Engagement Manager - Associate Director

Accountabilities:

• • Lead and manage the overall delivery of assigned Workday engagements, helping clients streamline processes and achieve their transformation objectives.
  • Oversee the various stages of Workday projects while maintaining alignment with scope, timelines, deliverables, and client expectations.
  • Apply strong consultative and business process improvement skills to identify challenges, recommend solutions, and support effective implementation strategies.
  • Collaborate closely with project leadership and multidisciplinary teams to communicate project challenges, opportunities, and process improvements.
  • Foster an innovative, team-oriented environment that encourages continuous improvement across project delivery and consulting practices.
  • Build strong client relationships and maintain a high level of customer satisfaction throughout engagements.
  • Support business development and sales-cycle activities, including RFP responses, presentations, demonstrations, and other client-facing materials.
  • Contribute to complex, multi-phase implementations and provide on-site support for important project milestones when required.

  Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree and at least 7 years of experience using Workday in an engagement management or business process improvement capacity, preferably in an Engagement Manager role; alternatively, a Master's degree with at least 5 years of relevant experience.
  • Candidates without a formal degree may substitute education with at least 11 years of relevant Workday engagement management or business process improvement experience.
  • Demonstrated experience working with an ERP platform such as Workday, Oracle, SAP, or PeopleSoft.
  • Proven experience contributing to or leading multiple referenceable implementations.
  • Experience executing projects within a structured project methodology and managing complex, multi-phase initiatives.
  • Strong understanding of Workday engagement and project management practices; Workday EM or PM certification is preferred.
  • Excellent written, verbal, communication, presentation, and client relationship skills, including experience with RFP responses, white papers, Workday demonstrations, and executive presentations.
  • PMP certification is a plus, as is experience delivering implementations for state or local government organizations.
  • Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
  • Ability to travel up to 25%, with a primarily remote or office-based work arrangement and occasional on-site client support.

  Benefits:

  • Annual salary range of $135,000–$225,000, with compensation determined by experience, skills, training, certifications, and other relevant factors.
  • Medical, prescription, dental, and vision insurance.
  • 401(k) retirement plan.
  • Health Savings Account and flexible spending account options for healthcare and dependent care.
  • Basic and supplemental life insurance.
  • Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
  • Paid personal and family sick time and company-paid holidays.
  • Parental leave and adoption assistance.
  • Potential eligibility for a discretionary variable incentive bonus.
  • Student loan repayment support.
  • Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities.
  • Skills development and certification programs.
  • Employee referral program and company-sponsored community and social events.
  • Emergency back-up childcare program.
  • Mobility stipend.
  • Primarily remote work environment with travel of up to 25% for key engagements.