Leads enterprise Workday HCM, Financials, and Student implementations from planning through delivery. Owns project scope, staffing, milestones, budgets, risks, stakeholder communications, and customer satisfaction. Supports sales scoping and presentations, develops tailored integration solutions, and mentors engagement managers. The role focuses on higher education and state and local government engagements, with responsibility for expanding organizational capabilities and traveling 40% or more.
With the release of Workday Student, Higher Education has quickly become one of the hottest markets in the Workday ecosystem where Alchemy holds the largest number of successful Workday Student deployments. We are highly regarded as Workday’s Premier Higher Education Partner, and we proudly celebrate this achievement.
At Alchemy, we believe that success begins with people, and we’ve made it our mission to hire individuals with great potential and to provide them with the tools and resources needed to build rewarding Workday consulting careers.
Read more about Alchemy’s values here: https://alchemy.us/about/.
Your Role
Alchemy's Senior Engagement Manager will provide project leadership, develop enduring partnerships with customers, and ensure the successful deployment of Workday. The role will oversee and take full ownership of overall project deliverables and milestones to ensure the successful deployment of the Workday HCM, Financials, and Student product, ensuring projects are deployed on time, within budget, and according to our customers’ high-quality expectations. The Senior Engagement Manager will also be responsible for mentoring and developing less experienced engagement managers. This role requires a strong project or engagement manager with experience leading both Workday Platform and Student implementations.
Your responsibilities
- Ensure Workday deployments are properly planned, staffed, and delivered successfully
- Communicate and work effectively with customer stakeholders/steering committees, customer project managers, and internal teams to ensure a positive, sustainable result
- Ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget
- Identify the risks associated with the project and appropriately escalate project issues to customer team and internal stakeholders
- Develop risk mitigation solutions as needed with input from the internal project team and stakeholders
- Solid understanding of Workday HCM, Financials, and/or Student product suites
- Hold a Workday project management certification and be an expert in adapting the Workday implementation methodology
- Support the sales cycles by assisting with scoping, project estimation, Statement of Work review and conducting orals presentations
- Demonstrate extensive industry expertise and the ability to create tailored solutions for prospects and customers by integrating Workday with third-party systems
- Continue to enhance and expand Alchemy’s capabilities in both Higher Education and State and Local Government
About you (Required skills)
- Extensive large enterprise (LE) Workday project management experience and the desire to support LE Workday Platform for Higher Education and State and Local Government engagements as Alchemy seeks to move upmarket
- Ability to grow Alchemy’s capability in the State and Local Government space
- Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills
- Demonstrated leadership ability in a team environment and ability to motivate project team members
- Ability to logically and efficiently structure ambiguous problems, identify sources of data, and conduct complicated analysis with a solution-based approach
- Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively manage customer expectations
- Proficient project financial acumen
- Proficient in project management software and creating project plans, reports, and dashboards
- Bachelor's Degree or commensurate work experience
- Ability to travel 40%+
About You (Bonus Skills)
- Experience leading higher education and state & local government projects
- Experience leading industry specific projects
- Project Management certification (PMP)
- Experience with Smartsheet and Workday Projects
For You (What We Offer)
- Market competitive compensation packages and annual merit program
- A remote work environment
- One-time home office reimbursement for new hires
- Expense allowance per pay period (towards technology, office, and/or wellness)
- Investment in your ongoing Workday training
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits that begin on day one
- HSA, FSA, STD, LTD, and life benefits
- Unlimited paid time off. We want you to take care of yourself and those who matter most to you
- Ten (10) paid holidays
- One (1) paid flex day
- 401(k) with employer annual contribution
- Paid parental leave
- DEIB council
- Quarterly awards and recognition
- Award-winning culture. Alchemy is a Great Place to Work-certified company!
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