Workday Federal – Senior Project Manager

Job Family

SAAS/PAAS/Cloud Consulting

Up to 50%

Ability to Obtain Public Trust

• As part of our Workday Practice, you’ll be working with an energized team of advisory professionals who deliver more than just technology.

• From initial assessments to entire transformations, you’ll deliver Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions, equipping organizations with best-in-class enterprise solutions to support our clients’ mission and enable transformative growth.

• As a Senior Project Manager, you will oversee and ultimately be responsible for the successful delivery of Workday projects by providing leadership, project management expertise, and strategic guidance.

• You will work closely with clients to understand their business objectives and lead them through complex implementations, ensuring alignment of scope, schedule, and resources.

• Your role will focus on driving collaboration, managing risks, and enabling clients to achieve transformative outcomes through the power of Workday.

• You will be responsible for:

• Leading Workday projects from initial assessments through full-scale transformations, ensuring successful delivery and alignment with client objectives

• Providing overall direction and management of the project team, including functional and technical resources, to ensure successful delivery

• Driving project planning, execution, and governance to streamline processes and manage overall engagement effectively

• Demonstrating strong ability to manage all phases of a Workday implementation, including scope, schedule, and resource management, risk mitigation, and interface with client and practice leadership on status reporting and escalation management

• Supporting practice growth and development through mentoring, knowledge sharing, and contributing to internal initiatives and sales pursuits

• Applying consultative skills to build trusted relationships and guide clients through complex challenges

• Maintaining a strong commitment to high customer satisfaction and quality outcomes

• US Citizenship and must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD Public Trust security clearance; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of clearance prior to onboarding with Guidehouse

• Bachelors degree with a MINIMUM of SIX (6) years of experience implementing Workday in a project or engagement manager role with full responsibility for successful outcomes and referenceable clients while meeting scope, budget, and timeline commitments in very large, complex implementations; OR a Master's degree with a MINIMUM of FOUR (4) years of experience implementing Workday in a project or engagement manager role with full responsibility for successful outcomes and referenceable clients while meeting scope, budget, and timeline commitments in very large, complex implementations.
  
  Years of experience can be substituted for a degree, such as NO degree with a MINIMUM of TEN (10) years of experience implementing Workday in a project or engagement manager role with full responsibility for successful outcomes and referenceable clients while meeting scope, budget, and timeline commitments in very large, complex implementations

• Project management experience with an ERP system, Workday, Oracle, SAP, People Soft, etc.

• Experience with the execution of projects within a structured agile methodology

• A proven role in multiple referenceable implementations

• Experience with the execution of projects within a structured methodology

• Up to 50% travel with a focus on work from home and/or Guidehouse office, consultants may provide on-site support for key milestones as needed

• Workday Project Management Certification

• Project Management experience with Workday large complex deployments

• Workday HCM Certification

• Solid knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, focused on Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word and Power Point

• Strong written and oral communication skills (RFP responses, white papers, etc) and presentation skills such as Workday demonstrations and client presentations

• PMP certification

• Experience working in complex multi-phase implementations

• Previous experience with the operations and…