Workday Announces New EMEA Customers and Partners, Expands Footprint with New Offices, Partners, and Innovation Labs
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 11, 2024 – Workday Rising EMEA – Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ: WDAY), a leading provider of solutions to help organisations manage their people and money, today announced new momentum across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). With new offices, expanded partnerships, and innovative talent development programmes, Workday is solidifying its position as a key partner for EMEA organisations navigating the future of work.
In a world marked by economic uncertainty, rapid technological change, and intensifying competition, organisations must remain agile and forward-thinking. Workday is helping organisations across EMEA turn challenges into opportunities. Workday Illuminate™, the next generation of Workday AI, accelerates manual tasks, assists every employee, and ultimately transforms entire business processes. From empowering organisations with AI-driven insights to fostering a more inclusive workforce, Workday’s investments in EMEA underscore the company’s vision for the future of work.
Fueling Innovation and Growth Across All Segments
Workday’s commitment to innovation has been powering its growth with customers across all industries and sizes, particularly among small and medium enterprises (SMEs). In total, over 65% of Workday customers in EMEA are SMEs. This growing subset of the customer base has been bolstered in the past twelve months by new customers including Global Switch, Ayming, DSV Group (Deutscher Sparkassenverlag), and Mollie.
"We deployed Workday quite early in our growth journey, when we had around 600-700 employees,” said Andreas Hoeber, Head of Talent Technology, On. “Our goal was to have a system that could scale rapidly alongside our business. Now, with Workday, we’ve automated the majority of our processes, empowered our team members with AI-powered solutions, and created a single, unified system where employees can easily access everything they need.”
Workday has also been growing with some of the largest organisations in the world, now encompassing over 40% of the FTSE 100, 40% of the DAX 40, and 55% of the CAC 40 amongst its over 2,150 customers headquartered in Europe. This growth demonstrates Workday’s ability to support organisations of all sizes with scalable, innovative solutions.
Expanding EMEA Operations
To support its growing customer base, Workday is deepening its presence in EMEA. Expanded operations in Warsaw, Poland, as well as new offices in Zurich, Switzerland; Berlin, Germany; and Copenhagen, Denmark, position Workday to better serve customers in key markets across EMEA.
Building on the success of its Customer Innovation Lab in Paris, Workday has launched new labs in Zurich and Amsterdam. These immersive spaces allow customers to tackle pressing business challenges, from optimising supply chains to managing regulatory risks, while maximising the value of their Workday investments.
“At Workday, we see tremendous potential in EMEA—a region brimming with innovation, talent, and economic opportunity,” said Angelique de-Vries Schipperijn, president, EMEA, Workday. “Our continued investment here reflects our commitment to helping organisations thrive in an ever-changing business landscape. Whether it’s with cutting-edge technology like Workday Illuminate or local expertise, we’re focused on empowering our customers to adapt, grow, and succeed.”
Building a Skilled and Inclusive Workforce
Amid its ambitious expansion and continued success, Workday is committed to investing in local talent and expertise. For example, Workday’s more than 2,000 employees in the organisation’s EMEA headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, are offered pathways to fully-funded graduate degree programmes. Provided in partnership with Technological University Dublin, these programmes span five disciplines and equip employees with the advanced skills needed to drive innovation and deliver exceptional customer service.
In an effort to support skills-based hiring and create a diverse, future-ready workforce, Workday will launch its “Workday Returners” programme in early 2025. A part of Workday’s global Opportunity Onramps initiative, this EMEA programme will support “career returners” — including parents, carers or individuals who have taken an extended career break — in re-entering the workforce and contributing their valuable skills and experience. Regional partners for the programme include Women in Tech Forum and Career Returners.
Strengthening Partnerships to Deliver Impact
Fueled by innovation and industry expertise, Workday and its partners help customers adapt and thrive in a changing world. This global ecosystem has continued to grow, with numerous offerings and partnerships unveiled this year, including:
- A new strategic partnership with Salesforce, bringing together the two most widely used cloud platforms in business to create a new AI employee service agent and transform work.
- A strategic partnership expansion with Kainos, advancing the development and distribution of purpose-built apps for Workday customers through Built on Workday.
- A new joint servicing offering with BNB – “BNB Ignite” – designed to help medium enterprises deploy Workday within four weeks.
- Workday will also expand its partnership with Korn Ferry, a global organisational consulting firm renowned for its expertise in talent and leadership development. The partnership will provide a unified talent language, enabling organisations to seamlessly align their recruitment, performance management and development processes, ensuring that customers’ talent strategies and operations deliver their full potential.
“This partnership is about more than just technology; it’s about enabling organisations to build a future-ready workforce that can adapt and thrive in the face of constant change,” said Mathias Herzog, President, Korn Ferry Digital. “Together, we will provide the applications and expertise so organisations can optimise talent strategies, enhance employee experiences and drive impactful business results.”
Workday's commitment to EMEA and momentum in the region will be on full display at Workday Rising EMEA in Amsterdam this week.
For More Information
- Learn about Workday’s recent Peakon Employee Voice innovations and newest AI capabilities.
- Read about Workday Illuminate™ – the next generation of Workday AI.
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About Workday
Workday is a leading enterprise platform that helps organisations manage their most important assets – their people and money. 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 10,500 organisations around the world and across industries – from medium-sized businesses to more than 60% of the Fortune 500. For more information about Workday, visit www.workday.com/en-gb/.
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Media contact:
Katie Rose
Workday EMEA
katie.rose@workday.com
Melissa Mitchelmore
Archetype
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