Sr Change Management Consultant - German Speaking

Workday Workday · Enterprise · Munich, Germany +2

This role is for a Sr. Change Management Consultant at Workday, a company that positions itself as an AI platform for managing people, money, and agents. The consultant will focus on the 'people side' of Workday deployments, helping customers adopt the software. Responsibilities include serving as a point of contact, leading change activities like impact analysis and training planning, developing materials, and supporting business development. The role requires significant experience with Tier 1 business software implementation (like Workday, SAP, Oracle) and HCM/Procurement/Supply Chain transformation programs, as well as consulting experience. While the company mentions being an AI platform, this specific role is focused on change management and software adoption, not direct AI/ML development or research.

What you'd actually do

  1. Serving as the primary point of contact for the work stream and being a great partner to your direct customer counterpart, as well as project leadership and executives within the customer organization
  2. Owning and leading change-related activities including, but not limited to, partner identification, change impact analysis, communications planning, training planning, readiness assessment, and adoption measurement
  3. Hands-on development of communications and training materials that support a successful transition to Workday for key end-users
  4. Maintaining the change management project plan tasks and providing mentorship to the customer on how these activities are impacted by functional achievements within the Workday methodology
  5. Supporting ongoing innovation of the service offering and change management practice through contribution to team Objectives and Key Results (OKRS)

Skills

Required

  • 5+ years experience working with or Implementing a Tier 1 business software application such as: Workday, SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, ADP, NetSuite, FinancialForce or similar applications
  • 5+ years experience in HCM Deployment or Change Management on large transformation programmes that have included the following: HCM, Procurement or Supply Chain Management
  • 5+ years Consulting experience, either as an Internal Consultant or with a Consulting/Software Company
  • Ability to guide customer in strategic conversations and provide tactical, day-to-day support
  • Thrive delivering a thoughtful, consultative approach to change management that results in outstanding experiences for our customers
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills in a customer-facing environment

Nice to have

  • Experienced in leading others through changes to the way they work and how they interact with enterprise technology (strong preference for Workday-related experience)