Workday Delivery Lead; Engagement Manager​/Project Manager

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Groundswell is seeking a highly skilled and customer-focused Workday Delivery Lead / Project Manager to lead the successful execution of the Workday implementation for a complex Intelligence Community modernization program. Reporting to the Program Manager, this individual will be accountable for the day-to-day execution of the Workday deployment and for ensuring delivery aligns with the Workday Implementation Methodology, approved solution architecture, customer requirements, and program milestones.

The Workday Delivery Lead will lead cross-functional Workday delivery teams consisting of Workday consultants, business analysts (BAs), solution architects, integration and technical resources, functional subject matter experts (SMEs), and subcontractor personnel assigned to Workday work streams. This individual will translate program objectives into executable Workday implementation plans, coordinate activities across Workday work streams, and provide the Program Manager with clear visibility into implementation progress, risks, dependencies, and decisions.

• Workday Implementation Leadership Lead day-to-day execution of the Workday implementation across applicable functional and technical work streams. Ensure adherence to the Workday Implementation Methodology, including required phases, activities, checkpoints, deliverables, and readiness criteria. Coordinate Workday activities across requirements, design, configuration, integrations, testing, deployment, and post-production transition. Establish clear implementation priorities and ensure Workday teams remain aligned with approved scope and program milestones.
  
  Drive implementation planning, prioritization, backlog refinement, and delivery activities in collaboration with the Business Analyst and Solution Architect. Ensure Workday implementation deliverables meet established quality standards and customer requirements.
• Workday Delivery Management Develop and maintain detailed Workday implementation plans and milestones aligned with the program-level Integrated Master Schedule (IMS). Monitor Workday delivery progress and identify implementation-level risks, issues, blockers, and dependencies. Develop mitigation plans for Workday delivery risks and escape program-level schedule, contractual, financial, or external dependency impacts to the Program Manager. Provide the Program Manager with accurate and timely status on Workday implementation health, milestones, risks, dependencies, resource needs, and required decisions.
  
  Coordinate with the Program Manager to ensure changes or risks within the Workday implementation are reflected in overall program planning and governance. Support Workday deployment readiness and go-live planning across functional and technical work streams.
• Customer & Workday Stakeholder Engagement Serve as the primary customer-facing leader for Workday implementation activities and workstream-level delivery discussions. Lead Workday implementation meetings, design and milestone reviews, status discussions, readiness reviews, and issue-resolution sessions. Translate customer business objectives and requirements into actionable Workday delivery plans. Partner with customer functional and technical stakeholders to resolve Workday implementation issues and drive timely decisions.
  
  Support the Program Manager in program-level customer reviews and executive briefings by providing Workday implementation status, risks, accomplishments, and upcoming milestones.
• Technical & Product Leadership Maintain a strong understanding of Workday architecture, capabilities, implementation practices, and product limitations. Partner with the Solution Architect to…