Workday Implementation Lead / SME (Public Sector, Contract)

Alphahire; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

AlphaGov seeks an experienced Workday Implementation Lead / SME to drive HCM, Financials, and Payroll implementations for city, county, and state projects. You will manage workstreams, coordinate stakeholders, and oversee data migration from legacy systems.

Ideal candidates bring hands-on Workday deployment experience, strong project leadership, and the ability to support proposals with past-performance narratives. Remote-first with travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Workday implementation experience on at least one full lifecycle deployment.
• Deep functional expertise in Workday HCM, Financials, Procurement, or Payroll.
• Experience with Workday integrations (EIB, Studio, Core Connectors) and data conversion from legacy systems.
• Experience with testing, cutover, organizational change management, and end-user training.

Responsibilities

• Lead or support Workday implementation workstreams (HCM, Financials, Procurement, Payroll) from plan to post-production stabilization.
• Serve as Workday PM or functional lead, coordinating agency stakeholders and IT/finance teams.
• Design and oversee integrations and data migration from legacy systems.
• Plan and deliver organizational change management and user training for go-live readiness.
• Contribute qualifications and staffing approach to AlphaGov proposals when permitted.

Skills

Workday PM

Project management

Functional lead

Stakeholder coordination

Tools

EIB

Workday Studio

Core Connectors

Job description

AlphaGov (Casa Moon LLC d/b/a AlphaGov) delivers public-sector consulting for cities, counties, school systems, special districts, utilities, and related agencies. Our work spans classification and compensation, organizational and operational studies, research and program evaluation, economic and workforce analysis, surveys and community research, and applied data and infrastructure research.

We engage experienced practitioners as project-based collaborators. Engagements are remote-first with occasional client travel. When you authorize it, AlphaGov may name you as an expert collaborator or key personnel on proposals that match your expertise. We build ready teams for live pursuits — not speculative staffing banks.

This opportunity is contingent upon contract award and final staffing approval. Permission will be requested before including a candidate's name or resume in a proposal.

AlphaGov is seeking an experienced Workday Implementation Lead / SME to support city, county, and state Workday ERP pursuits, whether AlphaGov is subcontracting under a Workday system integrator or teaming with partners. You would bring hands-on Workday HCM, Financials, Procurement, Payroll, and Integrations delivery experience to proposals and, upon award, to implementation workstreams.

What you'll do:

• Lead or support Workday implementation workstreams (HCM, Financials, Procurement, Payroll) from plan and architect through configure, test, deploy, and post-production stabilization
• Serve as Workday PM or functional lead, coordinating agency stakeholders, the prime Workday system integrator, and IT and finance teams
• Design and oversee integrations (EIB, Workday Studio, Core Connectors) and data migration from PeopleSoft and other legacy systems
• Plan and deliver organizational change management, end-user training, and go-live readiness
• Contribute Workday qualifications, staffing approach, and past-performance narrative to AlphaGov proposals when permissioned

Requirements

• Hands-on Workday implementation experience as a project manager, functional lead, or senior consultant on at least one full lifecycle deployment
• Deep functional expertise in one or more of Workday HCM, Financials, Procurement, or Payroll
• Experience with Workday integrations (EIB, Studio, Core Connectors) and data conversion from PeopleSoft or other legacy systems
• Experience with testing, cutover, organizational change management, and end-user training
• Comfortable as a 1099 / project-based collaborator with travel as needed for client on-sites

Nice to have:

• Public-sector Workday implementations for cities, counties, states, or higher education
• Prior work at a Workday partner or system integrator (e.g., Deloitte, Accenture, Collaborative Solutions/Cognizant, Alight, Huron, Sierra-Cedar, Kainos)
• Current or prior Workday certifications (HCM, Financials, Payroll, Integrations, or related)