Workday HCM Industry Principal

About the role

Join the Infosys Oracle unit, a global leader in comprehensive Oracle services that accelerate business growth and digital transformation. With over 25 years of experience, our team delivers innovative solutions across industry verticals, leveraging Oracle's advanced technologies to drive operational efficiency and business resilience. We specialize in Oracle Cloud applications, helping enterprises become cloud-connected and achieve sustainable success.

As a Package Project Lead 3, you will facilitate cross-functional collaboration and data-driven decision-making to ensure cohesive project execution and alignment with objectives. Your role involves engaging with senior stakeholders and executive leadership to define project scope, fostering consensus for successful outcomes, and evaluating project management processes to incorporate best practices for improved efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration and data-driven decision-making to ensure cohesive project execution and alignment with objectives
• Engage with senior stakeholders and executive leadership to define project scope and foster consensus for successful outcomes
• Evaluate and refine project management processes by incorporating best practices for improved efficiency and effectiveness
• Establish quality benchmarks and implement risk management strategies to enhance project outcomes and mitigate organizational risks
• Monitor project margins and ensure alignment between actual performance and financial targets
• Develop RFP responses and participate in client discussions to finalize commercial estimates and drive Go-to-Market strategies
• Engage in resource allocation and set performance objectives to align team efforts with project goals
• Lead organizational change initiatives and design training roadmaps to ensure smooth adoption of project-driven transformations
• Solution design & architecture
• Requirements gathering & fit gap analysis
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Configuration & solution validation
• Integration & reporting oversight
• Project governance & delivery
• Stakeholder & executive communication

Requirements

• Hands-on experience in Workday Core HCM and Workday cloud platform
• Led at least two full-cycle Workday implementations as a finance lead/architect
• Understanding of Oracle project methodology (OUM) and agile and testing strategies such as Conference Room Pilots (CRP) and Process Playbacks (SIT and UAT, etc.)
• Experience in executing implementation strategy, capturing business and systems requirements, preparing functional specification documents, solution designing, prototyping, testing, training, and implementing practical business solutions

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent required from an accredited institution. Will also consider three years of progressive experience in the specialty in lieu of every year of education
• This position may require relocation and/or travel to work/project location
• Candidates authorized to work for any employer in the United States without employer-based visa sponsorship are welcome to apply. Infosys is unable to provide immigration sponsorship for this role now or in the future

Preferred Skills

• Exposure to Workday technical skillset
• Experience with Workday security

Contribution to the Team

• Strategic leadership in executing Go-to-Market strategies
• Specialized in managing large-scale ERP projects with a focus on strategic alignment, resource optimization, and stakeholder collaboration
• Proactive planning to align project financials with organizational goals
• Expertise in leading organizational change and fostering professional development within teams
• Expertise in refining project management methodologies, risk mitigation, and quality assurance
• Fostering an inclusive environment that respects diverse backgrounds and perspectives

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Health and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts
• Insurance (Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Legal)
• 401(k) plan and contributions dependent on salary level
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off