Workday Senior Project Manager

This is a remote position with some travel to Denver

Candidates MUST have 1 full Workday Financials implementation (not Adaptive only)

Candidate MUST have both the functional / product knowledge coupled with experience working as a more general Project Manager (on the client side).

This role is going to require a strong 'influencer' - the candidate will need to be able to lead internal teams through influence and engage with executive sponsors (at their leve l).

Looking for someone that evidences the values of curiosity, agility, and creativity.

Seeking an experienced and dedicated Finance Technology & Transformation Project Manager to join our Finance team. Your primary responsibility will be overseeing the successful implementation of an enterprise financial system solution potentially followed by the implementation of the Human Resources module.

In this role, you will serve as a liaison between the functional teams involved in Operations (Finance, Project Delivery, Risk, Legal, etc.

Digital Services (IT), and Human Resources and external vendors (Technology Vendor, Implementation Partner, etc.), ensuring key stakeholders are informed of issues, changes and key milestones.

Job Expectations :

• Manage project scope, objectives, and deliverables, ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive project documentation, including project plans, status reports, and post-project evaluations.

Provide regular updates to senior management on project status and performance metrics.

• Support various activities including data management, document management, meeting management, scheduling and leadership reporting.
• Collaborate with the leaders from Finance, IT, Operations, Change Management, Corporate Communications and external vendors to develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents.
• Coordinate with internal resources and third parties / vendors for flawless project execution.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget.
• Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule, and project costs using appropriate verification techniques.
• Measure project performance using appropriate tools and techniques, promptly reporting and escalating issues as needed.
• Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies to ensure that projects remain on track.
• Direct project team during execution : contribute to project artifacts, consult with Core Team and Steering Committee, and facilitate pre-launch change management, and / or manage projects directly.
• Develop and maintain trusted advisor relationships with Functional Leaders, C-Suite, Business Owners, Functional Process Leaders, and other stakeholders.
• Establish and maintain relationships with third parties / vendors.
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation (meeting agendas and notes, change and issue logs, project schedule, Steering Committee presentations etc.).
• Build deep understanding of business drivers and functional requirements before identifying technical solutions.
• Prepare for requirements gathering by compiling examples (e.g., business use case scenarios, business transactions, reports, and examples of customers / vendor invoices).
• Contribute to converting functional requirements into user stories that will be used to configure and build the system.
• Assist with review and testing of system configuration and builds, including User Acceptance Testing and Pilot coordination.
• Coordinate and manage successful data migration.
• Assist with development and delivery of change management, education and training.
• Monitor preparation and deployment from one tenant / environment to another throughout the system implementation (e.g., Development, Test and Production environment promotion).
• Participate in post go-live system support (e.g., Hypercare Support)
• Provide leadership and mentoring for project team members and key stakeholders across the organization as needed.

Desired Skills and Experience :

• Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Business Administration, Information Technology, Engineering or equivalent experience required.
• 8+ years’ comparable experience as a functional partner or program / project / product manager required.
• Prior experience with at least two full-cycle Workday implementations required. At least 1 Workday Financials project
• Prior experience as Workday HCM project manager or HCM workstream lead
• 3+ years’ experience in IT or Software Development preferred.
• Proven track record of managing complex projects from start to finish required.
• Process understanding in Project Delivery, including project estimation, resource forecasting, workload planning, project controls and reporting, project team collaboration required.
• Process understanding in Risk Management, including project controls and reporting, trend analysis and risk mitigation strategies.
• Hands-on experience with data visualization tools is a plus; developing reporting dashboards is preferred.
• Ability to collaborate with multiple layers of the organization with proven success initiating change and influencing at all levels.
• Solid analytical, problem solving and project management skills.
• Experience and comfort leading projects with ambiguity and changing priorities.
• PMP Certification or Master’s degree-related in a job-related area is a plus.
• Excellent listening and communication skills (oral, written, presentation) with all levels of the organization.
• Strong interpersonal and customer service skills, ability to build trusted relationships.
• Ability to travel up to 20%

Additional Info

At FastTek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet . We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories .

Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra . We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way.

We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashioned hard work for 24 years !

FastTek Global is financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused .

We've differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest . Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company.

We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies.

Benefits

Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefit options you can choose the benefits you need or want, options include :

• Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)
• Vision
• Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
• Long Term Disability (100% paid)
• Life Insurance (100% paid)
• 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match

Plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture.

FastTek Global was named one of the Top Workplaces in Michigan by the Detroit Free Press in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 , 2022 and 2023!

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