Senior Workday Consultant

AG Consulting Partners, Inc.•Arlington, WA

2d•$95,000 - $135,000

About The Position

AG Consulting Partners is continuously building its consultant pipeline for current and future client engagements. This is a pipeline opportunity and is not tied to a specific open role. The Senior Workday Consultant will lead business continuity planning, system cutover activities, operational readiness, and project delivery for complex enterprise Workday transformation initiatives. The role bridges business partners, technology teams, vendors, and executive leadership to support organizational preparedness and successful implementation of major system changes. The position combines business analysis, project management, cutover planning and execution, risk and dependency management, stakeholder communications, and operational readiness. It calls for a strategic, organized consultant with advanced Excel and/or Smartsheet skills who can translate business requirements into actionable plans and deliver complex enterprise initiatives with minimal disruption to business operations.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Project Management, Finance, Operations, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and professional experience.
8+ years of project management, consulting, business analysis, or program delivery experience.
5+ years leading large-scale business transformation or enterprise system implementation projects.
Demonstrated experience managing system cutovers and production deployments.
Experience developing and executing business continuity or operational readiness plans.
Experience facilitating executive-level governance and stakeholder engagement.
Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams in complex environments.
Business analysis skills, including requirements gathering and validation, process analysis and improvement, gap analysis, current- and future-state assessments, and change impact assessments.
Project management skills, including project planning and scheduling, risk and issue management, dependency tracking, and executive reporting.
Advanced Excel proficiency, including complex formulas and functions, pivot tables and charts, dashboard development, scenario planning, and reporting automation.
Smartsheet expertise, including project plans, dashboards, and risk and issue tracking.
Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Project, Visio, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, and collaboration and reporting platforms.
Excellent verbal and written communication, facilitation, and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with executives, business users, and technical teams.
Exceptional planning, coordination, organization, and attention to detail; ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining focus on strategic objectives.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting ERP, HRIS, financial, or payroll system implementations.
Experience with Workday, SAP, Oracle, or other enterprise platforms.
Consulting experience within large organizations.
Experience supporting organizational transformation initiatives.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain business continuity and operational readiness plans; identify potential disruptions, develop mitigation strategies, conduct business impact assessments and risk analyses, coordinate continuity planning, facilitate contingency and disaster recovery readiness, and monitor readiness metrics.
Develop cutover strategies and implementation roadmaps; lead planning workshops; manage cutover checklists, runbooks, command center activities, and transition plans; coordinate deployment sequencing, dependencies, and resources; monitor readiness criteria and go/no-go decisions; and lead hypercare and stabilization activities.
Manage implementation risks and escalation issues during deployment events.
Develop integrated project plans, schedules, status reports, and executive dashboards; facilitate governance meetings, steering committees, and stakeholder reviews; align project objectives with operational outcomes; and track performance and success metrics.
Proactively identify and resolve project issues affecting business continuity, cutover, and operational readiness.
Elicit, document, and validate business requirements; analyze current- and future-state processes; and translate business needs into actionable implementation plans.
Build relationships across executive, operational, and technical teams; communicate status, risks, decisions, and milestones; manage competing priorities; prepare executive presentations and decision-support materials; and facilitate cross-functional issue resolution.
Develop project tracking and reporting solutions using Excel and/or Smartsheet, including dashboards, KPI reports, resource plans, and risk logs; analyze performance data and provide recommendations; and maintain project documentation and governance artifacts.