Workday

Platform Product Marketing Manager

Workday Pleasanton, California, United States · $127K–$226K/yr

Software Development · 10,001+ employees

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Principal (10+ yrs) Full-time United States
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About the role

You will drive and evolve the platform narrative for technical executives and analysts while orchestrating go-to-market strategies across global marketing and sales teams. This involves conducting market research, building enablement tools, and ensuring consistent messaging across all customer-facing channels.

What they look for

Product marketing Platform marketing Go-to-market strategy Narrative development Executive communication Cross-functional orchestration AI platform knowledge Developer tooling Market research Competitive intelligence Analyst relations Field enablement Technical IT personas Strategic positioning Stakeholder management

Requirements

The role requires 8-10+ years of experience in product or platform marketing with a strong background in executive-level positioning. Candidates must possess deep familiarity with technical IT buyer personas and the ability to align cross-functional teams without formal authority.

Benefits

Stock grants Bonus plan Commission Flexible work

Full description

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

The Platform Marketing team drives the strategy and go-to-market for establishing Workday as a platform company.. Our team owns the narrative that connects Workday's platform capabilities (AI, agent governance, developer tooling, integrations, security, extensibility) into a single, coherent story for technical executives, analysts, and the market. We partner closely with Product Management, DevRel, Field Marketing, and Sales to ensure Workday's platform story is consistent, credible, and lands everywhere it shows up.

About the Role

As a senior Product Marketing Manager on the Platform Marketing team, you’ll drive and evolve Workday's platform narrative for the audience that decides whether Workday is a strategic bet or a point solution: CIOs, CTOs, and the analysts who cover them. 

You will work to deeply understand the challenges and motivations facing these audiences and translate Workday’s evolving platform and technical solutions into a narrative. This requires fluency with platform products and technical IT personas so the narrative. Success in this role will be measured through impact across narrative adoption, market perception, and field effectiveness. Example outcomes include:

  • Driving measurable increases in cross-platform engagement and land-and-expand motions
  • Establishing and strengthening Workday's platform position with technical executives and industry analysts — reflected in analyst report placement and tone, executive share-of-voice, and thought leadership visibility with CIO/CTO audiences. 
  • Equip leadership, field marketing, sellers, and outbound teams to deliver the platform narrative with confidence

You will be responsible for:

1. CIO/CTO-facing Platform narratives & positioning. Translate platform strategy into positioning and messaging built for CIOs and CTOs, driving development of the core Platform narrative, establishing how AI, developer tooling, integrations, security, and other platform capabilities connect into a coherent story. 

2. Market, Competitive & Analyst Intelligence. Conduct ongoing market, competitive, and customer research to understand the challenges facing CIOs and CTOs. Drive analyst relations for the platform story, ensuring Workday's positioning holds up under analyst scrutiny and is reflected accurately in coverage.

3. Cross-Functional GTM Orchestration. Partner across global marketing (campaigns, events, comms, field enablement) to weave the platform narrative consistently into everything customer- and market-facing. Align with Product Marketing peers, Product Management, DevRel, Field Marketing, Sellers, and Analysts so the platform story stays coherent across every audience it reaches.

4. Field & Leadership Enablement. Build the tools, narratives, and use cases that let sellers and executives tell the platform story credibly to prospects and customers. Track where the narrative is (and isn't) landing, and iterate based on field and market feedback.

About You

Basic Qualifications

  • 8–10+ years in product or platform marketing, with a track record of owning executive-level narrative and positioning across a portfolio or platform rather than a single product.
  • Genuine familiarity with platform products and technical IT buyer personas; comfortable enough with the technical substance of AI, developer tooling, integration, and security to hold a credible conversation with a CTO, even without hands-on engineering depth. Familiarity with developer personas and AI platform products is a strong plus.
  • Skilled at cross-functional orchestration without formal authority: able to align Product Marketing, Product Management, DevRel, Field Marketing, and Sellers around one narrative, and keep that alignment on track as the narrative and priorities shift.
  • Strong executive presence and communication: trusted to represent the platform story to senior product and company leadership, genuinely curious about where the platform story needs to evolve next, and proactive about closing gaps.

Other Qualifications

  • Familiarity with developer personas and AI platform products is a strong plus

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.CO.Boulder  

Primary Location Base Pay Range: $133,600 USD - $200,400 USD  

Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $127,000 USD - $225,500 USD

Additional Considerations:

The application deadline for this role is the same as the posting end date stated as below:  

11/23/2026

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 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.

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