Workday Data Conversion Lead for IC Deployments

Groundswell; Rising Sun (MD); On-site; USD 104,000 - 201,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401K

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

On-site gym

Flexible work schedule

Job summary

Groundswell is hiring a highly skilled Workday Data Conversion Lead to drive end-to-end data conversion for a complex Workday implementation supporting an Intelligence Community customer. The role focuses on data extraction, mapping, cleansing, transformation, validation, and reconciliation across multiple client environments.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years Workday implementation experience, 10+ years in HRIS/ERP data conversions, and the ability to lead cross-team data activities while

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship required per contract.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a government Top Secret security clearance with SCI favorability and CI polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of experience supporting HRIS, HCM, ERP, or enterprise technology implementations, with significant experience in data conversion, migration, or integration.
• 5+ years of Workday implementation experience, including experience leading data conversion activities through multiple implementation phases.
• Experience leading the end-to-end data conversion workstream for at least two large-scale Workday implementations.
• Current Workday HCM Data Loading Services Certification.
• Strong understanding of Workday data conversion tools, methodologies, data loading processes, and implementation lifecycle.
• Demonstrated experience with data profiling, mapping, harmonization, cleansing, transformation, validation, and reconciliation.
• Experience planning and executing multiple data conversion cycles and Workday data loads through testing, deployment, and go-live.
• Experience converting data from multiple legacy systems and managing complex source-to-target data mappings.
• Experience working directly with business and technical data owners to define data requirements, resolve data quality issues, and validate converted data.
• Strong understanding of ETL processes, data quality practices, and data reconciliation techniques.
• Proficiency with SQL, data analysis, and data conversion or transformation tools.
• Experience coordinating data conversion activities with functional configuration, integration, testing, and other implementation workstreams.
• Demonstrated experience leading teams and managing cross-workstream dependencies, risks, issues, and delivery milestones.
• Strong customer-facing, communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience handling sensitive data within secure or regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Data Conversion workstream for a complex Workday implementation, coordinating closely with Configuration, Integration, Testing, Security, and other implementation workstreams.
• Develop and manage the data conversion strategy, plan, schedule, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables in alignment with the overall Workday implementation.
• Coordinate with data owners and stakeholders across multiple client organizations to identify, extract, validate, and prepare source data for conversion.
• Lead data profiling, mapping, harmonization, cleansing, transformation, validation, and reconciliation activities.
• Leverage approved data conversion technologies and tools to prepare legacy data for migration into Workday.
• Coordinate with technology partners to manage platform availability, security requirements, and dependencies that may impact data conversion activities.
• Plan, coordinate, and support multiple Workday data loads and conversion cycles across secure customer environments.
• Partner with Workday Configuration and Integration teams to ensure converted data aligns with configuration decisions, integration requirements, and overall solution design.
• Coordinate data validation and reconciliation with client data owners and Workday functional teams throughout each conversion cycle.
• Identify and manage data conversion risks, issues, and cross-workstream dependencies, escalating broader implementation impacts to the Workday Delivery Lead.
• Ensure sensitive data is handled in accordance with applicable Federal, customer, and program security requirements throughout the conversion lifecycle.
• Maintain required data conversion documentation, mappings, validation results, reconciliation artifacts, and implementation deliverables.
• Lead and coordinate Data Conversion team members and provide regular status on workstream progress, milestones, risks, dependencies, and readiness.

Skills

Workday data conversion

Data profiling

Data mapping

Data cleansing

Data transformation

Data reconciliation

SQL

Leadership

Stakeholder mgmt

Education

Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, information systems, or related field

Tools

Workday

ETL tools

Data loading tools

Job description

Groundswell is hiring a highly skilled Workday Data Conversion Lead to drive end-to-end data conversion for a complex Workday implementation supporting an Intelligence Community customer. The role focuses on data extraction, mapping, cleansing, transformation, validation, and reconciliation across multiple client environments.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years Workday implementation experience, 10+ years in HRIS/ERP data conversions, and the ability to lead cross-team data activities while