Workday Senior Project Manager

About this role

Role Description
Workday Senior Project Manager
The Role
As a Senior Workday Project Manager, you are responsible for ensuring the successful completion of the project deliverables (e.g., charter, governance, project/staffing plan, issue logs, etc.) and work with the Client project manager to govern milestone deliverables such as Design sign off, Testing approvals, and address any other issues that stand in the way of project success.


What You’ll Do

• Holds a current Workday HCM or Financials and Workday Project Manager certifications as well as additional training with the goal of becoming an expert in Workday's Implementation Methodology and leverage it on all engagements
• Manage the implementation of 2+ simultaneous projects
• Demonstrate competency in the Workday product suite - HCM, Payroll, and/or Financials
• Participate in the sales cycle when requested to gather requirements, formulate delivery approach and develop a proposal/SOW or Change Order
• Provide guidance and mentoring to other Project Managers working on their implementations
• Ensure projects are properly planned and staffed
• Work with the client project manager to identify/resolve all issues that could impact project scope and/or time frames
• Work with Workday Delivery Assurance to ensure compliance with agreed to checkpoints
• Facilitate clients intellectual and practical adoption of Workday best practices
• Identify opportunities to position other service offerings
• Demonstrate computational thinking.
• Identify problem components, analyze patterns, remove inefficient configurations or processes, and construct algorithmic solutions scalable to ongoing client needs
• Contribute to and mold a culture of continuous education amongst your colleagues, mentees, and managers - serve as a professional role model

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