With the release of Workday Student, Higher Education is quickly becoming the hottest market in the Workday ecosystem. Alchemy is the only Workday partner that is 100% focused on Higher Education projects and holds the largest number of successful Workday deployments in the space. We are highly regarded as Workday’s Premier Higher Education Partner, and we proudly celebrate this achievement.

At Alchemy, we believe that success begins with people, and we’ve made it our mission to hire individuals with great potential and to provide them with the tools and resources needed to build rewarding Workday consulting careers.

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Your Role

The Senior Engagement Manager will oversee and take full ownership of overall project deliverables and milestones to ensure the successful deployment of the Workday HCM, Financials, and/or Student product, ensuring projects are deployed on time, within budget, and according to our customers’ high-quality expectations.

Your Responsibilities

• Ensure Workday deployments are properly planned, staffed, and delivered successfully
• Communicate and work effectively with customer stakeholders/steering committees, customer project managers, and internal teams to ensure a positive, sustainable result
• Ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget
• Identify the risks associated with the project and appropriately escalate project issues to customer team and internal stakeholders
• Develop risk mitigation solutions as needed with input from the internal project team and stakeholders
• Support the sales cycles by assisting with scoping, project estimation, and Statement of Work (SOW) review
• Maintain Workday certifications

About You (Required Skills)

• 5-10 years project/engagement management experience with large enterprise (LE) Workday implementations
• Solid understanding of the Workday HCM, Financials, and/or Student product suites
• Higher Education industry experience
• Experience developing and managing project plans
• Ownership and management of large budgets ($10M+) with strong project financial acumen
• Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated leadership ability in a team environment and ability to motivate project team members
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills with the ability to effectively manage customer expectations
• Bachelor's Degree or commensurate work experience