Workday Engagement Manager

Workday Engagement / Project Managers coordinate, monitor, and lead projects from kickoff through Go-Live. Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Workday Phase 1 and Phase X projects, including implementation planning, scheduling, resource coordination, and risk management
• Lead Workday projects for a global customer base. Manage the project scope, quality, resources, and timeline to ensure projects are successfully delivered to plan on time and within budget.
• Monitor and communicate project status, milestones, and overall performance to stakeholders. Own, create and maintain documentation (status reports, RAID logs, dashboards, project plans,etc) to track performance.
• Identify risks and issues within the project plan, communicate risks to stakeholders and internal management, and drive initiatives to mitigate/resolve risks within a timeline manner. Escalate performance concerns to internal management as applicable.
• Ensure Testing Phase is managed appropriately according to Kognitiv's Methodology; leverage best practices to guide formulation of Test Strategy, report on testing outcomes, and drive efficient issue identification and resolution.
• Manage, guide, motivate and facilitate collaboration for project teams. Set a clear vision, expectations, goals, and milestones for the project.
• Lead retrospectives and incorporate lessons learned into new approaches which drive projects’ success.
• Manage changes to project scope, schedule, budget, and roles & responsibilities.
• Partner with management to ensure appropriate resources and tools are assigned according to the project plan.
• Assist clients and management with the evaluation and development of project plans.
• Assist in sales engagements when applicable, including scoping projects, estimating level of effort and timeline.
• Contribute to knowledge management repository through formal and informal avenues, such as sharing documented lessons learned, Q&A, documented deliverables, facilitation of Workday knowledge sharing sessions, regularly posting best practices and knowledge sharing information to team(s) and mentoring and training junior team members.

• 4+ years of Workday Engagement Management / Project Management experience, managing Phase 1 and Phase X Workday implementations
• Experience with different Workday methodologies such as Launch and Your Way.
• Workday PM, PMP or equivalent certification is preferred.
• Experience managing global teams in a project/program management capacity.
• Ability to lead and balance multiple, concurrent clients, and projects across various industries.
• Ability to influence a wide variety of audiences and stakeholders across all levels of organizations (employees to C-Suite) to drive business outcomes.
• Strong initiative and independence, needing limited oversight and direction during critical decision points or issues in the project/program.
• Impeccable customer focus and commitment to client satisfaction; proven ability to understand client needs, build relationships, and position yourself as a trusted leader.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written. Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with customers and colleagues in a remote working environment.
• Experience implementing complex, practical business solutions under competing deadlines and priorities while keeping a high attention to detail.
• Ability and desire to drive process improvement and standardization throughout the company.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and to adapt to frequent change.
• Ability to meet travel requirements (