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Senior Director, AI and Data Product Management – Data Cloud
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.
- What Workday INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles3 certified filings for “Product Acceleration and Optimization Advisor” (Project Management Specialists) in CA: $126k–$138k, median $126k. Most were filed at wage level I (67%) — 1 lottery entry, ≈15% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- 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 The Data Cloud organization is at the forefront of Workday’s next major wave of innovation, driven by a bold mandate to build the industry’s first true Platform for Agents. We are a high-energy, ambitious team that balances Workday's deep foundational expertise with fresh, forward-thinking perspectives to accelerate our pace of delivery and unlock massive new commercial value. By leveraging Workday’s unique business context, trusted data, and identity guardrails, we are building the critical engine that will power the future of AI and agentic workflows across the enterprise. As a team, we value organizational clarity, deep cross-functional collaboration, and rapid execution, working together to evolve our architecture and aggressively scale our impact in the market. The Data Cloud organization is seeking a visionary product leader to serve as the Senior Director, AI and Data PM. This individual will sit at the critical intersection of generative AI, enterprise data, and autonomous workflows. You will be responsible for defining how advanced agentic capabilities natively consume and interact with Workday’s Data Cloud, ensuring our platform is the premier destination for building and deploying trusted, enterprise-grade AI agents. About the Role As the Senior Director of AI and Data Product Management, you will own the product strategy, roadmap, and execution for agentic workloads within the Data Cloud. You will translate complex AI use cases into robust data platform requirements, define the toolkits that empower autonomous action, and establish the trust and evaluation frameworks necessary to deploy AI securely at an enterprise scale. Agentic Strategy & Vision • Platform for Agents Roadmap: Define the product vision and capabilities required to support both analytical agents (conversational reasoning over data) and operational agents (secure, multi-step actions and state changes) on the Data Cloud. • Agent Requirements Gathering: Partner closely with internal Workday application teams, first-party AI developers, and key enterprise customers to deeply understand and capture the data, semantic, and routing requirements necessary to power next-generation agents. • Use-Case Commercialization: Bridge the gap between AI research and commercial reality, ensuring new agentic capabilities directly drive adoption, continuous compute consumption, and value realization for our premium Data Cloud offerings. MCP Toolkits & Skill Orchestration • Define Action Schemas: Lead the product definition for Model Context Protocol (MCP) toolkits and skills natively hosted within the Data