Workday Project Management

Job Title : Workday Project Manager

Location : Hybrid from Richmond, VA (3 days per week from Office)

Job Type : Contract

Job Description :

Lead end-to-end delivery of Workday implementation, enhancement, or AMS projects across HCM and Finance modules. This role requires strong program management, stakeholder communication, and hands-on Workday experience to ensure successful delivery within scope, budget, and timeline.

Responsibilities

• Lead Workday implementation and AMS projects from initiation to closure following defined methodologies.
• Manage project scope, budget, schedule, and quality; ensure successful and timely delivery.
• Work closely with business stakeholders, functional leads, and technical teams to define project requirements and success metrics.
• Conduct project planning, risk assessment, and mitigation to ensure smooth execution.
• Manage cross-functional Workday modules (HCM, Finance, Payroll, Integrations, Prism, Extend, etc.) depending on project scope.
• Facilitate design workshops, business process reviews, configuration walkthroughs, and user acceptance testing.
• Coordinate integration and reporting activities across HCM and Finance workstreams.
• Prepare status reports, dashboards, RAID logs, and executive updates .
• Facilitate workshops, design sessions, and UAT cycles with client and internal teams.
• Drive resource allocation, task prioritization, and issue resolution .
• Ensure compliance with Workday methodology and governance standards .
• Support change management and post go-live transition to support or AMS teams.
• Lead executive status meetings , presenting updates to internal leadership and client stakeholders.
• Oversee go-live planning, cutover, and post go-live stabilization .
• Assess and prioritize enhancement requests; lead functional and regression testing.
• Review new Workday releases and drive feature enablement across financial modules.
• Participate in Change Control and CAB for AMS releases.
• Review SLA metrics, backlog trends, and control adherence.

Qualifications we seek in you!

Minimum Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications / Skills