Job ID: 10804
Location: St. Paul, MN
Category: IT
Employment Type: Individual Consulting
Date Added: 09/16/2025
Location: Hybrid
Duration: 12 Month Contract
Job Description:
- Strategic Leadership & Governance
- Provide executive-level leadership for the institution’s Workday program across Finance, HCM, Payroll, and Student modules.
- Utilize governance frameworks, decision-making protocols, and escalation pathways.
- Serve as the primary liaison with executive sponsors, institutional leadership, and stakeholders.
- Program Coordination & Oversight
- Direct and coordinate the activities of module-specific Program Managers to ensure project alignment, resource optimization, and schedule adherence.
- Monitor interdependencies between modules to mitigate risks and resolve conflicts.
- Ensure program milestones, deliverables, and budgets are met.
- Stakeholder Engagement & Communication
- Develop and maintain transparent communication channels with institutional leadership, faculty, staff, and students as applicable.
- Prepare and deliver program status reports, executive dashboards, and presentations to governance committees.
- Risk, Compliance & Quality Management
- Identify, assess, and mitigate program-level risks and issues.
- Ensure compliance with institutional policies, accreditation requirements, and relevant regulations.
- Promote best practices for data security, privacy, and regulatory compliance.
- Change Management & Adoption
- Lead organizational change management strategies to ensure effective adoption of Workday solutions.
- Partner with HR, Finance, Academic and Student Affairs, and IT leadership to align process transformation with institutional goals.
- Continuous Improvement & Optimization
- Drive continuous improvement of Workday processes post-implementation.
- Oversee system upgrades, enhancements, and roadmap planning.
Oversee:
- Comprehensive Program Plan with timelines, deliverables, milestones, and interdependencies.
- Governance and Communication Framework including stakeholder engagement strategies.
- Monthly Status Reports highlighting progress, risks, issues, and mitigation strategies.
- Executive Dashboards and quarterly presentations for senior leadership.
- Transition & Sustainability Plan to ensure long-term ownership and optimization of Workday.
Required Skills
Candidates submitted by respondents must have the following skills:
- Ten (10) years of program management experience with five (5) years in higher education or a large, complex organization.
- Demonstrated leadership in enterprise-scale Workday implementations including Finance, HCM, and Payroll.
- Proven experience coordinating multiple program managers and cross-functional teams
- Strong knowledge of higher education business processes, compliance standards, and regulatory frameworks
- Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
Desired Skills
The following skills are desired for candidates submitted by respondents:
- Demonstrated leadership in enterprise-scale Workday Student implementation
On-Demand Group (ODG) provides employee benefits which includes healthcare, dental, and vision insurance. ODG is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.