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["Workday Cutover Lead","Workday Cutover Lead"]

Echo IT Solutions

  • Atlanta
  • 5 days ago

    Highlights

    Collaborate with Program Teams, Technical teams, and implementer resources to build out a detailed project cutover schedule to include tasks for ll areas (technical (reports, integration, security) and functional (HCM, Payroll, Finance and Procurement) and OCM ( Communications, Change Mgmt, Training). 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.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationAtlanta

    Description

    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 for ll 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 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 cutover execution activities
    Essential Skills
    • Prior experience as a Workday implementation program manager (must have managed multiple Workday components)
    • Bachelor's 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

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