Role description

Workday Senior Project Manager

The Role

As a Senior Workday Project Manager, you are responsible for ensuring the successful completion of the project deliverables (e.g., charter, governance, project/staffing plan, issue logs, etc.) and work with the Client project manager to govern milestone deliverables such as Design sign off, Testing approvals, and address any other issues that stand in the way of project success.

What You'll Do
• Holds a current Workday HCM or Financials and Workday Project Manager certifications as well as additional training with the goal of becoming an expert in Workday's Implementation Methodology and leverage it on all engagements
• Manage the implementation of 2+ simultaneous projects
• Demonstrate competency in the Workday product suite - HCM, Payroll, and/or Financials
• Participate in the sales cycle when requested to gather requirements, formulate delivery approach and develop a proposal/SOW or Change Order
• Provide guidance and mentoring to other Project Managers working on their implementations
• Ensure projects are properly planned and staffed
• Work with the client project manager to identify/resolve all issues that could impact project scope and/or time frames
• Work with Workday Delivery Assurance to ensure compliance with agreed to checkpoints
• Facilitate clients intellectual and practical adoption of Workday best practices
• Identify opportunities to position other service offerings
• Demonstrate computational thinking.
• Identify problem components, analyze patterns, remove inefficient configurations or processes, and construct algorithmic solutions scalable to ongoing client needs
• Contribute to and mold a culture of continuous education amongst your colleagues, mentees, and managers - serve as a professional role model

This position description identifies the responsibilities and tasks typically associated with the performance of the position. Other relevant essential functions may be required.

What You Need
• Current Workday Partner certification required 3+ years experience project managing Workday HCM, payroll or financial implementations with medium or large enterprise clients
• Consulting experience either as an internal consultant or with a consulting/software company
• Experience implementing Workday, Oracle, SAP, or PeopleSoft Working knowledge with at least one of the following business areas: Human Resources, Benefits, Payroll, General Ledger, Accounts Payable/Receivable, Services procurement
• Excellent organization, time management, and communication skills
• Passion for providing exceptional customer service Business development skills
• Previous service sales experience a plus.
• Successful candidates have a balance of functional (business) and technical experience
• This is a remote position, potential future travel expectation is +/-30% depending on project

Location & Compensation

Compensation can differ depending on factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, education, and level of experience. UST provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in various U.S. markets as set forth below.

Role Location: Remote - US

Compensation Range: $130,000 - $185,000

Benefits

Full-time, regular employees accrue a minimum of 10 days of paid vacation per year, receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year), 10 paid holidays, and are eligible for paid bereavement leave and jury duty. They are eligible to participate in the Company's 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matching. They and their dependents residing in the US are eligible for medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as the following Company-paid Employee Only benefits: basic life insurance, accidental death and disability insurance, and short- and long-term disability benefits. Regular employees may purchase additional voluntary short-term disability benefits, and participate in a Health Savings Account (HSA) as well as a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for healthcare, dependent child care, and/or commuting expenses as allowable under IRS guidelines. Benefits offerings vary in Puerto Rico.

Part-time employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year) and are eligible to participate in the Company's 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matching.

Full-time temporary employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year) and are eligible to participate in the Company's 401(k) program with employer matching. They and their dependents residing in the US are eligible for medical, dental, and vision insurance.

Part-time temporary employees receive 6 days of paid sick leave each year (pro-rated for new hires throughout the year).

All US employees who work in a state or locality with more generous paid sick leave benefits than specified here will receive the benefit of those sick leave laws.