Workday Deployment Lead

AllSTEM Connections; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

AllSTEM Connections is seeking a Deployment Lead in Columbus to drive Workday deployment activities for Time and Attendance projects and related IT teams. You will plan, coordinate, and oversee software release into live environments, ensuring alignment with business units and stakeholders.

The role requires strong collaboration with schedulers, field support, and service desk, plus the ability to read readiness data and manage blockers through Nexthink dashboards and trackers.

Qualifications

• Deployment experience with Workday modules
• Ability to plan, coordinate, and oversee live releases
• Experience collaborating with IT and project teams

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.

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.