Sr. Director Cloud and Network Infrastructure

Workday • Pleasanton, CA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Your work days are brighter here. We’re obsessed with making hard work pay off, for our people, our customers, and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading 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. The minute you join, you’ll feel it. Not just in the products we build, but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm. We’re in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you’ll do meaningful work with Workmates who’ve got your back. In return, we’ll give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So, if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone, including yourself, you’ve found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too. About the Team Do you want to wake up each morning and look forward to going to work? You've found the right career opportunity! Workday's BT Infrastructure team is looking for a Sr. Director, Cloud & Network Infrastructure to join our fun, innovative, and hardworking team. Working with an outstanding group of highly qualified IT professionals, you will be managing a special team that architects, deploys and supports on-prem and cloud infrastructure. We are seeking a skilled and motivated manager who has a vision of cloud first infrastructure and the ability to manage a global team of engineers. About the Role Reporting to VP, Infrastructure the Sr. Director, Cloud & Network Infrastructure will own and drive the next evolution of core infrastructure services delivering innovative Network, Security, data center and cloud services. You will encourage speed and agility through cloud adoption and automation. You will partner with Real Estate and Workplace Services to commission/refresh sites while delivering an unparalleled employee experience along with partnering with Security to ensure a safe environment for our employees, customers and partners through innovative capabilities that enable them to work from anywhere. You are passionate about technology and motivated about nurturing people. You have experience delivering in a rapidly growing organization and drive meaningful outcomes working cross functionally. You champion efficient processes and are data driven through metrics. You will hire, coach, mentor a strong team of technologists who work across multiple time zones and encourage and enable them to innovate and deliver the best solutions for Workday. You are fiscally responsible and manage a large budget that drives critical capabilities for Workday, partnering with multiple vendors and partners.

Requirements

• 15+ years of professional experience in enterprise IT leadership.
• 10+ years of experience leading technology delivery capabilities across Enterprise Network, Data Centers, Cloud (AWS, Google, Azure)
• 10+ years of transformational experience handling technology change in high growth organizations.
• 10+ years of experience leading network and related supporting technologies supporting global offices with 50 to 5,000+ employees .
• Extensive experience in large scale AWS, GCP environments and aligning people, process and technology to support such scale.
• Experience in implementing a zero trust architecture.
• Familiarity with data centers commissioning and maintenance technologies including compute, storage, hypervisors (VMware)
• Proven security first and security by design mentality with hands on experience in security practices and frameworks such as NIST, CIS.
• Experience managing global teams across multiple time zones.
• Experience defining policies, process and procedure and revamping them as needs change.
• Proven ability to think big picture but willing to roll up the sleeves and get things done with speed and agility.
• Demonstrated ability to inspire and lead others with conviction.
• Communicate clearly and influence others and manage and maintain strong relationships.
• Proven budget and fiscal management experience.
• Deep understanding of project management, agile, budget management, vendor management and business continuity and disaster recovery planning methodologies and implementation.
• Open to 50% reporting to our Pleasanton, CA campus.

Nice To Haves

• Certifications including CISSP and higher or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive the next evolution of core infrastructure services delivering innovative Network, Security, data center and cloud services.
• Encourage speed and agility through cloud adoption and automation.
• Partner with Real Estate and Workplace Services to commission/refresh sites while delivering an unparalleled employee experience along with partnering with Security to ensure a safe environment for our employees, customers and partners through innovative capabilities that enable them to work from anywhere.
• Hire, coach, mentor a strong team of technologists who work across multiple time zones and encourage and enable them to innovate and deliver the best solutions for Workday.
• Manage a large budget that drives critical capabilities for Workday, partnering with multiple vendors and partners.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed