Workday Payroll Consulting Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Execute ERP readiness evaluations, create strategic roadmaps, and provide guidance to clients on ERP-related choices.

• Work alongside client leaders and practitioners to establish a vision, assess alternatives, and align technology investments with mission objectives.

• Lead daily meetings, workshops, interviews, and executive briefings.

• Identify priorities, drive program execution, and foster consensus.

• Manage relationships with clients, system implementation partners, independent contractors, and other external parties.

• Assist clients in understanding Workday challenges and decisions utilizing product expertise and practical solutions.

• Oversee the complete product lifecycle for Workday Payroll solutions.

• Establish roadmaps, prioritize backlogs, and coordinate delivery across configuration, integration, reporting, and technical teams.

• Offer framework and tactical support for biannual Workday releases and routine system enhancements.

• Ensure platform stability and continuous improvement in payroll processes.

• Facilitate planning for the future-state Payroll organization.

• Collaborate with program management, change management and training, HR, Finance, and IT workstreams.

• Contribute to methodology development, proposal writing, business development, thought leadership, and internal capability enhancement.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of hands-on configuration experience in Workday payroll as either a Workday customer or systems implementer.

• More than 3 years of product ownership experience in Workday payroll and other Workday HCM modules as a Workday customer or consultant.

• Proven experience in defining and managing agile release management processes, including backlog management, roadmap definition, prioritization, sprint planning, and change control.

• Demonstrated understanding of the Workday payroll solution and the Workday ecosystem.

• Workday customer or implementor certification in payroll is required.

• Strong functional knowledge of payroll business processes, including upstream and downstream impacts across Workday functional areas.

• Familiarity with common challenges associated with Workday solutions and best practices.

• Excellent analytical and communication skills.

• Ability to condense complex information into clear recommendations.

• Capability to lead client engagements both independently and collaboratively.

• Bachelor’s degree is mandatory.

• Proven ability to cultivate trusted advisor relationships with clients.

• Experience in supporting sales and business development initiatives.

• Willingness to travel periodically based on business and client requirements.

• Preferred: prior management or technology consulting experience with a recognized professional services firm.

• Preferred: client project experience in payroll and HCM business process analysis and ERP transformation.

• Preferred: experience with mission-driven sectors such as higher education, nonprofit, and state and local governments.

• Preferred: payroll professional experience and/or certification.

• Preferred: business development experience, including proposal writing and sourcing new business opportunities.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive health, dental, and vision insurance.

• HSA and FSA accounts available.

• Life and disability insurance coverage.

• Fertility and family planning benefits offered.

• Employee assistance and discount programs provided.

• 11 paid federal holidays each year.

• Flexible unlimited time off (UTO) policy.

• Generous 401(k) matching with immediate vesting.

• Flexible career paths that offer advancement, mobility, and adaptability.

• Supportive and flexible work environment.

• Opportunities for career growth.

• Inclusive and healthy workplace culture.