01Overview
Role Summary:
We are looking for an experienced Workday Release Manager to lead end-to-end Workday release planning, governance, and deployment activities. The ideal candidate should have solid expertise in Workday release management, impact assessment, release governance, stakeholder communication, and coordinating cross-functional teams in global SaaS environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end Workday release planning, coordination, and execution.
- Manage release governance, Change Advisory Board (CAB) meetings, and Go/No-Go decision forums.
- Assess business and technical impacts of Workday releases and ensure deployment readiness.
- Coordinate release activities across HR, Payroll, IT, business teams, and external vendors.
- Manage release risks, dependencies, issues, and mitigation plans.
- Review Workday release notes and translate changes into actionable business and technical requirements.
- Drive continuous improvement by implementing lessons learned and scalable release governance processes.
Required Skills
Strong understanding of Workday release management, including:
- Preview Tenants
- Feature Activation
- Backward Compatibility
- Known Issue Management
- Experience with Workday HCM modules:
- Core HCM
- Payroll (including Integrations)
- Talent
- Absence
- Working knowledge of Workday Integration Framework:
- Workday Studio
- Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB)
- Core Connectors
- Ability to analyze Workday release notes and perform business and technical impact assessments.
- Experience using Workday Community for release documentation, Known Issues, and Workday Brainstorm.
Program & Governance Skills
- Experience with Release Management frameworks such as ITIL, SAFe, or equivalent.
- Strong experience leading Change Advisory Boards (CAB) and Go/No-Go governance.
- Experience managing cross-functional and cross-geography release dependencies.
- Strong risk identification, escalation, and mitigation planning skills.
Key Competencies
- Ownership & Accountability
- Structured Decision-Making
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Risk Management
- Stakeholder Communication
- Continuous Improvement .
