People Consulting-HRT WorkDay-Senior Manager

Mployee.me; Dadri; Hybrid; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

EY in India seeks a Workday Senior Manager to lead complex global HR transformation programs, shaping Workday strategies and roadmaps across HR and finance functions.

You will drive client relationships, grow the Workday practice, and build high-performing delivery teams while ensuring value realization and quality across engagements.

Qualifications

• 12+ years overall professional experience.
• 7+ years Workday HCM consulting, implementation, or transformation experience.
• Experience leading multiple full lifecycle Workday implementations or major Workday transformation programs.
• Functional depth across multiple Workday HCM modules, with strong depth in at least two areas.
• Experience leading global or multi-country Workday programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Workday techno-functional transformation programs across strategy, design, implementation, deployment, stabilization, and optimization.
• Define the overall Workday solution architecture and ensure alignment across functional modules, integrations, data, security, reporting, testing, and change management.
• Advise senior HR, IT, Finance, Payroll, and business stakeholders on Workday strategy, technology roadmaps, operating models, governance, and value realization.
• Oversee complex business process, security, reporting, integration, and data-conversion designs across multiple modules, countries, and business units.
• Lead design-authority forums, review critical solution decisions, and ensure solutions are scalable, secure, standardized, and supportable.
• Provide strategic oversight for EIBs, Core Connectors, APIs, Workday Studio integrations, data migration, and third-party system interfaces.
• Direct program governance, delivery plans, budgets, resources, risks, dependencies, quality controls, and executive reporting.
• Oversee testing, deployment readiness, production transition, release management, post-go-live support, and continuous improvement.
• Build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders and lead the resolution of complex functional, technical, and delivery issues.
• Lead strategic pursuits, proposals, solutioning, commercial estimations, account growth, team development, and Workday practice-building initiatives.

Skills

Workday HCM

Program leadership

Global delivery

Stakeholder management

HR transformation

Tools

Workday Studio

EIBs / Core Connectors

Job description

Job Summary

As a Workday Senior Manager, you will lead complex, global Workday and HR transformation programs that help organizations improve their HR operating models, employee experiences, technology capabilities, and workforce outcomes.

You will work with senior HR, IT, Finance, Payroll, and business executives to define HR technology strategies, establish transformation roadmaps, and deliver scalable Workday solutions. You will be accountable for engagement leadership, solution integrity, delivery quality, financial performance, stakeholder management, risk management, and value realization.

You will also play a central role in growing EY's Workday practice by developing client relationships, leading strategic pursuits, shaping new offerings, strengthening delivery capabilities, and building high-performing teams.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Workday techno-functional transformation programs across strategy, design, implementation, deployment, stabilization, and optimization.
• Define the overall Workday solution architecture and ensure alignment across functional modules, integrations, data, security, reporting, testing, and change management.
• Advise senior HR, IT, Finance, Payroll, and business stakeholders on Workday strategy, technology roadmaps, operating models, governance, and value realization.
• Oversee complex business process, security, reporting, integration, and data-conversion designs across multiple modules, countries, and business units.
• Lead design-authority forums, review critical solution decisions, and ensure solutions are scalable, secure, standardized, and supportable.
• Provide strategic oversight for EIBs, Core Connectors, APIs, Workday Studio integrations, data migration, and third-party system interfaces.
• Direct program governance, delivery plans, budgets, resources, risks, dependencies, quality controls, and executive reporting.
• Oversee testing, deployment readiness, production transition, release management, post-go-live support, and continuous improvement.
• Build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders and lead the resolution of complex functional, technical, and delivery issues.
• Lead strategic pursuits, proposals, solutioning, commercial estimations, account growth, team development, and Workday practice-building initiatives.

Skills and attributes for success

• Extensive experience leading Workday-enabled HR transformation and technology programs.
• Strong understanding of Workday HCM functionality, solution architecture, and cross-functional dependencies.
• Broad knowledge of HR processes across the Hire-to-Retire lifecycle.
• Strong experience in HR process transformation, global operating models, shared services, and digital employee experience.
• Ability to advise senior executives and influence complex organizational decisions.
• Experience directing global and cross-functional delivery teams.
• Strong engagement, commercial, financial, and risk-management capabilities.
• Ability to connect HR strategy, business requirements, operating models, data, and technology.
• Strong understanding of Workday integrations, data migration, security, reporting, testing, deployment, and production-support models.
• Excellent executive communication, facilitation, negotiation, and presentation skills.
• Ability to manage ambiguity, competing priorities, and complex stakeholder environments.
• Strong business-development, proposal-development, and solution-shaping skills.
• Commitment to quality, collaboration, inclusion, integrity, and exceptional client service.

Experience

• 12 to 16 years of overall professional experience.
• 7 or more years of Workday HCM consulting, implementation, or transformation experience.
• Experience leading multiple full lifecycle Workday implementations or major Workday transformation programs.
• Functional expertise across multiple Workday HCM modules, with strong depth in at least two or three areas.
• Experience leading global or multi-country Workday programs.
• Experience managing large functional teams and coordinating with multiple technical and business workstreams.
• Experience working with senior HR, IT, Finance, Payroll, and business executives.

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