Workday Program Manager - Atlanta, GA (Hybrid)

Our government client is looking for an experienced WorkdayProgram Manager on a hybrid 12 months renewable contractopportunityin Atlanta, GA.

Position: WorkdayProgram Manager

Job 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.
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 forall areas (technical (reports, integration, security) and functional (HCM, Payroll, Finance and Procurement) and OCM ( Communications, ChangeMgmt, 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 cutoverexecution 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 managenew organization
Required/Desired Experience:

• 5 Years of 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

About Vector:
Vector Consulting, Inc., (Headquartered in Atlanta) is an IT Talent Acquisition Solutions firm committed to delivering results. Since our founding in 1990, we have been partnering with our customers, understanding their business, and developing solutions with a commitment to quality, reliability, and value. Our continuing growth has been and continues to be built around successful relationships that are based on our organization's operating philosophy and commitment to ** People, Partnerships, Purpose and Performance - THE VECTOR WAY

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