Technical Workday Project Manager (100% Remote)

Workday Project Manager

Project Overview:

100% Remote Anywhere in the USA – Start Date June 1st

Contract Opportunity - $75-85/hour W2

Our client is undergoing a large-scale migration from SAP SuccessFactors to Workday and is seeking a highly organized and technical Workday Project Manager to lead the cutover planning and execution process. The organization is currently over-leveraging their training team and needs a dedicated PM resource focused specifically on the cutover and go-live coordination efforts.

This individual will own the detailed execution planning across all phases of the rollout, helping manage activities week-by-week, day-by-day, and eventually hour-by-hour during the critical go-live window. This person will serve as a key liaison across HR, IT, executive leadership, and advisory groups to ensure all workstreams stay aligned and on schedule.

Deployment Timeline:

• First Wave: June 10
• Second Wave: July 14
• Soft Go-Live: August 14
• Public Go-Live: September 9
• Hypercare Support: A few weeks post go-live depending on technical capability

Workday Modules / Scope:

• Workday Core HCM
• Talent Acquisition
• Talent Optimization
• Advanced Compensation
• Prism Analytics
• Learning
• Onboarding
• Approximately 50 integrations

Required Experience / Skill Set:

• Strong experience leading Workday cutover and go-live activities
• Proven background managing enterprise-scale HRIS or Workday implementations
• Ability to build detailed cutover plans and execution timelines
• Strong organizational and communication skills
• Experience coordinating cross-functional stakeholders including HR, IT, and executive leadership
• Comfortable operating in executive steering committee and advisory meetings
• Experience managing dependencies across multiple Workday modules and integrations
• Ability to track communications, readiness activities, and deployment milestones
• Strong technical understanding of Workday ecosystem and integrations

Preferred Experience:

• Previous SuccessFactors to Workday migration experience
• Hypercare/post go-live support experience
• Experience supporting large global or enterprise organizations
• Familiarity with Workday Prism and Advanced Compensation

Typical Day to Day (Tasks & Responsibilities):

• Build and manage detailed cutover execution plans
• Coordinate readiness activities across business and technical teams
• Track communications and deployment milestones with local HR teams
• Lead daily cutover coordination meetings
• Manage escalation paths and risk mitigation activities
• Facilitate executive and advisory-level status discussions
• Oversee go-live execution planning down to hourly activities during deployment windows
• Coordinate with integration teams to ensure deployment readiness
• Support hypercare planning and stabilization efforts post go-live

Additional Notes:

• This person will become the dedicated cutover lead resource
• Strong communication and organizational leadership are critical
• Technical understanding is important, especially for hypercare support potential
• High visibility role with executive exposure