Workforce Planning Workday Senior Consultant (Bridgewater, NJ)

Cedent; Bridgewater (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is seeking a Senior Consultant specializing in Workday and Workforce Planning in Bridgewater, NJ. Responsibilities include guiding change management practices, collaborating with HR and business leadership, and developing strategic plans for effective change adoption. Qualified candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree and proven experience in project and change management, along with exceptional communication skills.

Qualifications

• Experience leading large-scale organizational workplace planning efforts.
• Proven ability to support Workday management activities in accordance with a defined change process methodology.
• Strong problem-solving, persuasion, and negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

• Guide advancement of change management discipline.
• Develop and facilitate implementation of change management strategy.
• Manage relationships with project teams and stakeholders.
• Establish KPIs and develop metrics to track progress.
• Provide methods and guidance to business leaders for informed decisions.

Skills

Workday

Program Management

Change Management

Project Management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Organizational Change Management, Computer Science or related field

Job description

Workforce Planning Workday Senior Consultant (Bridgewater, NJ)

Primary Skills: Workday, Program Management, Change management, Project Management

Job Description

Should be able to gather requirements, meet C‑level business users, write technical design documents and create new planning applications configured based on requirements.

Will be responsible for advising the company HR and Business leadership team with action items and plans in Workday enhancements.

Workday Adaptive and Workforce Planning required. Will present to HR leadership as well as FP&A team and provide solid recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Guides the advancement of the change management discipline and ensures stakeholders understand and adopt a common methodology and set of standards for change
• Identifies and evaluates the impact of organizational and change initiatives on stakeholder groups
• Develops and facilitates the implementation of a change management strategy
• Develops a set of actionable and targeted change management plans, including a communication plan, sponsor roadmap, coaching plan, training plan, and resistance management plan
• Manages the relationships and interfaces with multiple initiatives by serving as a liaison with project teams, work leads, stakeholders and champions.
• Advises on dependencies, implications and risks and makes recommendations on factors that may impact change adoption and sustainability
• Establishes key performance indicators and develops metrics to track execution, monitor progress against key change management deliverables and measures success of change strategies
• Works to drive faster adoption, improve utilization, and create commitment for change
• Establishes regular meeting and reporting cadence with cross functional business partners to provide timely and accurate updates on key progress results, achievements, issues and risks
• Assesses change impact and identifies and manages anticipated resistance
• Supports project teams in integrating change management activities into project plans
• Provides methods and guidance to business leaders to make informed decisions which facilitate the adoption of supporting change processes
• Collaborates with Human Resource in the formulation of plans and activities to support project implementation

Skills Required

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Organizational Change Management, Computer Science or related field or equivalent work experience.
• Experience leading large-scale organizational Workplace planning efforts
• Proven ability to support Workday management activities in accordance with a defined change process methodology
• Proven project management, problem solving, people persuasion and negotiation skills are imperative
• Ability to communicate across all levels of the organization, present complex ideas concisely and clearly articulate technical ideas to a non-technical audience both verbally and in writing is necessary