Workday Test Manager

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

📋 Description

• Develop and oversee the comprehensive client-side testing strategy, including planning, scheduling, and deliverables for Workday implementations.

• Organize client involvement in system integration testing (SIT), user acceptance testing (UAT), regression testing, and comprehensive business process testing.

• Collaborate with business process owners and subject matter experts to create, review, and validate test scenarios and scripts.

• Ensure that test scenarios accurately represent business processes, requirements, integrations, and anticipated outcomes.

• Manage testing resources, assignments, timelines, and execution across both functional and technical workstreams.

• Work with implementation partners to synchronize testing activities with overall project milestones and deliverables.

• Oversee defect tracking, prioritization, escalation, and resolution in collaboration with project teams.

• Conduct testing status meetings, defect triage sessions, and readiness reviews.

• Track testing progress, completion rates, defect trends, and overall readiness for testing.

• Report testing status, risks, issues, and dependencies to project leadership and key stakeholders.

• Validate that essential business processes, integrations, security requirements, reporting, and data scenarios have been thoroughly tested.

• Facilitate UAT sign-off with business process owners and project leadership.

• Assist with go-live readiness assessments, cutover activities, and post-production stabilization.

• Identify areas for enhancing testing processes, documentation, and overall project execution.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

• Over 5 years of experience in enterprise technology implementations, software testing, or quality assurance.

• More than 3 years of experience managing testing activities for large-scale ERP or HCM implementations.

• Experience in supporting Workday implementations, particularly in testing coordination and execution.

• Strong knowledge of SIT, UAT, regression testing, end-to-end testing, and defect management.

• Proven experience in developing and managing test plans, test scenarios, scripts, defect logs, and testing status reports.

• Demonstrated capability to coordinate cross-functional business stakeholders, technical teams, and implementation partners.

• Strong skills in project management, organization, analysis, and problem-solving.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively engage stakeholders at all levels.

• Ability to handle competing priorities, identify risks, and enforce accountability in a fast-paced consulting environment.

• Preferred: Previous experience as a client-side Test Manager for Workday implementations.

• Preferred: Familiarity with Workday HCM, Financial Management, Payroll, or related functional areas.

• Preferred: Knowledge of Workday business processes, integrations, security, reporting, and data conversion.

• Preferred: Experience working directly with system integrators and third-party implementation partners.

• Preferred: Familiarity with testing and defect management tools like Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms.

• Preferred: Experience contributing to large-scale business transformation initiatives or enterprise system deployments.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based incentives.

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.

• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.

• Flexible work hours and remote work options.

• Supportive and inclusive company culture.