Workday Test Manager

The Groove; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Job summary

The Groove is seeking an experienced Test Manager to lead client-side testing for Workday implementations. You will coordinate across business stakeholders, functional and technical teams, and partners to validate requirements before deployment.

Ideal candidates bring strong Workday implementation experience, exceptional organization and communication skills, and a proven track record in testing strategy, defect management, and go-live readiness across multi-workstream projects.

Qualifications

• Experience leading testing for Workday implementations.
• Able to translate business requirements into test scenarios and scripts.
• Proven ability to manage defects and drive remediation across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage client-side testing strategy, plan, schedule, and deliverables for Workday implementations.
• Coordinate client participation in SIT, UAT, regression, and end-to-end testing across workstreams.
• Partner with business process owners to review and validate test scenarios and scripts.
• Ensure test scenarios reflect business processes, integrations, and expected outcomes.
• Manage defect tracking, escalation, and resolution with project teams.
• Facilitate testing status meetings and readiness reviews.
• Support go-live readiness and post-production stabilization.

Skills

Workday testing

SIT/UAT

Defect management

Test planning

Stakeholder coordination

ERP testing

HCM/Finance domain

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT or related field

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Job description

Workday Test Manager### Workday Test ManagerApply: Remote: Full time: Posted 2 Days Ago: JR100201**Job Description:**The Groove is seeking an experienced Test Manager to support clients through Workday implementations. This individual will serve as a key member of the client-side project team, responsible for leading testing activities, coordinating business stakeholders, and ensuring business requirements are thoroughly validated prior to deployment. The Test Manager will work closely with client leadership, business process owners, functional and technical teams, and implementation partners to develop and execute a comprehensive testing strategy. This role requires strong Workday implementation experience, excellent organizational and communication skills, and the ability to drive accountability across multiple workstreams. ## Key Responsibilities* Develop and manage the overall client-side testing strategy, plan, schedule, and deliverables for Workday implementations.* Coordinate client participation in system integration testing (SIT), user acceptance testing (UAT), regression testing, and end-to-end business process testing.* Partner with business process owners and subject matter experts to develop, review, and validate test scenarios and scripts.* Ensure test scenarios accurately reflect business processes, requirements, integrations, and expected outcomes.* Coordinate testing resources, assignments, timelines, and execution across functional and technical workstreams.* Collaborate with implementation partners to align testing activities with overall project milestones and deliverables.* Manage defect tracking, prioritization, escalation, and resolution in partnership with project teams.* Facilitate testing status meetings, defect triage sessions, and readiness reviews.* Monitor testing progress, completion rates, defect trends, and overall testing readiness.* Communicate testing status, risks, issues, and dependencies to project leadership and key stakeholders.* Validate that critical business processes, integrations, security requirements, reporting, and data scenarios have been appropriately tested.* Coordinate UAT sign-off with business process owners and project leadership.* Support go-live readiness assessments, cutover activities, and post-production stabilization.* Identify opportunities to improve testing processes, documentation, and overall project execution. ## Required Qualifications* Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.* 5+ years of experience in enterprise technology implementations, software testing, or quality assurance.* 3+ years of experience managing testing activities for large-scale ERP or HCM implementations.* Experience supporting Workday implementations, including testing coordination and execution.* Strong understanding of SIT, UAT, regression testing, end-to-end testing, and defect management.* Experience developing and managing test plans, test scenarios, scripts, defect logs, and testing status reports.* Demonstrated ability to coordinate cross-functional business stakeholders, technical teams, and implementation partners.* Strong project management, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.* Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively engage stakeholders at all levels.* Ability to manage competing priorities, identify risks, and drive accountability in a fast-paced consulting environment. ## Preferred Qualifications* Prior experience serving as a client-side Test Manager for Workday implementations.* Experience with Workday HCM, Financial Management, Payroll, or related functional areas.* Understanding of Workday business processes, integrations, security, reporting, and data conversion.* Experience working directly with system integrators and third-party implementation partners.* Familiarity with testing and defect management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms.* Experience supporting large-scale business transformation initiatives or enterprise system deployments. ## **EEO Policy:****The Groove is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, ancestry, genetics, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran or marital status.*****Ready to embark on an exhilarating journey of innovation and collaboration? Apply now and be part of our exciting team at The Groove!***### About The GrooveHere at The Groove we leverage our past successful experience in the Enterprise SaaS space with industry insights, critical thinking, and next-generation technologies to propel organizations toward success. We offer a unique approach to problem-solving, merging our rich legacy of successfully guiding over 1,500 clients on their digital transformation journeys with the agility and innovation of a firm born in the AI era.