Senior Engagement Manager – Project, Delivery, Higher Education

. Project manage one or more Workday product implementations concurrently .

Posted 4/8/2026full-timeAtlanta • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $122,800 - $184,200 per yearWebsite

Tools & technologies

ERPOracle

Key responsibilities & impact

Project manage one or more Workday product implementations concurrently
Participate in the sales cycle to gather requirements and develop proposals/SOW
Provide guidance and mentoring to Professional Services resources
Ensure projects are properly planned and staffed
Manage and measure project performance using appropriate tools
Perform risk management to minimize project risks
Present at Executive Steering Committee meetings
Ensure the client adopts Workday best practices
Identify opportunities to position other service offerings
Assist in transitioning the customer from Professional Services to Product Support

What you’ll need

6+ years of project management experience in Medium and/or Large Enterprise ERP solutions (preferably in Higher Education)
6+ years of prior consulting experience (either internal or with consulting/software company)
6+ years of experience implementing Workday, Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP, Ellucian, or similar applications
4+ years of working knowledge in HCM, Financials, or SIS business areas
Previous experience with project management tools (Microsoft Project, Smartsheets, etc)
Experience in project management involving financial business processes and reporting
Ability to travel 50 percent or more of the time

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

project managementWorkday implementationERP solutionsHCMFinancialsSISrisk managementfinancial business processesreporting

Soft Skills

guidancementoringplanningstaffingperformance measurementpresentationclient adoptionopportunity identification