Michaila Hiatt

About Michaila Hiatt

I\'m a dynamic and strategic leader with deep expertise in innovation, partnerships, and organizational transformation, bringing a global mindset and a passion for driving meaningful business growth. With a career grounded in change management, program leadership, and employee enablement, I’ve built and led high-performing teams, transformed delivery operations, and reimagined training and onboarding programs to engage broader, more diverse talent. I thrive at the intersection of strategy and execution, consistently acting as a connector of people, ideas, and technology —driving cross-functional collaboration and accelerating impact at scale with a relentless focus on delivering results.

Experience

1. Workday Chief of Staff Alliances Senior Director

   Strada

   Jan 2023 — Present

   Lead Workday services, sales, and innovation partnership strategy across Europe, Asia and North America, managing cross-regional alliance relationships to accelerate business growth and strengthen global collaboration • Led internal communication planning for Strada’s divestiture from Alight, orchestrating a carefully cascaded internal and external communication strategy for 1,500+ employees and partners• Advocate for partnership expansion by identifying joint collaboration opportunities and go to market opportunities, championing early enrollment in strategic Workday programs and positioning Strada as a frontrunner in innovation• Collaborate with legal team on contract negotiations to support enrollment in new programs and partnerships, ensuring terms align with business objectives and compliance standards • Partner with marketing team to drive new leads through prioritizing and aligning end-to-end marketing campaigns globally; shape event strategy, provide budget oversight, and inform key messaging for high-impact conferences with attendees from • Collaborate with Finance and HR teams to prepare a monthly reporting package summarizing practice progress against KPIs for the board and c-suite• Partner with HR to re-align practice goals and OKRs with colleague incentives and rewards in order to incentivize revenue generating behaviors and facilitate colleague development• Reimagine campus hiring programs, resulting in the expansion of virtual learning opportunities, tripling the number of experienced colleagues leading and delivering training, and scaling hiring capabilities from 8 U.S. offices to broader North America, including Canada and Mexico• Oversee global training and onboarding programs, leveraging AI to reduce development time, implementing scalable virtual training solutions and driving consistency across regions to create a cohesive onboarding experience

Education

• Indiana University Bloomington

  Bachelor of Science - BS