Workday Delivery Lead; Engagement Manager​/Project Manager

Workday Delivery Lead / Project Manager

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.

Key Responsibilities:

• 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 escalate 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 ensure Workday solutions are scalable, secure, supportable, and aligned with approved architecture.
• Review implementation approaches with Workday functional and technical leads to ensure alignment with Workday best practices.
• Facilitate resolution of cross-functional Workday design and implementation issues.
• Ensure configurations, integrations, and implementation decisions remain aligned with approved requirements and strategic solution direction.

Workday Team Leadership

• Lead and mentor the cross-functional team responsible for Workday implementation activities.
• Coordinate the day-to-day activities of Groundswell and subcontractor personnel assigned to Workday delivery work streams.
• Hold Workday team members accountable for implementation deliverables, quality, schedules, and methodology requirements.
• Manage Workday delivery capacity, resource needs, and workload across implementation work streams.
• Identify Workday resource or subcontractor performance concerns and coordinate with the Program Manager on program-level or contractual actions as necessary.
• Foster accountability, collaboration, quality, and customer focus across the Workday delivery organization.

Implementation Quality & Operational Excellence

• Track Workday implementation metrics, milestones, deliverables, and readiness indicators.
• Ensure Workday…