Workday Senior Certified Project Manager

Intecrowd

5d•Remote

About The Position

Founded by former Workday clients, we value partnership and engagement as a cornerstone of our business. With years of functional and technical experience in all phases of Workday's deployment life cycle, we can determine the most efficient integration designs and rapid deployment strategies. We develop maintainable solutions and provide support for integration testing and updates for new Workday releases. 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. The Project Manager anticipates and/or identifies scope slip and champions project governance managing to the agreed budget and delivering the project profitably. This remote role can be located anywhere within the U.S. or Canada to perform the required responsibilities.

Requirements

Current Workday Partner certification required
3+ years’ experience project managing Workday HCM, payroll or financial implementations with medium or large enterprise clients
Consulting experience either as an internal consultant or with a consulting/software company
Experience implementing Workday, Oracle, SAP, or PeopleSoft
Working knowledge with at least one of the following business areas: Human Resources, Benefits, Payroll, General Ledger, Accounts Payable/Receivable, Services procurement
Excellent organization, time management, and communication skills
Passion for providing exceptional customer service

Nice To Haves

Business development skills
Previous service sales experience a plus. Successful candidates have a balance of functional (business) and technical experience
This is a remote position, potential future travel expectation is +/-30% depending on project

Responsibilities

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
Ability to effectively present at Executive and Project Team levels & understand the needs of each audience
Facilitate clients’ intellectual and practical adoption of Workday best practices
Identify opportunities to position other service offerings
Maintain clients’ ongoing satisfaction, ensuring Intecrowd is reputable and referenceable once in production
Ensure the project is delivered within the budget outlined in the SOW
Present client with Change Orders in the event they're asking Intecrowd to perform tasks that are outside the scope of the SOW
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