Director, Workday Strategy & Delivery

Who You'll Work With

As a modern technology company, our Slalom Technologists are disrupting the market and bringing to life the art of the possible for our clients.

We have passion for building strategies, solutions, and creative products to help our clients solve their most complex and interesting business problems.

We surround our technologists with interesting challenges, innovative minds, and emerging technologies.

Slalom Workday Consultants work in partnership with our clients to ensure maximum value from their Workday investment. Workday consultants serve as subject matter experts in a variety of strategic and high-impact projects, guiding clients from strategic planning to implementation and sustainment.

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced consulting leader to join our growing global Workday capability, taking it to new heights in the ever-evolving technology landscape.

As a leader for our Workday capability, you will play a pivotal role in driving growth, excellence, and innovation within our Workday practice.

You will be responsible for leading a team of Workday consultants ensuring that we deliver world-class solutions to our clients.

If you are a passionate leader with a deep understanding of Workday and a track record of delivering exceptional solutions, we invite you to join our team and drive the success of this growing capability within Slalom.

What You'll Do

• Bring deep expertise leading the development and maintenance of standard and cohesive tools, methodology and processes to plan, monitor, track and report on Workday projects and programs across all Workday capabilities including : HCM, Payroll, Financials, Adaptive and more
• Help shape a Workday PMO Center of Expertise and act as a champion for Workday PM leading practices across all functions throughout the deployment lifecycle
• Bring thought leadership to the Workday PM Methodology, setting people centered standards and leading development of new PM assets for the practice
• Work with clients to understand and align strategic vision and goals related to their Workday implementation and support project scope, timeline, resource and deliverables definition
• Design project and program governance structures ranging from pre-implementation strategy to deployment, and optimization
• Understand and apply Workday Implementation methodology for Your Way and / or Launch, define unique differentiators for Slalom and build continuous improvement methods for internal Workday PM practices
• Lead and mentor a dedicated team of Workday Project Management professionals through hands on training, coaching and team enablement
• Support Workday Team in delivery and escalations
• Regular collaboration with Workday capability leaders for business planning and development
• Lead and support business development initiatives related to Workday Project / Program Management such as solutioning, proposal development, orals presentations, SOW development, etc.
• Collaborate across Slalom practices and offices to deliver holistic and coordinated solutions
• Act as a client advocate and trusted adviser
• Demonstrate strong client facing and stakeholder management experience

Qualifications :

• Workday PM Certification
• 8+ years of Workday Implementation Methodology experience
• 8+ years of Consulting experience in a lead level role
• 5+ years of experience leading and managing teams
• Ability to travel up to 40% as needed and work with remote teams
• Proven ability to influence a wide variety of audiences - technical and business clients, HCM, Payroll and Finance functions, and all levels of employees
• Proven ability to see around corners thinking about both the big picture and individual needs
• Excellent written and oral communications skills

Preferred Qualifications :

• Experience with PMO activities related to all Workday functional areas
• Competency in the HCM, Payroll or Finance functions
• Experience with Workday Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures projects
• Cross-industry experience in Workday projects

About Us

Slalom is a purpose-led, global business and technology consulting company. From strategy to implementation, our approach is fiercely human.

In six countries and 43 markets, we deeply understand our customers-and their customers-to deliver practical, end-to-end solutions that drive meaningful impact.

Backed by close partnerships with over 400 leading technology providers, our 13,000+ strong team helps people and organizations dream bigger, move faster, and build better tomorrows for all.

We're honored to be consistently recognized as a great place to work, including being one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For seven years running. Learn more at slalom.com.

Compensation and Benefits

Slalom prides itself on helping team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in benefits that include meaningful time off and paid holidays, parental leave, 401(k) with a match, a range of choices for highly subsidized health, dental, & vision coverage, adoption and fertility assistance, and short / long-term disability.

We also offer yearly $350 reimbursement account for any well-being-related expenses, as well as discounted home, auto, and pet insurance.

Slalom is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For this position, the base salary pay range for a Director is $161,000-$307,000.

In addition, individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. Actual compensation will depend upon an individual's skills, experience, qualifications, location, and other relevant factors.

The salary pay range is subject to change and may be modified at any time. .

EEO and Accommodations

Slalom is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to inclusion, diversity, and equity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veterans' status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Slalom will also consider qualified applications with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Slalom welcomes and encourages applications from individuals with disabilities.

Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates during all aspects of the selection process. Please advise the talent acquisition team if you require accommodations during the interview process.

We will accept applications until December 1, 2024