Workday-project Management

Description:

• Take a lead role delivering engagements.
• Create relationships with senior client leadership and staff.
• Develop business opportunities.
• Build and mentor our team.
• Provide leadership and direction for our IT Advisory and Workday practice.
• Deliver engagements under the direction of Senior Leadership
• Contribute to business development actives (i.e. proposal development)
• Positively contribute to IT Advisory and Workday practice
• Manage project teams, including the overall performance and delivery of large / cross-functional Workday HCM/FM implementations.
• Participate in the preparation of proposals, develop project estimates, and estimate the resources needed for the successful implementation and support of Workday HCM/FM implementations.
• Develop and deliver detailed project plans, budgets, and task management strategies in order to achieve project objectives.
• Develop and maintain standard project documentation including; project plans, agendas, action items lists, deliverables and ensure adherence to company Project Management Standards and Software Development Lifecycle best practices.
• Provide clear and consistent communication to project stakeholders.
• Develop positive, strong working relationships with team members, sponsors, and functional managers.
• Coordinate with the IT Advisory team to formulate innovative solutions to complex problems.
• Work alongside Business Analysts, Developers, Architects, Managers, and Implementation Partners to determine scope, planning estimates resource allocations and ultimate success criteria for Workday HCM/FM implementations.
• Lead project(s) ensuring adherence to the established project methodologies, standards, tools, processes, policies, and procedures.
• Mange a Functional Team of consultants and subject matter experts (SME) dedicated to a specific functional area
• Work with business partners to develop concepts, requirements, design alternatives, work effort estimates, project schedules and costs for implementation
• Identify and propose solutions that meet business requirements based on functional requirements
• Create functional specifications, unit test plans and installation plans for complex designs
• Gap functional requirements to capabilities of the system to propose technology solutions and appropriate workarounds
• Facilitate knowledge transfer between functional and technical teams
• Perform problem analysis, debugging and coding as part of new development
• Validate expected test results for test scenarios in Unit, Quality Assurance and System Integration testing
• Support the end-to-end business process dry-run testing
• Provide production cutover/transition support and production support assistance
• Serve as primary development support for all installed Workday HCM modules
• Support implementations and/or maintenance of Workday HCM/FM systems.

What you bring to the role

• Completed undergraduate degree with outstanding academic credentials
• Post graduate degree and/or a professional designation is a strong asset
• Minimum 5 to 7 years experience as a project manager, functional lead or technical lead leading projects to implement, upgrade and support Workday HCM/FM implementations
• Experience of Workday HCM/FM implementation projects, performing a variety of roles through the full project life-cycle
• Strong functional knowledge of a subset of Workday HCM/FM Applications, including some or all of the following: Human Resource Management, Benefits, Talent Management Recruiting, Payroll Solutions and Time Tracking
• Strong business, analytical skills and systematic problem solving abilities
• Solid understanding of business analysis strategies and methodologies
• Strong understanding of the data flow and functionalities within ERP systems
• Solid understanding of relational database technologies
• Ability to develop and present new ideas and conceptualize new approaches and solutions
• Strong commitment to professional client service excellence
• Excellent interpersonal relations and demonstrated ability to work with others effectively in teams
• Superior verbal and written communication skills (French & English)
• Support business readiness and change management activities prior to go-live
• Canadian travel required, with occasional international travel a possibility.