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Are you looking to join a dynamic company that truly values their employees, offers great benefits, and has a “people first” culture? At ERPA, we encourage our employees to be innovative and welcome new ideas. Empathy, responsibility, passion, and agility are the values that ERPA emulates in the workplace and seeks in our employees.
ERPA is a client-focused technology services firm committed to maximizing the value of our clients' Workday investments. We specialize in implementing Workday solutions for higher education and government organizations, while also providing comprehensive, ongoing support for clients across diverse industries. Our team partners closely with clients to optimize their Workday environments, offering services such as application management, Workday evolution and expansions (Phase X implementations), follow-on solutions, analytics, and continuously enhance the user experience.
Position Summary:
Are you a team-oriented, collaborative Principal Workday Engagement Manager that wants to be part of an amazing team? Don’t miss out on this great opportunity!
Our Principal Engagement Manager plays a critical role in building lasting relationships with ERPA’s Workday customers while managing a portfolio of Phase 1, Phase X, and AMS clients. This role is responsible for all aspects of project delivery and helps support our customers’ long-term goals. This role will contribute to the development of ERPA’s Workday practice and should showcase innovation, strategic thinking and have the drive to make ERPA a Workday partner of choice.
Key Responsibilities:
Be a culture champion for ERPA’s core values (Empathy, Responsibility, Passion, Agility)
Be the key connection between our consultants and the client
Lead multiple Workday engagements concurrently
Ensure projects stay within defined scope of Statement of Work (SOW) and meet agreed milestones and budget targets
Gauge and report project health and monitor risks, issues, and escalations
Conduct status updates and manage weekly, monthly and quarterly customer governance.
Assist with work assignments & resource management for Phase 1, Phase X, and AMS engagements
Ensure customer satisfaction remains exceptional and customers are referenceable
Experience and Education Requirements:
A minimum of 3 years of experience independently leading government and/or commercial Launch Flex and Launch Express Workday engagements with a Workday partner
A Workday EM/PM certification is required and must remain in Active status throughout employment with ERPA
6–9 years of experience in the Workday ecosystem (partner, Workday direct, or client-side)
Experience leading at least seven Phase 1 deployments to go-live
Demonstrates the ability to manage and deliver across numerous simultaneous projects spanning Phase 1, Phase X, and Optimization engagement types.
Demonstrates strong mastery across multiple Workday methodology approaches; can articulate the risk profile, structural differences, and client readiness requirements of each.
Ability to learn new systems quickly (JIRA, ServiceNow, Salesforce, etc.)
Prior experience managing projects utilizing Smartsheet
Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required, along with a proactive approach to ensure alignment with customers, consultants, and other internal stakeholders
Must have excellent organizational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities
Ability to travel up to 25%, as needed
Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as in a team environment, coupled with a desire to have fun while building something new (required)
Location: USA, Canada or Mexico
Sponsorship: Open to candidates who require sponsorship transfer
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job.
Applicants are considered for all positions in accordance with statutes and regulations concerning non-discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, age, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, non-disqualifying disability, veteran status, or other protected classification.
ERPA is an equal opportunity employer, as well as a substance and tobacco free workplace. All offers of employment are contingent on successfully passing the pre-employment drug screen and background investigation which may include reference checks, criminal background investigation, and when applicable licensing verification.
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. We will not consider any applicants that require sponsorship for employment visa status either now or in the future.
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job.
Applicants are considered for all positions in accordance with statutes and regulations concerning non-discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, age, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, non-disqualifying disability, veteran status, or other protected classification.
ERPA is an equal opportunity employer, as well as a substance and tobacco free workplace. All offers of employment are contingent on successfully passing the pre-employment drug screen and background investigation which may include reference checks, criminal background investigation, and when applicable licensing verification.
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. We will not consider any applicants that require sponsorship for employment visa status either now or in the future.
If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!
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