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Associate Project Manager - Opportunity OnRamps Programme (Career Returners and Career Transitioners)

77% Flex
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Offer summary

Qualifications:

1+ years of project management experience in HCM, Payroll, or Financial implementations, Fluent in English, excellent organizational and communication skills.

Key responsabilities:

  • Empower and drive customer implementations for success
  • Set up project planning, governance, and key deliverables while managing cross functional teams
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Workday Computer Software / SaaS Large https://www.workday.com/
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Job description

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Your missions

Your work days are brighter here.

At Workday, it all began with a conversation over breakfast. When our founders met at a sunny California diner, they came up with an idea to revolutionize the enterprise software market. And when we began to rise, one thing that really set us apart was our culture. A culture which was driven by our value of putting our people first. And ever since, the happiness, development, and contribution of every Workmate is central to who we are. Our Workmates believe a healthy employee-centric, collaborative culture is the essential mix of ingredients for success in business. That’s why we look after our people, communities and the planet while still being profitable. Feel encouraged to shine, however that manifests: you don’t need to hide who you are. You can feel the energy and the passion, it's what makes us unique. Inspired to make a brighter work day for all and transform with us to the next stage of our growth journey? Bring your brightest version of you and have a brighter work day here.

About the Team

Have you taken an extended career break from work and are looking to jump-start your career? Have you built up skills in another career path that you are now looking to transition into the SaaS space?

If so, our Workday Opportunity Onramps Programme could be for you!

What is Workday’s Opportunity Onramps Programme?
Talent is everywhere, but opportunity is not. Workday recognises the diverse perspectives and skills that individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds bring to a team and with this make our business thrive. Together, we can change the way the world hires.

This is why we built Opportunity Onramps®️, a workforce development movement that provides training and opportunities to job seekers from a wide range of backgrounds. This role is suitable for Career Transitioners looking for their way into a new sector, or if you are a Career Returner with an extensive career break for a whole host of reasons including but not limited to: caregiving, illness, unemployment, covid-19 impacts, immigration, asylum or refuge seeking needs.

Our team is all about our customers – we build and deliver services to help them find greater value in their Workday investment. We ensure the successful implementation of Workday’s product solutions on some of our largest projects for Fortune 500 clients. We help frame the solution delivery, partnering with our consultants to implement and handle the delivery plan, and ultimately help our clients achieve rapid time to value.

About the Role

Our team promotes Workday’s core values with ‘Employees’ being the first of them. This is why we:

  • offer remote working schedules aligned to our 'Flex' model

  • empower you to follow your desired career path & achieve professional and personal goals

  • encourage work-life balance and wellbeing;

  • are proud to champion equal opportunities for everyone

  • Check out our Workday benefits

Are you willing to drive our customers to success in a fast-paced environment, achieving the transformation they are looking for?

As an Engagement Manager at Workday you are more than just a Project Manager, you are a trusted advisor to our large enterprise customers - you’ll engage, guide and ensure success in their implementation of Workday’s leading cloud enterprise software products.

You will empower and drive our customers’ implementations by setting up the project planning, staffing, governance and shaping the development of the key project deliverables. You will work within a cross functional team to successfully deliver complex Workday deployments. You will be working hand in hand with the Workday Engagement Manager to resolve issues, that stand in the way of project success, in creative and effective ways. Your role is to deliver the expected value to our Customer on time and on budget, with the best Customer experience from project start up through go-live.

Key objectives for the role:

  • Customer deployment success and satisfaction

  • Scope and risk management

  • Project budget and forecast management

  • Timely and transparent communication

  • Effective team management

This is an outstanding opportunity to join a company that is at the forefront of innovation in the information technology industry. At Workday, we believe in encouraging a culture of inclusion and collaboration, where every individual's outstanding perspective is valued and respected. We are an equal opportunity employer and provide reasonable accommodation/adjustment for qualified individuals with disabilities or special needs.

If you are looking for an exciting and ambitious role where you can make a real impact, this is the opportunity for you. Join our team and be part of our journey to transform the way businesses compete in the digital age.

About You

Basic Qualifications

  • 1+ years of PMO or project management experience with HCM, Payroll or Financial implementations

  • Language skills: Fluent English (written and verbal)

Other Qualifications

  • Excellent organisation, time management, and communication skills

  • Knowledge of Smartsheets or other project management tools,

  • Experience building Test Scenarios, or Use Cases based on proposed configuration.

  • Ability to balance multiple projects and prioritise time well

  • Experience implementing Workday, Oracle, SAP, PeopleSoft, or similar ERP applications beneficial but not essential

Pursuant to applicable Fair Chance law, Workday will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Workday is an Equal Opportunity Employer including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.

Are you being referred to one of our roles? If so, ask your connection at Workday about our Employee Referral process!

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Experience

Level of experience: Junior (1-2 years)
Industry :
Computer Software / SaaS
Spoken language(s):
English
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Soft Skills

  • Problem Solving
  • verbal-communication-skills
  • microsoft-excel
  • Critical Thinking

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