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Sr Principal, GRC
Workday INC · 🇺🇸 USA, CA, Pleasanton
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 255 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 103 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Workday INC
The US Department of Labor certified 255 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 103 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
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 Workday Cybersecurity Governance, Risk, Compliance & Trust team builds and sustains trust in Workday's cybersecurity commitments by embedding a cybersecurity-first mindset, delivering cybersecurity assurance and enabling business growth. We act as trusted advisors and change agents across Workday to protect the data of our fellow Workmates and 8000+ customers. About the Role We are seeking a technical cybersecurity leader with a proven track record delivering large cross-functional programs from concept to success. You will need to be comfortable leading in a matrixed organization to drive enterprise-wide cybersecurity programs including, but not limited to, the cybersecurity communications program. Additionally, you will be the architect for strategic C&T transformational programs, working with the C&T leadership team, providing strategic leadership, driving process design and transformation, and architecting the development of internal automation and cybersecurity solutions to ensure successful adoption and overall effectiveness of organizational scale and achievement of strategic objectives. Responsibilities: AI-First Operational Transformation Operational Engineering Evolution: Develop and implement the people, process, and technology transformations required to transition functional operations into continuous, data-driven, AI-first engineering programs, including architecting for security data integration and Agentic AI orchestration. Process & Technology Transformation: Refine existing workflows to eliminate bottlenecks, optimize cybersecurity tooling, and ensure the team is focused on high-value risk mitigation, including industrializing security governance and control enforcement by driving the adoption of policy-as-code and secure Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices at scale. Talent Upskilling: Foster a deep cybersecurity mindset and drive talent upskilling initiatives across the organization to support program adoption. Advanced Metrics: Institute Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and automated dashboards that measure the effectiveness of our processes, organizational adoption, and the achievement of strategic objectives. AI Security Customer Engagement Work cross-functionally (including but not limited to Legal, GCO, Product, Platform, and Cybersecurity) to design processes and enable tools to drive consistency in Workday’s position and response to AI-related prospect and customer questions. Working with security risk, Legal, GCO and industry as well as regulatory partners, identify AI-cybersecurity topics that require positioning statements and drive eff