Associate Director/Senior Workday Engagement Manager

Job Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Expertise in Workday's Implementation Methodology
• Understanding of the Workday product suite - HCM, Payroll, Financials, and/or Student
• Manage 2 large and 4+ medium enterprise Workday full platform product implementations in the Project Manager role
• Ensure projects are properly planned and staffed
• Track issues and risks, communicate status, and escalate concerns
• Provide guidance and mentoring to consultants working on their implementations
• Work with the client project manager to identify/resolve all issues that could impact project scope and/or timeframes
• Ensure the project is delivered within the budget outlined in the SOW
• Present client with change orders in the event they're asking Workday to perform tasks that are outside the scope of the SOW
• Present at Executive Steering Committee meetings
• Ensure Workday compliance and scorecard updates are completed
• Assist in the transition of the customer from professional services to product support
• Ensure the client can serve as a reference upon completing their implementation
• Participate in the sales cycle when requested to gather requirements, formulate a delivery approach, and develop a proposal/SOW
• Identify opportunities to position other service offerings
• Mentor other project managers and develop tools and templates to support projects
• Support the Workday Practice Operations as needed
• Provide oversight to various projects as needed

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience in implementation experience as a project manager with HCM, Payroll, and Financials.
• 5+ years as a Workday Engagement Manager at a Partner Consulting firm
• Led multiple Workday platform implementations from start to completion, preferably within the public sector
• Workday Local/State/Agency government implementation experience is required. Higher Education experience is a plus.
• Proficiency in Smartsheet and Microsoft Office