Project Manager - Workday

Position: Staff Project Manager - Workday
Job Description Summary

Responsible for wing-to-wing execution of technical projects to deliver high quality outcomes to internal and/or external customers. Partners with functional owner to define requirements. Works with technical team internal and external to the initiative to ensure outcomes delivery on time, within scope and budget and of desired quality. Ensures project management practices are followed and improved as needed.

Job Description

Role Summary

The Workday Project Manager leads planning and delivery of Workday projects, enhancements and releases, including M&A initiatives, partnering with HR product owners and stakeholders. You will manage scope, schedule, budget, risks, and change for initiatives such as module implementations/enhancements, integration builds, tenant strategy, and bi-annual releases. You'll ensure secure, compliant execution while driving adoption, data quality, and measurable business outcomes for all HCM products - Employee Lifecycle, Talent Management, Talent Acquisition, Compensation, Benefits, Payroll and Security.

Key Responsibilities

* Define and maintain project charters, business cases, scope, WBS, resource plans, budgets, and RAID logs

* Set stage gates and governance cadence aligning with HR COEs, Regional HR, Cybersecurity, DT, and Corporate Development teams on milestones

* Establish success metrics, acceptance criteria, and change control for business outcomes improvements and M&A initiatives.

* Run status reviews and leadership readouts with clear decisions, risks, and value tracking

* Act as an agile coach to the team to ensure successful implementation of Workday project

* Manage risks, issues, and cross-product dependencies; drive mitigation, escalation, and decision-ready options

* Lead day-to-day execution across configurations, testing, and integrations partnering with HR stakeholders, DT and supplier teams aligning to releases

* Coordinate tenant strategy (sandbox/preview/production/implementation), cutover, and hypercare; plan M&A-specific cutovers (Day 1 vs. Day
2)

* Ensure data privacy, and compliance (SOC, SOX); apply data segregation and export controls

* Manage supplier partners and M&A diligence vendors; define SOWs, SLAs, and quality gates

* Define and execute test strategies (unit, SIT, UAT, regression); include Day 1/Day 2 role-based security and access testing

* Partner on change management, comms, training, and localization; ensure TSA entry/exit plans and knowledge transfer

Minimum Qualifications

* Bachelor's degree from accredited university or college with minimum of 4 years of professional experience OR Associates degree with minimum of 7 years of professional experience OR High School Diploma with minimum of 9 years of professional experience

* Minimum 3 years of project management experience

* Note:

Military experience is equivalent to professional experience

Eligibility Requirement

* Legal authorization to work in the U.S is required.  We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job.

Desired Characteristics

Technical Expertise:

* Workday knowledge and/or certifications

* Experience with global ERP rollouts and/or module implementations

* Demonstrated understanding of Lean principles

* PMP/PgMP and/or Agile/SAFe certifications

Business Acumen:

* Knowledge of HR processes, payroll interfaces, data privacy, audit, and compliance

* Experience with M&A integrations/divestitures (Day 1 readiness through stabilization/hypercare)

* Strong business analysis and problem-solving skills

* Demonstrated ability to manage team operations across the product ecosystem and make tradeoffs based on key business priorities

* Demonstrated experience leading and influencing across a complex, global matrix organization

* Ability to decompose problems and make decisions when problems or solutions are not 100% defined

* Skilled in breaking down problems, documenting problem statements and estimating efforts

Leadership:

* Demonstrated ownership of business decisions including outcomes and any required rework plans

* Demonstrated strength in project governance, integrated planning, dependency management, and communications

* Ability to…