Workday Program Manager - Higher Education

Attain Partners is seeking a highly experienced program manager to lead a Workday ERP implementation project. The program manager will be responsible for working with client leadership and overseeing the project implementation team and managing all issues, risks, tasks, and key decision-making activities. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in managing large-scale implementations for a multi-institution higher education system.

Responsibilities include:

• Establish a trusted advisory relationship with client contacts through effective communication and efficient, quality execution of projects
• Understand the scope and details of overall full project plan; ensure sufficient time has been allocated in the project schedule to achieve project goals; identify and communicate the need for resources for tasks or assigned areas of responsibility
• Lead meetings and provide agenda items in advance of the discussions
• Monitor progress of tasks and budget against plan, working with the implementation team and client to identify and resolve all issues that could impact project scope, timeframes, and/or cost
• Manage all stages of the implementation for the client, from requirements definition gathering to project planning and implementation
• Provide an updated cost impact by fiscal year, as well as by each individual institution
• Create an inventory of the project integration work that must be completed at each university; develop related reporting functionality and project schedule/resourcing reporting
• Develop a project charter that articulates objectives, scope, and guiding principles for the implementation and is vetted with Executive Committee for final approval and adoption
• Provide the Executive Committee with ample notice and information for decision making items (i.e., providing options with written descriptions of each) and formally recording all decisions made
• Determine how sensitive data, including personal identifiable information (PII), will be secured throughout the project and after implementation
• Lead and collaborate in the development of key project deliverables; manage and provide subject matter expertise and insight into data conversion strategies, cutover plans, integrations plan, go/no-go decisions, etc.
• Evaluate alternative go-live dates and implications
• Ensure that the Workday implementation team, project manager, and appropriate system/consortium members leverage standardized business processes across institutions
• Clarify whether the Workday implementation is to allow future adoption of shared services, if desired, and assess the implications
• Develop and distribute concise, weekly project updates to Executive Committee members; share summary updates with all stakeholders

Skills, Experience and Qualifications

• Ability to travel, as needed
• Executive presence to support board-level meetings
• Effective written and verbal communications a must, with presentation experience
• 20+ years of program managing large scale ERP implementations
• Working knowledge with at least one of the following business areas and / or experience with at least two functional areas: General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Purchasing, Payables, Fund Accounting, Cash/Treasury or Financial Reporting
• Capable of delivering executive level presentations
• Ability to recognize personal skills, abilities, limitations, and strengths, taking appropriate action to pursue developmental activities to strengthen skills and experience
• Demonstrates ability to stay current in certifications, training and industry trends and practices
• Embraces entrepreneurial spirit in work through recognizing and capitalizing on opportunities to improve the organization
• Demonstrate high quality analytical and problem-solving skills within time and organizational boundaries.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a project team
• Significant experience with project managing Workday Financials, HCM, and Student implementations

Education and Certifications

• Requires a bachelor’s degree; master’s degree preferred
• Project Management Certification (PMP, Six Sigma) preferred, but not required

About Us:

Attain Partners is a place for great ideas and the people who have them. As a management, technology, and strategy consulting firm, our professionals provide innovative solutions to revolutionize government, education, health, and nonprofit organizations and positively impact those they serve. We are business analysts, technologists, digital strategists, managers of change, and forward thinkers, with the entrepreneurial drive to shape the future. Our team is present in 25 states and the District of Columbia.

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