Senior Workday Project Manager

Armanino LLP•Salt Lake City, UT

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

At Armanino, you determine your career path. This means it's possible to pursue challenges you are passionate about, in industries you care about. Armanino is proud to be Among the top 20 Largest Accounting and Consulting Firms in the Nation and one of the Best Places to Work. We have a community of resources that are ready and willing to support your ideas, build your skills and expand your professional network. We want you to integrate all aspects of your life with your career. At Armanino, we know you don’t check-out of life when you check-in at work. That’s why we’ve created a unique work environment where your passions, work, and family & friends can overlap. We want to help you achieve growth by giving you access to a network of smart and supportive people, willing to listen to your ideas. Armanino is seeking a Senior Project Manager with deep Workday expertise to lead complex, client‑facing Workday implementations across HCM and FINS. This role owns delivery end‑to‑end while serving as the central point of accountability for client relationships, delivery quality, risk management, and financial performance.

Requirements

Minimum 5 years of Workday project management experience.
Hands‑on Workday Phase X, Launch/Flex methodology implementation experience across HCM and FINS.
Experience leading net‑new, full‑platform implementations.
Strongly demonstrated escalation and risk management capability.
Workday certifications: Project Manager Scorecard
Experience in professional services or consulting environments.
Proven experience with project financial ownership, including billing, forecasting, and margin management.
Excellent communication, facilitation, and client‑facing leadership skills.
Flexibility to adapt to shifting priorities and client needs.
Experience leading teams and mentoring junior colleagues.
Ability to collaborate across internal teams and work effectively in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
Motivated self-starter with the ability to ramp quickly in new environments, work independently, and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Willingness to work in a hybrid model (in‑office or client‑site up to 50%).

Nice To Haves

Phase 0, Adaptive Planning, and Launch Express Methodology experience highly desired.
Managed Service implementation experience.
Certifications: Launch Methodology
Data Conversion
Reporting
Other Functional Certification

Responsibilities

Lead full‑lifecycle Workday implementations, including net‑new full‑platform deployments and go‑lives.
Define and manage project scope, objectives, timelines, success measures, and delivery approach in alignment with SOWs.
Manage project planning, execution, monitoring, and delivery.
Provide guidance on Workday capabilities, implementation best practices, and methodology to clients and internal teams, aligning priorities and outcomes.
Proactively identify, manage, and escalate project risks, issues, and scope changes.
Lead difficult client and internal conversations, holding firm on timelines, scope boundaries, and delivery commitments.
Follow formal escalation paths while exercising senior judgment to resolve issues efficiently.
Serve as a trusted advisor to client stakeholders throughout the engagement.
Lead client‑facing meetings and stakeholder discussions with confidence and clarity.
Translate highly technical concepts into actionable, client‑appropriate communication.
Build strong, long‑term client relationships that support retention and follow‑on opportunities.
Own project financial management, including: Billing Forecasting Weekly financial reviews Monitoring budget vs. actuals
Act as the primary gatekeeper for identifying and addressing margin erosion.
Ensure contracts, change orders, billing, resource planning, and administrative deliverables are accurate and timely.
Collaborate internally to identify and support future business development opportunities.
Drive cross‑functional project teams and mentor junior project managers and consultants.
Collaborate effectively across an evolving, growing Workday practice.
Demonstrate flexibility and resilience in navigating ambiguity as processes and standards continue to mature.
Contribute to practice improvement efforts that drive greater delivery predictability and efficiency over time.