Principal Engagement (Project, Delivery) Manager - Higher Education & Nonprofit

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About the Team

Workday is the leader in enterprise-class, software-as-a-servic​e​ (SaaS) solutions for managing global businesses. Our solutions combine the lower cost of ownership of SaaS with a modern approach to applications. Founded by PeopleSoft veterans Dave Duffield and Aneel Bhusri, Workday delivers Human Capital Management, Payroll, Financial Management and Student solutions for midsize and large organizations.

As an Engagement Manager in our Higher Education practice, you will be the key player on a team that guides customers through the deployment lifecycle, solution delivery, and issue management by partnering with Workday Delivery leadership, consultants, and resource management. You will be the Workday leader responsible for managing the Customer experience through deployments. You will be tasked with managing a portfolio of project engagements, including external customer facing engagements (initial and subsequent add-on deployments) as well as internal Workday engagements.

About the Role

As an Engagement Manager, you will ensure the successful implementation of the Workday products for our Higher Education customer base. The Engagement Manager, through building key relationships with the client executive leadership and implementation team(s), will drive the implementation from planning through multiple moves to production. In addition, you will be involved in the development of several key project deliverables (e.g., charter, project/staffing plan, issue logs, project status reporting, etc.) and work with the Client PM to resolve issues that stand in the way of project success. The Engagement Manager will also be tasked with managing to the agreed upon budget and delivering the project profitably.

What you’ll be doing

Project manage one or more Workday product implementations concurrently

Participate in the sales cycle when requested to gather requirements, formulate delivery approach and develop a proposal/SOW

Provide guidance and mentoring to Professional Services resources working on your implementations

Ensure projects are properly planned and staffed

Manage and measure project performance using appropriate tools and techniques

Perform risk management to minimize project risks

Work with the client PM to identify/resolve all issues that could impact project scope and/or timeframes