Director, Engagement Management - Anz

Workday Workday · Enterprise · NSW, Australia +2

This role is for a Director of Engagement Management at Workday, a company that describes itself as an AI platform for managing people, money, and agents. The role focuses on managing teams through large global deployments of Workday's cloud solutions, specifically in HCM, Payroll, Financial, or Student implementations. While the company mentions being an AI platform, the core responsibilities of this specific role are focused on project management, team leadership, and client implementation of enterprise software, not on building or directly working with AI/ML models or systems.

What you'd actually do

  1. manage a team through large to complex global deployments
  2. use their broad expertise to resolve multiple complex issues in creative and effective ways
  3. support executive level expectations by providing internal recommendations to management, based on field experience, as to how to potentially enhance the Workday Deployment Methodology

Skills

Required

  • 8+ years of experience managing high-performing teams
  • 11+ years of experience of project management with HCM, Payroll, Financial or Student implementations within medium enterprise, large enterprise, higher education and/or state and local governments.
  • 11+years of experience implementing Workday, Oracle, SAP, PeopleSoft or similar applications.

Nice to have

  • Experience as Executive Sponsor on project deployments
  • 5+ years experience in one or more of the following: HCM, Payroll or Financial Software applications
  • Ability to present complex technology concepts to c-level executives in an understandable way
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Willingness to ‘roll up one’s sleeves’ and assist wherever needed
  • Promote a positive and inclusive working environment
  • Effectively collaborate across teams
  • Accurately estimate effort and resources required to complete projects
  • Experience with managing a consulting services P&L