Workday Data Conversion Lead

A growing technology and data consulting business is looking for an experienced Workday Data Conversion Lead to join its expanding Workday practice.

This is an excellent opportunity for a specialist who enjoys leading complex migration work, working directly with clients, and having a meaningful impact on implementation success.

In this role, you will own and lead data migration activities across the full Workday implementation lifecycle — from strategy and planning through testing, reconciliation, and production.

You’ll work closely with client stakeholders, functional consultants, technical architects, and project leadership across Workday HCM, Payroll, and Finance implementations.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end Workday data conversion workstreams from planning through go-live

Develop conversion strategies, mapping requirements, workbooks, and project plans

Build and execute Workday data loads using EIB, Advanced Loads, and other Workday tools

Lead Foundation, Configuration, End-to-End, Parallel, and Production conversion cycles

Manage reconciliation, validation, data quality, and defect resolution

Lead cutover planning, including data freezes, dependencies, sequencing, and readiness

Partner with clients and internal teams to resolve complex conversion challenges

Communicate conversion status, risks, and dependencies to senior stakeholders

Mentor junior conversion analysts and contribute to conversion methodology and best practices

Support multiple concurrent Workday implementation workstreams

Qualifications

3+ years of Workday data conversion/loading experience, ideally in a lead capacity

Active Workday Data Conversion and/or Data Loading certification

Strong experience with EIB, XSLT, Workday Customer Central, and Workday migration tools

Experience with SQL for data extraction and transformation

Experience managing multiple workstreams in a fast-paced implementation environment

Workday Financial Management conversion experience