Senior Workday Technical Program Manager

Employment Eligibility Statement:
Due to specific project and client requirements, this position is open to U.S. Citizens and U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents (Green Card holders). Sponsorship is not available at this time.
Danta Technologies evaluates all candidates in compliance with the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and EEOC guidelines. All hiring decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

Note:
This position is based in the USA, and the client is allowing candidates to work remotely within the USA
Only candidates who are currently located within the United States will be considered.
Applications from candidates residing outside the USA will not be accepted.


Mandatory Skills: Lead implementation assessment, recovery planning, governance, backlog prioritization, and launch readiness. Requires Workday stabilization experience across Financials, Accounting Center, Prism, Payroll, LMS, reporting, integrations, and production support.


Job Description:
Program Leadership:

• Lead end-to-end Workday programs, including implementation, enhancement, stabilization, and transformation initiatives.
• Drive program governance, roadmap planning, milestone tracking, risk management, and executive reporting.
• Manage multi-stream Workday delivery teams consisting of functional and technical resources.
• Define program objectives, success metrics, and business outcomes aligned with client goals.

• Lead implementation assessments, health checks, and recovery planning for challenged Workday programs.
• Develop remediation strategies to address project risks, schedule delays, and quality concerns.
• Drive launch readiness reviews, cutover planning, and post-production stabilization activities.

• Govern Workday Integrations using EIB, Core Connectors, Studio, PECI, PICOF, and API frameworks.
• Provide oversight on Workday Security, Reporting, Prism Analytics, and Extend solutions.
• Ensure architecture alignment, scalability, security compliance, and technical best practices.
• Review solution designs and integration strategies across enterprise systems.

• Act as the primary interface between executive leadership, business stakeholders, vendors, and delivery teams.
• Facilitate steering committee meetings and executive governance reviews.
• Communicate program status, risks, dependencies, and mitigation plans to senior leadership.

• Establish program governance frameworks and delivery methodologies.
• Drive backlog prioritization, sprint planning, release planning, and demand management activities.
• Ensure adherence to quality standards, SLAs, KPIs, compliance requirements, and audit controls.
• Champion continuous improvement and operational excellence initiatives.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or related field.
• 12+ years of IT experience with 7+ years managing large-scale Workday programs.
• Strong technical expertise across:
  • Workday HCM
  • Workday Financials
  • Workday Integrations (EIB, Studio, Core Connectors)
  • Workday Security
  • Reporting and Analytics
  • Workday Extend
  • Prism Analytics
• Experience leading global delivery teams and managing multi-million-dollar programs.
• Strong understanding of Agile, SAFe, and hybrid delivery methodologies.
• Demonstrated experience in implementation recovery, stabilization, governance, and transformation programs.

Notes:- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

Benefits: Danta offers a compensation package to all W2 employees that are competitive in the industry. It consists of competitive pay, the option to elect healthcare insurance (Dental, Medical, Vision), Major holidays and Paid sick leave as per state law.

The rate/ Salary range is dependent on numerous factors including Qualification, Experience and Location.