Workday Test Manager

The Groove•Headquarters, KY

About The Position

The Groove is seeking an experienced Test Manager to support clients through Workday implementations. As a key member of the client-side project team, this role leads testing activities, coordinates business stakeholders, and ensures business requirements are thoroughly validated before deployment. The Test Manager works closely with client leadership, business process owners, functional and technical teams, and implementation partners to develop and execute a comprehensive testing strategy. The role requires Workday implementation experience, strong organizational and communication skills, and the ability to drive accountability across multiple workstreams.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
At least 5 years of experience in enterprise technology implementations, software testing, or quality assurance.
At least 3 years of experience managing testing activities for large-scale ERP or HCM implementations.
Experience supporting Workday implementations, including testing coordination and execution.
Strong understanding of SIT, UAT, regression testing, end-to-end testing, and defect management.
Experience developing and managing test plans, test scenarios, scripts, defect logs, and testing status reports.
Demonstrated ability to coordinate cross-functional business stakeholders, technical teams, and implementation partners.
Strong project management, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels.
Ability to manage competing priorities, identify risks, and drive accountability in a fast-paced consulting environment.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience serving as a client-side Test Manager for Workday implementations.
Experience with Workday HCM, Financial Management, Payroll, or related functional areas.
Understanding of Workday business processes, integrations, security, reporting, and data conversion.
Experience working directly with system integrators and third-party implementation partners.
Familiarity with testing and defect management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms.
Experience supporting large-scale business transformation initiatives or enterprise system deployments.

Responsibilities

Develop and manage the client-side testing strategy, plan, schedule, and deliverables for Workday implementations.
Coordinate client participation in system integration testing (SIT), user acceptance testing (UAT), regression testing, and end-to-end business process testing.
Partner with business process owners and subject matter experts to develop, review, and validate test scenarios and scripts.
Ensure test scenarios reflect business processes, requirements, integrations, and expected outcomes.
Coordinate testing resources, assignments, timelines, and execution across functional and technical workstreams.
Collaborate with implementation partners to align testing activities with project milestones and deliverables.
Manage defect tracking, prioritization, escalation, and resolution with project teams.
Facilitate testing status meetings, defect triage sessions, and readiness reviews.
Monitor testing progress, completion rates, defect trends, and overall testing readiness.
Communicate testing status, risks, issues, and dependencies to project leadership and key stakeholders.
Validate testing of critical business processes, integrations, security requirements, reporting, and data scenarios.
Coordinate UAT sign-off with business process owners and project leadership.
Support go-live readiness assessments, cutover activities, and post-production stabilization.
Identify opportunities to improve testing processes, documentation, and overall project execution.