Senior Workday Transformation Lead

Capgemini; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 82,000 - 234,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Health, dental, vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Life and disability insurance

Employee assistance programs

Other benefits per policy

Job summary

Capgemini seeks an experienced Workday Project Manager to lead end-to-end Workday transformations across HCM, Finance, Payroll, and more. You will manage scope, budgets, timelines, and cross-functional teams to deliver enterprise-scale programs, partnering with client executives and delivery teams to realize business value.

The role emphasizes governance, risk management, and delivery excellence, with exposure to AI and analytics capabilities to optimize solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• 8+ years of project management experience leading enterprise software or cloud transformation programs.
• 5+ years of experience managing Workday implementation, deployment, enhancement, or AMS engagements.
• Demonstrated success delivering large-scale Workday HCM, Payroll, Finance, or multi-module transformation programs.
• Strong understanding of Workday architecture, implementation methodology, tenant strategy, and deployment lifecycle.
• Experience managing projects involving Workday HCM, Core HCM, Compensation, Recruiting, Talent, Benefits, Learning, Payroll, Time Tracking, Absence, Finance, Prism Analytics, Reporting, Integrations, and Security.
• Experience managing global or multi-country Workday deployments.
• PMP/ PMI-ACP, Scrum Master, SAFe, or equivalent certification preferred.
• Active or previous Workday HCM, Finance, Payroll, Integrations, Reporting, or Security certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Workday implementation, enhancement, optimization, migration, and AMS engagements.
• Manage project scope, budget, resource planning, timelines, risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies, and change control processes.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for client stakeholders, executive sponsors, and delivery teams throughout the engagement lifecycle.
• Develop and manage project plans, work breakdown structures, staffing models, milestones, status reporting, and governance frameworks.
• Coordinate cross-functional Workday teams including HCM, Payroll, Benefits, Talent, Recruiting, Learning, Compensation, Finance, Integrations, Reporting, Security, and Data Conversion workstreams.
• Facilitate discovery sessions, design workshops, solution reviews, UAT, and deployment readiness assessments.
• Drive alignment between business requirements, Workday leading practices, and transformation objectives.
• Lead project governance meetings, steering committee reviews, and executive status updates.
• Monitor project health through KPIs, delivery metrics, RAID logs, quality reviews, and financial reporting.
• Manage client expectations, resolve escalations, and identify risks and mitigation strategies.
• Ensure compliance with Workday release management, testing, and governance standards.
• Collaborate with integration, reporting, security, change management, and training teams for adoption.
• Support change management and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Drive continuous improvement and process optimization.
• Mentor team members and promote delivery excellence.
• Leverage AI, Generative AI, automation, and analytics to enhance delivery.

Skills

Project management

Workday experience

Stakeholder management

Strategic planning

Leadership

Agile/PMI methods

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/Business/IS/CS/Finance

Job description

Capgemini seeks an experienced Workday Project Manager to lead end-to-end Workday transformations across HCM, Finance, Payroll, and more. You will manage scope, budgets, timelines, and cross-functional teams to deliver enterprise-scale programs, partnering with client executives and delivery teams to realize business value.

The role emphasizes governance, risk management, and delivery excellence, with exposure to AI and analytics capabilities to optimize solutions.