storyteller: Highly analytical and skilled at translating complex data and insights into clear, influential narratives for senior leadership.
Consultative Partner: Build deep, consultative relationships with Recruiting Partners, senior executives, and HR Business Partners, earning trust through expertise.
Compensation Knowledge: Solid understanding of executive compensation plans, strategies, and industry benchmarks.
Exceptional Execution: Highly organized, detail‑oriented self‑starter with a strong intellectual curiosity, thriving in a fast‑paced environment and managing multiple priorities with speed and precision.
Global Mindset: Hands‑on, can‑do professional with a global mindset and a passion for connecting leaders who will shape the future of Workday.
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 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,
click here .
Primary Location:
USA.CA.Pleasanton
Primary Location Base Pay Range:
$138,600 USD - $207,900 USD
Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range:
$117,000 USD - $207,900 USD
Our Approach to Flexible Work With Flex Work, we combine the best of both worlds: in‑person time and remote. Our approach enables teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. Rather than a fixed number of required days in the office, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role). This means you 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.
Workday respects Fair Chance law and will consider 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! At Workday, we value our candidates’ privacy and data security. Workday will never ask candidates to apply to jobs through websites that are not Workday Careers. Please be aware of sites that may ask for you to input your data in connection with a job posting that appears to be from Workday but is not. Additionally, Workday will never ask candidates to pay a recruiting fee, or pay for consulting or coaching services, in order to apply for a job at Workday.
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