Workday Cutover Lead
Apply NowCompany: InterSources, Inc.
Location: Atlanta, GA 30349
Description:
The Workday Cutover Lead will have a proven track record of implementing cloud SaaS ERP projects for large, complex initiatives. The Cutover Lead will lead a large, cross-functional project team and provide an organizational view of project/program dependencies, stakeholder, and risk impacts. The lead will have effective communication skills, organizational awareness, and ability to manage critical dependencies and impacts. Local candidates strongly preferred. Out of state candidates will be accepted for a 100% remote work schedule.
What You Need for this Position:
Technical Project Management experience
Operations Management
Change Management
Release Management
Project Management Tools
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
Lead and manage the NextGen Workday cutover planning and execution activities.
Collaborate with Program Teams, Technical teams, and implementer resources to build out a detailed project cutover schedule to include tasks for all areas (technical (reports, integration, security) and functional (HCM, Payroll, Finance and Procurement) and OCM ( Communications, Change Mgmt, Training).
Field questions and escalations regarding cutover activities and work with the cutover team to close open items.
Manage cutover tasks, risks, issues, and project timelines to assure progress towards cutover completion
Work with the appropriate system owners, business and technical subject-matter-experts, and workstreams to assure cutover and system remediation processes, deliverables, and milestones are developed and completed.
Provide comprehensive reporting of cutover activities, challenges and risks. In coordination wit project team develop risk mitigation approaches to ensure on time go live
Prepare and deliver metric reporting demonstrating progress against planned activities
Escalate items that would impact go live date
Lead and participate in the cutover planning, cutover plan review, capture of cutover activity timeframes/durations, mock cutover, and cutover execution activities.
Essential Skills:
Prior experience as a Workday implementation program manager (must have managed multiple Workday components)
Bachelor's degree or equivalent
0 years of IT experience
5 years of Workday SaaS ERP experience
10 years of prior project management experience
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Prior experience with state or other public sector clients
Excellent organizational skills and a leader in the change process
Ability to collaborate and drive execution at all levels within a business area
Ability to communicate in written and verbal formats to various situations and audiences
Expertise in documentation, presentation tools, and project management tools
Excellent skills in critical thinking and analysis
Ability to establish strong working relationships across IT, business lines and external stakeholders
Group facilitation skills, negotiation and ability to influence and drive decisions
Possess understanding of cloud infrastructure architecture and able to clearly guide and articulate needs to successfully onboard and manage new organization
Required Skills:
Prior experience as a Workday implementation program manager (must have managed multiple Workday components) - Required
Workday SaaS ERP experience - Required
prior project management experience - Required
About Us:
InterSources Inc, a Certified Diverse Supplier, was founded in 2007 and offers innovative solutions to help clients with Digital Transformations across various domains and industries. Our history spans over 16 years and today we are an Award-Winning Global Software Consultancy solving complex problems with technology. We recognize that our employees and our clients are our strengths as the diverse talents and opportunities they bring to the table enable us to grow as a global platform and they are causally linked with our success. We provide strategic and technical advice, and we have expertise in areas covering Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Migration, Custom Software Development, Data Analytics Infrastructure & Cloud Solutions, Cyber Security Services, etc. We make reasonable accommodations for clients and employees and we do not discriminate based on any protected attribute including race, religion, color, national origin, gender sexual orientation, gender identity, age, or marital status. We also are a Google Cloud partner company. We align strategy with execution and provide secure service solutions by developing and using the latest technologies that thrive our resources to deliver industry-leading capabilities to our clients and customers, making it convenient for our clients to do business with InterSources Inc. Our teams also drive growth by refining technology-driven client experiences that put the users first, providing an unparalleled experience. This results in strengthening the core technologies of clients, enabling them to scale with flexibility, create seamless digital experiences and build lifelong relationships.
What You Need for this Position:
Technical Project Management experience
Operations Management
Change Management
Release Management
Project Management Tools
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
Lead and manage the NextGen Workday cutover planning and execution activities.
Collaborate with Program Teams, Technical teams, and implementer resources to build out a detailed project cutover schedule to include tasks for all areas (technical (reports, integration, security) and functional (HCM, Payroll, Finance and Procurement) and OCM ( Communications, Change Mgmt, Training).
Field questions and escalations regarding cutover activities and work with the cutover team to close open items.
Manage cutover tasks, risks, issues, and project timelines to assure progress towards cutover completion
Work with the appropriate system owners, business and technical subject-matter-experts, and workstreams to assure cutover and system remediation processes, deliverables, and milestones are developed and completed.
Provide comprehensive reporting of cutover activities, challenges and risks. In coordination wit project team develop risk mitigation approaches to ensure on time go live
Prepare and deliver metric reporting demonstrating progress against planned activities
Escalate items that would impact go live date
Lead and participate in the cutover planning, cutover plan review, capture of cutover activity timeframes/durations, mock cutover, and cutover execution activities.
Essential Skills:
Prior experience as a Workday implementation program manager (must have managed multiple Workday components)
Bachelor's degree or equivalent
0 years of IT experience
5 years of Workday SaaS ERP experience
10 years of prior project management experience
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Prior experience with state or other public sector clients
Excellent organizational skills and a leader in the change process
Ability to collaborate and drive execution at all levels within a business area
Ability to communicate in written and verbal formats to various situations and audiences
Expertise in documentation, presentation tools, and project management tools
Excellent skills in critical thinking and analysis
Ability to establish strong working relationships across IT, business lines and external stakeholders
Group facilitation skills, negotiation and ability to influence and drive decisions
Possess understanding of cloud infrastructure architecture and able to clearly guide and articulate needs to successfully onboard and manage new organization
Required Skills:
Prior experience as a Workday implementation program manager (must have managed multiple Workday components) - Required
Workday SaaS ERP experience - Required
prior project management experience - Required
About Us:
InterSources Inc, a Certified Diverse Supplier, was founded in 2007 and offers innovative solutions to help clients with Digital Transformations across various domains and industries. Our history spans over 16 years and today we are an Award-Winning Global Software Consultancy solving complex problems with technology. We recognize that our employees and our clients are our strengths as the diverse talents and opportunities they bring to the table enable us to grow as a global platform and they are causally linked with our success. We provide strategic and technical advice, and we have expertise in areas covering Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Migration, Custom Software Development, Data Analytics Infrastructure & Cloud Solutions, Cyber Security Services, etc. We make reasonable accommodations for clients and employees and we do not discriminate based on any protected attribute including race, religion, color, national origin, gender sexual orientation, gender identity, age, or marital status. We also are a Google Cloud partner company. We align strategy with execution and provide secure service solutions by developing and using the latest technologies that thrive our resources to deliver industry-leading capabilities to our clients and customers, making it convenient for our clients to do business with InterSources Inc. Our teams also drive growth by refining technology-driven client experiences that put the users first, providing an unparalleled experience. This results in strengthening the core technologies of clients, enabling them to scale with flexibility, create seamless digital experiences and build lifelong relationships.