Workday ERP Transformation Lead — Higher Education

Resource 1, Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Resource 1, Inc. seeks a Senior Program Manager to lead a Workday implementation and enterprise transformation for a higher education client in Chicago.

The program is in configuration and targets a July 2027 go-live, followed by hypercare, stabilization, and ongoing support through the end of 2027. The ideal candidate will oversee multiple workstreams, manage risks and dependencies, and partner with vendors, partners, and business leaders to drive planning, testing, training, and cutover with

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience leading complex technology programs or enterprise transformations.
• Significant experience managing ERP implementations or major enterprise application transformations.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams and complex dependencies.
• Strong stakeholder-management, communication, facilitation, and organizational skills.
• Proven ability to work effectively with business leaders, technical teams, vendors, and implementation partners.
• Strong understanding of enterprise application implementations and the relationship between functional, technical, integration, testing, and change-management activities.

Responsibilities

• Assume leadership of an active Workday implementation and quickly establish an understanding of program status, priorities, risks, dependencies, and timelines.
• Coordinate multiple functional and technical workstreams across the implementation.
• Drive the program toward the planned July 2027 go-live and subsequent hypercare and stabilization activities.
• Manage cross-functional dependencies involving Workday configuration, integrations, testing, training, change management, and operational readiness.
• Work closely with business stakeholders, technical teams, implementation partners, and vendors to ensure timely execution.
• Monitor program milestones, deliverables, risks, issues, dependencies, and resource requirements.
• Facilitate program meetings, working sessions, status reviews, and executive-level discussions.
• Identify potential issues and dependencies and drive resolution and escalation.
• Support end-to-end testing, training, cutover, deployment, go-live, and post-production stabilization.
• Partner with change-management teams to ensure appropriate organizational readiness and adoption.
• Maintain program documentation, reporting, action items, and decision tracking.
• Provide leadership with clear visibility into program health, risks, decisions, and areas requiring attention.
• Help transition implementation activities and knowledge from external partners to internal teams as the program progresses.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communication

Organizational skills

Project/Program management

ERP implementations

Workday experience

Vendor management

Education

PMP / PgMP / equivalent certification

Tools

Workday

Job description

Resource 1, Inc. seeks a Senior Program Manager to lead a Workday implementation and enterprise transformation for a higher education client in Chicago.

The program is in configuration and targets a July 2027 go-live, followed by hypercare, stabilization, and ongoing support through the end of 2027. The ideal candidate will oversee multiple workstreams, manage risks and dependencies, and partner with vendors, partners, and business leaders to drive planning, testing, training, and cutover with