Workday HRIS Transformation Lead (Remote)

Sand Cherry; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Sand Cherry Associates seeks an experienced Project Manager to lead an HR technology transformation, owning the Workday HRIS implementation and coordinating HR, Payroll, IT and Finance stakeholders across a multi-phase rollout.

This hands-on role requires strong governance, planning, testing, deployment and change management, with remote work primarily in MST and CST; six-plus months and US work authorization required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project management experience.
• HRIS implementations, Workday required.
• Experience with full implementation lifecycle.
• Cross-functional collaboration with HR, Payroll, IT, Finance.
• Excellent communication with technical and executive audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Workday HRIS implementation, including planning, execution, testing, deployment, and post-implementation activities.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, timelines, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables.
• Establish project governance, meeting cadence, status reporting, and escalation processes.
• Partner with HR, Payroll, IT, Finance, and business stakeholders to define requirements, priorities, and project objectives.
• Coordinate activities across internal teams, Workday implementation partners, vendors, and other project stakeholders.
• Manage project scope, schedule, budget, risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies.
• Facilitate project meetings and working sessions, ensuring clear action items, owners, and deadlines.
• Track project progress and provide regular updates to leadership and key stakeholders.
• Identify potential risks and roadblocks and develop mitigation and contingency plans.
• Support business process design and alignment with the capabilities of the Workday platform.
• Coordinate data migration, integrations, configuration, testing, and other implementation workstreams.
• Lead or coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including test planning, execution, issue tracking, and resolution.
• Support organizational readiness, communications, training, and change management activities associated with the new HRIS.
• Ensure appropriate documentation is developed and maintained throughout the project lifecycle.
• Coordinate cutover and go-live readiness activities and support post-go-live stabilization.
• Drive accountability across workstreams to ensure deliverables are completed on time and meet quality expectations.
• Identify opportunities to improve HR processes and maximize the value of the new HRIS environment.

Skills

Project management

HRIS implementations

Workday experience

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional teamwork

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

PM certification (PMP/Prosci/Workday)

Tools

MS Office 365

Microsoft Project

Jira

Job description

Sand Cherry Associates seeks an experienced Project Manager to lead an HR technology transformation, owning the Workday HRIS implementation and coordinating HR, Payroll, IT and Finance stakeholders across a multi-phase rollout.

This hands-on role requires strong governance, planning, testing, deployment and change management, with remote work primarily in MST and CST; six-plus months and US work authorization required.