Interim Director, Workday Applications Consultant

Gulf Coast Automation Group•New York, NY

3d•Remote

About The Position

TalentFish is casting a line for an Interim Director, Workday Applications Consultant . This is a remote contract engagement. Our client is seeking an experienced Workday Implementation Consultant to lead a big bang, enterprise-wide Workday deployment across the hospital system and post-go-live production support. This high-impact role that will oversee the implementation of all Workday modules—including HCM, Finance, Supply Chain, Payroll, and Security—ensuring a seamless and efficient transition. The ideal candidate will bring extensive hospital IT and Workday implementation experience, proven success in large-scale ERP transformations, and strong leadership skills to manage both internal teams and external Workday implementation partners. This role requires expertise in project strategy, stakeholder alignment, risk mitigation, and governance to drive a successful deployment.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in information technology, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, or related field.
10 or more years of proven experience in leading Workday applications or similar enterprise systems.
Solid change management skills and experience leading cultural transformations.
Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
A broad understanding of information systems and their application in a corporate environment.
Advanced knowledge of quality control and quality assurance methodology.
Experience assessing business needs and translating them into relevant solutions in an ERP environment.

Responsibilities

Lead and oversee the Workday application team, providing direction, guidance, and mentorship.
Develop and implement strategies for the optimal use of Workday applications within the organization.
Coordinate resources effectively to meet group goals and anticipate business partners' needs.
Balance the needs for support, maintenance, and administrative tasks with strategic projects.
Demonstrate a broad understanding of information systems functions and business areas related to corporate applications.
Manage vendor relationships and ensure the delivery of high-quality support services.
Serve as the product owner for Workday applications, defining and prioritizing the product backlog, and ensuring timely delivery of features and enhancements.
Identify opportunities to make improvements to user experience through automation, process improvement and optimization.
Develop, track and report KPIs related to business areas.
Facilitate the implementation of solutions which are sustainable in the current & future organization structures and support COMPANY's Workday users.
Conduct performance reviews and facilitate career development for team members.
Empower team members and foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
Ensure compliance with organizational policies and procedures.
Collaborate with Senior business leaders to ensure the Workday environment is aligned to meet strategic and operational needs.
Collaborate with functional and technical support teams to define best practice in bringing transformation to the ERP operating model to best leverage Workday as it continues to evolve.
Oversee testing and adherence to testing standards for many major Workday/ERP projects.
Monitor and communicate updates from Workday for everything from road mapping the future through support events.
Monitor performance of the various Workday environments including Production and Non-Production and manage support incidents with Workday.
Provide leadership around the quality of our Workday environment - monitoring the use of environments including testing activities, data refreshes, security needs, staged data, or configuration to support various projects and then migrations to production.
Communicate key dates and information to users of the Production and Non-Production environments including planning for updates and ensuring to minimize and communicate any non-scheduled downtime.
Leading the testing of Workday cyclical releases and updates, the analysis and distribution of release notes to impacted business groups.
Manage the Change Control process for the Workday environment.