Workday Project Manager

Summary: The Workday Project Manager is responsible for leading Workday implementation and AMS projects from initiation to closure, ensuring successful delivery by managing project scope, budget, schedule, and quality. This role involves close collaboration with business stakeholders and technical teams to define project requirements, conduct risk assessments, and facilitate various project activities. The Project Manager will also oversee cross-functional Workday modules and ensure compliance with Workday methodologies and governance standards. Additionally, the position requires leading executive status meetings and managing post go-live transitions to support teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead Workday implementation and AMS projects from initiation to closure following defined methodologies.
• Manage project scope, budget, schedule, and quality; ensure successful and timely delivery.
• Work closely with business stakeholders, functional leads, and technical teams to define project requirements and success metrics.
• Conduct project planning, risk assessment, and mitigation to ensure smooth execution.
• Manage cross-functional Workday modules (HCM, Finance, Payroll, Integrations, Prism, Extend, etc.) depending on project scope.
• Facilitate design workshops, business process reviews, configuration walkthroughs, and user acceptance testing.
• Coordinate integration and reporting activities across HCM and Finance workstreams.
• Prepare status reports, dashboards, RAID logs, and executive updates.
• Facilitate workshops, design sessions, and UAT cycles with client and internal teams.
• Drive resource allocation, task prioritization, and issue resolution.
• Ensure compliance with Workday methodology and governance standards.
• Support change management and post go-live transition to support or AMS teams.
• Lead executive status meetings, presenting updates to internal leadership and client stakeholders.
• Oversee go-live planning, cutover, and post go-live stabilization.
• Assess and prioritize enhancement requests; lead functional and regression testing.
• Review new Workday releases and drive feature enablement across financial modules.
• Participate in Change Control and CAB for AMS releases.
• Review SLA metrics, backlog trends, and control adherence.

Key Skills:

• Experience in leading Workday implementation and AMS projects.
• Strong project management skills, including scope, budget, schedule, and quality management.
• Ability to collaborate with business stakeholders and technical teams.
• Proficient in conducting project planning and risk assessment.
• Knowledge of Workday modules (HCM, Finance, Payroll, etc.).
• Experience in facilitating workshops and user acceptance testing.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to manage cross-functional teams and resources.
• Understanding of Workday methodologies and governance standards.
• Experience in change management and post go-live support.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: undetermined

Country: USA

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT