Workday Student Project Manager id-10296

June 6, 2025

Job Description:-

Must have bachelor's degree. Must have experience in full lifecycle Workday Student implementation.

Our client seeks a Workday Project Manager for an up to 3-year temporary full-time opportunity, supporting a multi-year initiative to implement Workday Student. This position will play an important role on the project implementation team, working closely with the Workday platform owner, implementation partner project manager, functional and technical leads, as well as other key project team members to manage project budgets, overall risks/issues, project health, and ensure that the project follows agreed upon governance and methodologies. The ideal candidate will have experience leading business application/system implementations in the higher ed environment.

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Required Experience:

Bachelor's degree and relevant business process analysis and/or project management training and experience required
Workday implementation experience in a Project Management role (Workday Student strongly preferred)
Project Management Professional (PMP), CSM (Certified Scrum Master), or CBAP (Certified Business Analysis Professional) certification a plus
Sound project management knowledge, skills and abilities with a variety of methodologies (waterfall, lean, agile) and business process tools (e.g. swim lane diagrams), and the flexibility to apply the best method to the needs of each project
Experience in a higher education environment strongly preferred
Experience with Google Workspace/G Suite productivity apps (e.g. Drive, Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Sheets, etc.) and Smartsheet preferred

Required Skills:

Strong interpersonal skills to understand the broad range of needs and various support requirements for delivering exemplary customer service
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in both verbal and written formats as well as to create and maintain positive, productive working relationships with both technical and non-technical personnel, both internal and external (e.g. vendor partners
Ability to operate independently and set priorities amongst multiple task assignments
Excellent judgment and strategic skills for ensuring mutually positive outcomes, balancing internal priorities with client objectives
Ability to manage multiple tasks, assignments, and projects
Attention to detail, and ability to achieve results
Proven ability to work & lead effectively in a highly diverse campus community
Demonstrated capacity to develop & maintain effective working relationships with individuals & organizations reflecting a broad range of identities, perspectives & experiences.

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