About the Role
The Advisory Services Project Manager will simultaneously handle several projects, coordinating the delivery of packaged services to customers of all sizes and industries around the world. Project Managers drive the execution of projects, ensuring success, efficiency and quality via project management practices (e.g., develop project staffing plan, coordinate system access, conducting meetings, etc.) and by handling the customer relationship. Within these projects, Project Managers serve as an advocate for Workday, our employees and our customers in equal measure, to complete projects under budget and on time per the definition of each service.
Responsibilities include :
- Leading projects to deliver Workday Success Plans programs and services.
- Clearly and successfully communicating project objectives and delivery strategies.
- Becoming a specialist in Workday Success Plans offering and educating customers throughout the project.
- Balancing the needs of a large number of concurrent projects.
- Providing guidance and mentoring to consultants working on your projects.
- Ensuring projects are accurately planned and staffed.
- Working with the client project manager to identify and resolve issues that could impact project scope or timeframe.
- Leading customer meetings and Workday internal operational meetings.
- Ensuring customers can serve as a reference upon completion of their project.
- Completing project administration tasks such as updating project forecasts, assisting with team scheduling, and other internal project initiation and closure tasks.
For Project Managers, each quarter you are expected to spend at least 50% of your time in a Workday office, with the flexibility to spend half your time working from home.
About You
Basic Qualifications :
3+ years of project management experience with HCM, Payroll, or Financial implementations within medium and small enterpriseProven track record implementing Workday Oracle, SAP, PeopleSoft or similar applicationsOther Qualifications :
Passion for customer serviceExcellent organization, time management, verbal and written communication skillsSolid understanding of at least one of the following business areas : Human Resources, Benefits, Payroll, General Ledger, Accounts Payable / Receivable, Services ProcurementCapable of influencing, interacting and collaborating with senior executives, internally and externallyAbility to work on multiple engagements simultaneouslyAbility to travel up to 10%