Remote Workday Strategy & Transformation Lead

Attain Partners; United States; Remote; USD 190,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

HSA/FSA

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k)

Paid holidays

Unlimited PTO

Job summary

Attain Partners is seeking a strategic Workday consultant to lead ERP and IT transformation engagements across education, nonprofit, healthcare, and government sectors in the United States. This role focuses on shaping vision and guiding the journey, leveraging Workday expertise with broad business insight.

You will oversee Workday technical teams, collaborate with HCM/Finance leaders, and contribute to roadmap and governance, while traveling as needed to engage with clients.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on experience in multiple Workday technical domains such as integrations, reporting, security, and tenant management, as a Workday customer or systems implementor.
• 5+ leading Workday technical workstreams over multiple areas such as integrations, reporting, security, and system administration, as a Workday customer, system implementor, or contractor.
• Experience defining and managing execution of agile release management processes including backlog management, roadmap definition, prioritization, sprint planning and change control.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Workday Finance and HCM functional solution, current Workday technical capabilities and Workday ecosystem.
• Workday customer or implementor certification in one or more technical capabilities such as Studio, Orchestrate, Extend, Reporting, or Security.
• Strong analytical and communication skills with the ability to synthesize complex information into clear recommendations.
• Ability to lead client engagements independently and collaboratively.

Responsibilities

• Create end-to-end post-production lifecycle for client Workday solution, including incident and system request management in ServiceNow, and release guidance for biannual Workday releases and routine enhancements.
• Provide day-to-day oversight of Workday technical teams for Extend, Security, Reporting and Integrations, with focus on consistent and effective operations, and optimal capacity and capability.
• Serve as a liaison with HCM, Finance and Payroll production managers and business leaders, balancing stability of the Workday solution with continuous improvement business processes.
• Provide recommended improvements to the client’s ServiceNow platform to better facilitate enhancement prioritization, issue resolution, release planning, and system administration.
• Provide leading practice guidance on design and implementation of Workday integrations and reports.
• Collaborate with HCM, Finance and Payroll Product Managers to define and manage Workday product roadmap aligned to client enterprise business transformation objectives, prioritizing high-impact features and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with HCM, Finance and Payroll teams to deliver enhancements and fixes using consistent, rigorous documentation and process standards.
• Provide oversight into the client’s Workday security model, promoting compliance with internal controls and audit requirements.
• Provide oversight to the client’s Workday tenant management approach, including communication to impacted stakeholders.
• Help the client implement proactive monitoring and issue recovery processes for areas such as Workday platform performance, integration health and data integrity.
• Supervise and mentor Attain Partners employees.
• Support proposal writing and business development efforts on existing and prospective clients.
• Support internal methodology development to create and maintain repeatable approaches, assets, and templates for client engagements.
• Develop thought leadership based on career experience, active client work, and engagement with the Workday ecosystem.

Skills

Workday domains

Workday certifications

Agile release management

Workday Finance

Analytical communication

Leadership in client engagements

Job description

Attain Partners is seeking a strategic Workday consultant to lead ERP and IT transformation engagements across education, nonprofit, healthcare, and government sectors in the United States. This role focuses on shaping vision and guiding the journey, leveraging Workday expertise with broad business insight.

You will oversee Workday technical teams, collaborate with HCM/Finance leaders, and contribute to roadmap and governance, while traveling as needed to engage with clients.