SAO - Workday Cutover Lead

Under limited supervision analyzes customer business needs and participates in the planning design and implementation of systems. Serves as subject matter expert providing authoritative guidance for professional staff. May also serve in a lead role.

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 crossfunctional 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 subjectmatterexperts 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)

Bachelors 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 / Desired Skills

Skill

Required / Desired

Amount of Experience

Consultant

Experience

Prior experience as a Workday implementation program manager (must have managed multiple Workday components)

Required

5 years of Workday SaaS ERP experience

Required

10 years of prior project management experience

Required

Questions

Question

Consultant Answer

Question1

Absences greater than two weeks MUST be approved by CAI management in advance and contact information must be provided to CAI so that the resource can be reached during his or her absence. The Client has the right to dismiss the resource if he or she does not return to work by the agreed upon date. Do you agree to this requirement

Question2

What is your candidates email address

Question3

If selected for engagement your candidates hourly Pay Rate must be at least $107.51. Do you agree to these requirements

Question5

This assignment is contingent upon customer renewal and availability of adequate funding. Do you agree to this requirement

Question6

If selected for engagement your candidate will be expected to start no later than 2 weeks (10 business days) after the clients selection date Do you agree to this requirement

Key Skills

Administrative Skills,Facilities Management,Biotechnology,Creative Production,Design And Estimation,Architecture

Employment Type : Full Time

Vacancy : 1

Salary : $108