Technical Workday Project Manager (100% Remote)

Illinois


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Type: Contract

Category: Information Technology

Reference ID: 10071648

Shortcut: http://addisongroup.gosnaphop.com/GCKZLU


Project Overview:

100% Remote Anywhere in the USA – Start Date June 1st

Contract Opportunity - $75-85/hour W2


Our client is undergoing a large-scale migration from SAP SuccessFactors to Workday and is seeking a highly organized and technical Workday Project Manager to lead the cutover planning and execution process. The organization is currently over-leveraging their training team and needs a dedicated PM resource focused specifically on the cutover and go-live coordination efforts.


This individual will own the detailed execution planning across all phases of the rollout, helping manage activities week-by-week, day-by-day, and eventually hour-by-hour during the critical go-live window. This person will serve as a key liaison across HR, IT, executive leadership, and advisory groups to ensure all workstreams stay aligned and on schedule.


Deployment Timeline:

  • First Wave: June 10
  • Second Wave: July 14
  • Soft Go-Live: August 14
  • Public Go-Live: September 9
  • Hypercare Support: A few weeks post go-live depending on technical capability

 

Workday Modules / Scope

  • Workday Core HCM
  • Talent Acquisition
  • Talent Optimization
  • Advanced Compensation
  • Prism Analytics
  • Learning
  • Onboarding
  • Approximately 50 integrations

 

Required Experience / Skill Set

  • Strong experience leading Workday cutover and go-live activities
  • Proven background managing enterprise-scale HRIS or Workday implementations
  • Ability to build detailed cutover plans and execution timelines
  • Strong organizational and communication skills
  • Experience coordinating cross-functional stakeholders including HR, IT, and executive leadership
  • Comfortable operating in executive steering committee and advisory meetings
  • Experience managing dependencies across multiple Workday modules and integrations
  • Ability to track communications, readiness activities, and deployment milestones
  • Strong technical understanding of Workday ecosystem and integrations

 

Preferred Experience

  • Previous SuccessFactors to Workday migration experience
  • Hypercare/post go-live support experience
  • Experience supporting large global or enterprise organizations
  • Familiarity with Workday Prism and Advanced Compensation

 

Typical Day to Day (Tasks & Responsibilities)

  • Build and manage detailed cutover execution plans
  • Coordinate readiness activities across business and technical teams
  • Track communications and deployment milestones with local HR teams
  • Lead daily cutover coordination meetings
  • Manage escalation paths and risk mitigation activities
  • Facilitate executive and advisory-level status discussions
  • Oversee go-live execution planning down to hourly activities during deployment windows
  • Coordinate with integration teams to ensure deployment readiness
  • Support hypercare planning and stabilization efforts post go-live  

 

Additional Notes

  • This person will become the dedicated cutover lead resource
  • Strong communication and organizational leadership are critical
  • Technical understanding is important, especially for hypercare support potential
  • High visibility role with executive exposure


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