Data Scientist

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 Join a fast-paced organization working with groundbreaking technologies to solve the next generation of sophisticated problems. Would you enjoy the quick decision-making of an innovative, young product while benefiting from the financial strength of a growing market leader named in the 'Best Companies to Work For' by Fortune? The Workforce ML team offers the best of both worlds! We have an immediate opening for a Senior Data Scientist. This could be your next great adventure. About the Role As a Data Scientist, you'll lead cross-functional data science efforts to understand business requirements and design, build, and implement innovative solutions that enhance statistical modeling, measure value delivery and inform product decisions. As part of a team that provides technical leadership for Workday's flagship HCM and Workforce Products, this role will evangelize the use of data, the measurement and analysis of user behaviors, to inform product direction. In this role you are expected to excavate the “ value ” that our customers derive from using our products and reconstruct the user journey through Workday application from the data residing in different locations and different formats. This role will interact with a range of Product Stakeholder and Technical Leaders, and will serve as a domain authority on how we can effectively use data to inform product decisions and overall strategy. Primary Responsibilities : Build a data backed story to increase awareness of what factors drive business impact and product adoption across different customer segments and geo-graphical regions. Build and run multiple business scenarios to assist with product/SKU level revenue projections and growth, including the risk factors. Audit and propose value realization metrics for our Flagship products. Solicit stakeholder feedback in prioritizing metrics and visualization dashboards. Lead value metrics projects and communicate with a wide audience of partners. Formulate, design and run experiments to validate product hypotheses and suggest how we can improve feature adoption and value realization Analyze and explore data to identify relationships, patterns, trends, risks, and opportunities. Create dashboards and other data visualizations to assist in decision making. Educate business teams on data science principles and techniques including effective forms of data visualization. Prioritize tasks to improve productivity and ensure timely results. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to engineer workarounds and navigate project challenges. About You The ideal candidate is a professional who's more than a technical authority - you are a problem-solver, collaborator, and meaningfully a self-motivated leader. You bring a strong business mentality that enables you to link ... (truncated, view full listing at source)