Workday Delivery Lead (Engagement Manager / Project Manager)

Groundswell; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 101,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site gym and childcare option

Comprehensive benefits

4% 401K Match (immediate vesting)

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Groundswell is seeking a seasoned Workday Delivery Lead/Project Manager to drive a complex Intelligence Community modernization program. You will lead day-to-day Workday deployment activities, coordinate requirements, design, configuration, testing, and go‑live readiness while ensuring alignment with the Workday Methodology and approved architecture.

Reporting to the Program Manager, you will manage a cross-functional team, mitigate risks, and engage customer stakeholders to deliver measurable

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise software delivery or Workday leadership.
• Experience leading at least three Workday deployments.
• US citizenship and ability to obtain security clearances.
• Workday HCM Certification.
• PMP or equivalent certification (DAWIA is acceptable).
• Strong customer-facing leadership experience with enterprise or federal clients.
• Experience with DoD/IC software implementations (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day Workday implementation across functional and technical workstreams.
• Maintain IMS-aligned implementation plans and milestones.
• Engage customers, lead design reviews, and relay status to leadership.
• Guide cross-functional teams on design, configuration, testing, and go-live readiness.
• Mentor the Workday delivery team and manage contractors and resources.
• Ensure adherence to Workday methodologies and program governance.
• Coordinate onsite worklocation requirements and travel as needed.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Project management

Workday knowledge

Communication

Tools

Workday

Job description

Who Are We?

Groundswell is a premier technology integrator and solution provider, resolutely committed to solving the most complex challenges facing federal agencies today. Our name, Groundswell, represents our commitment to be an unstoppable, seismic change in government. Ours is a small company culture with big company reach and results. Are you ready to be audacious, be bold and drive change at a rapid pace? Join us, where we'll make a greater impact together.

What You'll do:

Groundswell is seeking a highly skilled and customer-focused Workday Delivery Lead/ Project Manager to lead the successful execution of the Workday implementation for a complex Intelligence Community modernization program. Reporting to the Program Manager, this individual will be accountable for the day-to-day execution of the Workday deployment and for ensuring delivery aligns with the Workday Implementation Methodology, approved solution architecture, customer requirements, and program milestones.

Key Responsibilities:

Workday Implementation Leadership

• Lead day-to-day execution of the Workday implementation across applicable functional and technical workstreams.

• Ensure adherence to the Workday Implementation Methodology, including required phases, activities, checkpoints, deliverables, and readiness criteria.

• Coordinate Workday activities across requirements, design, configuration, integrations, testing, deployment, and post-production transition.

• Establish clear implementation priorities and ensure Workday teams remain aligned with approved scope and program milestones.

• Drive implementation planning, prioritization, backlog refinement, and delivery activities in collaboration with the Business Analyst and Solution Architect.

Workday Delivery Management

• Develop and maintain detailed Workday implementation plans and milestones aligned with the program-level Integrated Master Schedule (IMS).

• Monitor Workday delivery progress and identify implementation-level risks, issues, blockers, and dependencies.

• Develop mitigation plans for Workday delivery risks and elevate program-level schedule, contractual, financial, or external dependency impacts to the Program Manager.

• Provide the Program Manager with accurate, timely status on Workday implementation health, milestones, risks, dependencies, resource needs, and required decisions.

• Coordinate with the Program Manager to ensure changes or risks within the Workday implementation are reflected in overall program planning and governance.

• Support Workday deployment readiness and go-live planning across functional and technical workstreams.

Customer & Workday Stakeholder Engagement

• Serve as the primary customer-facing leader for Workday implementation activities and workstream-level delivery discussions.

• Lead Workday implementation meetings, design and milestone reviews, status discussions, readiness reviews, and issue-resolution sessions.

• Translate customer business objectives and requirements into actionable Workday delivery plans.

• Partner with customer functional and technical stakeholders to resolve Workday implementation issues and drive timely decisions.

• Support the Program Manager in program-level customer reviews and executive briefings by providing Workday implementation status, risks, accomplishments, and upcoming milestones.

Technical & Product Leadership

• Maintain a strong understanding of Workday architecture, capabilities, implementation practices, and product limitations.

• Partner with the Solution Architect to ensure Workday solutions are scalable, secure, supportable, and aligned with approved architecture.

• Review implementation approaches with Workday functional and technical leads to ensure alignment with Workday best practices.

• Facilitate resolution of cross-functional Workday design and implementation issues.

• Ensure configurations, integrations, and implementation decisions remain aligned with approved requirements and strategic solution direction.

Workday Team Leadership

• Lead and mentor the cross-functional team responsible for Workday implementation activities.

• Coordinate the day-to-day activities of Groundswell and subcontractor personnel assigned to Workday delivery workstreams.

• Hold Workday team members accountable for implementation deliverables, quality, schedules, and methodology requirements.

• Manage Workday delivery capacity, resource needs, and workload across implementation workstreams.

• Identify Workday resource or subcontractor performance concerns and coordinate with the Program Manager on program-level or contractual actions as necessary.

• Foster accountability, collaboration, quality, and customer focus across the Workday delivery organization.

Implementation Quality & Operational Excellence

• Track Workday implementation metrics, milestones, deliverables, and readiness indicators.

• Ensure Workday implementation documentation meets established standards and methodology requirements.

• Drive continuous improvement across Workday delivery processes and practices.

• Capture implementation lessons learned, best practices, and reusable delivery frameworks.

Work Location & Travel Requirements

• Must be local to the Washington, DC metropolitan area (or willing to relocate) and willing to work onsite within customer SCIF environments 3-4 days per week.

• Approximately 5% travel within the Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) region is required.

Required Qualifications:

• U.S. Citizenship required per contract requirements.

• Ability to obtain and maintain a government Top Secret security clearance with SCI favorability and Counterintelligence (CI) polygraph, as required by contract.

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise software delivery, technical project management, or Workday implementation leadership.

• Experience leading at least three (3) Workday deployments from planning through go-live.

• Workday HCM Certification required.

• Workday Engagement Manager/Project Manager (EM/PM) Certification required.

• Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent certification, such as DAWIA Level Three in Program Management, required.

• Deep understanding of the Workday Implementation Methodology and demonstrated experience applying it throughout the implementation lifecycle.

• Experience leading cross-functional Workday functional and technical teams.

• Demonstrated experience coordinating Workday requirements, design, configuration, integrations, testing, deployment, and go-live readiness activities.

• Strong customer-facing leadership experience with enterprise and/or Federal clients.

• Strong problem-solving, decision-making, communication, presentation, organization, and time-management skills.

• Experience with public sector software implementations.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working closely with Workday product, engineering, or OEM teams.

• Experience with Risk Management Framework (RMF) and Authority to Operate (ATO) activities.

• Experience with Department of Defense (DoD) and/or Intelligence Community (IC) software implementations.

Skills:

Certification:

Why You'll Never Want to Leave:

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans

• Flexible Spending Account

• 4% 401K Match (immediate vesting)

• Paid Time Off

• Tuition reimbursement, certification programs, and professional development

• Flexible work schedule

• On-site gym and childcare option

The salary range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for any applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Groundswell, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is:

$100,901.00 - $199,815.00

Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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• EO 13496 Notification of Employee Rights under NLRA

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Disability Accessibility Accommodation: If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact us [e-mail] or 703-639-1777.