Deployment Lead

Encore Talent Solutions; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Encore Talent Solutions seeks an experienced Deployment Lead to coordinate Workday deployments and related IT releases. You will plan, sequence, and oversee live environment transitions, ensuring readiness and minimal disruption.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to track progress, maintain dashboards, and report KPIs, while guiding deployment operations and communications across stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience deploying Workday modules in a live production environment.
• Ability to design deployment waves and rollout sequencing.
• Proven track record coordinating cross-functional teams during releases.

Responsibilities

• Develop deployment strategy and rollout sequencing.
• Lead daily deployment operations across multiple teams.
• Validate readiness using dashboards and internal trackers.
• Track progress and elevate blockers to PM.
• Coordinate with business units to minimize disruption.

Skills

Workday deployment

Release management

Deployment coordination

Project team liaison

Tools

Nexthink dashboards

Deployment tracker

Job description

The Deployment Lead will have previous deployment experience with Workday modules in order to work with the Workday Time and Attendance project team and other IT teams to plan, coordinates, and oversees the release of software, systems, or hardware into a live environment.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Develop deployment strategy, wave definitions, and rollout sequencing.
• Analyze readiness data to design deployment waves (location, business unit, technician availability, device readiness).
• Define deployment operating model, including communication touchpoints and support alignment.
• Lead daily deployment operations across teams (Schedulers, Field Support, Service Desk).
• Validate location and device readiness using Nexthink dashboards and internal trackers.
• Track deployment progress and elevate blockers.
• Maintain the master deployment tracker and adjust plans based on readiness or resource availability.
• Run daily deployment standups and provide updates to the PM.
• Coordinate with business units to minimize operational disruption.
• Support documentation of deployment KPIs, dashboards, and reporting.