Federal Policy Senior Manager, Workforce Policy

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About the Team

Workday’s Public Policy team is at the forefront of shaping the global policy landscape, building partnerships and advocating for policies that foster trusted innovation and uphold Workday’s core values. This dynamic team works to ensure that public policy supports the company’s commitment to IT modernization in the public sector, responsible AI, data privacy, and the future of work.

Through direct advocacy, thought leadership, and participation in trade associations, the Public Policy team plays a crucial role in ensuring that technological advancements are met with thoughtful and effective governance, ultimately contributing to a more innovative, equitable, and secure digital future.

About the Role

Do you want to help shape the future of technology policy in the U.S.? Workday is the AI platform for managing people, money and agents. The Workday platform is built with AI at the core to help customers elevate people, supercharge work, and move their business forever forward. Workday is used by more than 11,000 organizations around the world and across industries—from medium-sized businesses to more than 60% of the Fortune 500.

Workday has an exciting opportunity based in its Washington, DC Corporate Affairs office for a highly motivated, creative, talented, and experienced professional to manage and lead the company’s federal workforce policy advocacy, including direct engagement with regulators and policymakers.

At Workday, we help our customers supercharge their workforces. Today, we are at the forefront of advocating for smart workforce modernization policies at the federal and state level in the U.S. and meaningful reforms globally.

Responsibilities:

Driving policy advocacy and thought-leadership campaigns focused on workforce development and building Workday’s profile by personally engaging regulators and policymakers and their staff through direct advocacy, events, regulatory filings, and position papers.

Leading development and execution of strategies for direct engagement with U.S. policymakers in both Congress and the Executive Branch, including identifying key targets, building coalitions and partnerships with industry peers and third parties where necessary, coordinating meetings, and building durable, longstanding relationships as a trusted advisor.

Supporting on-going efforts to build Workday’s U.S. public sector business through thoughtful engagement on workforce issues.

Identifying, articulating, and leveraging the nexuses between workforce policy and Workday’s other advocacy priorities, including artificial intelligence and our federal and state public sector businesses.

Partnering with peers and internal stakeholders to develop and drive U.S. policy strategy focused on workforce development, including strategic policy positioning, responding to regulations, and reinforcing Workday’s reputation as a constructive policymaking participant.

Identifying and analyzing legislative and regulatory proposals focused on workforce development that could impact Workday’s business.

Actively participating in trade associations, shaping their positioning and leveraging their assistance to drive campaigns focused on workforce development.

Disseminating policy and regulatory updates to internal stakeholders.

Assisting in managing consultants to ensure strategic use of resources.

Interacting with the business and driving regulatory changes to open new markets and provide supporting data to policymakers.

About You

Basic Qualifications

8+ years of experience working in any combination of the following: a congressional office, on congressional committee staff, in the executive branch, or in a policy function at a trade association managing workforce issues.

5+ years of experience in policy development and engaging and influencing legislators and policymakers, with a particular focus on workforce policy.

Other Qualifications

Experience and record of impact in policy development and engagement with regulators, legislators, and administration officials.

A track record of working with the House Education and Workforce Committee and the Senate HELP Committee, key staff from the Executive Office of the President, Department of Labor, EEOC, and others.

Strong oral and written communication skills, from social media posts to formal policy analyses.

Strong understanding of statutory and regulatory issues related to workforce development.

Familiarity with the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).

Familiarity with labor market data processes and modernization initiatives.

Familiarity with skills-based hiring efforts in public sector environments.

Ability to self-motivate, prioritize, and complete projects in a fast-paced environment.

Experience balancing policy analysis with business goals to create win-win solutions.

Comfort with technology, especially cloud computing, SaaS, and enterprise software.

Detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple projects under deadline pressure.

Excellent judgment, positive outlook, constructive approach, and a sense of humor.

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.

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