Workday Payroll Consulting Manager

Role overview Advise clients on Workday Payroll and broader ERP transformation, helping them assess needs, set direction, and guide change from strategy through ongoing operations. This is a strategic consulting and product leadership role: you’ll use implementation and support experience to shape decisions, align stakeholders, and improve payroll processes rather than focus solely on system configuration.

Responsibilities - Assess ERP readiness, develop transformation roadmaps, and advise on technology choices. - Work with client leaders to set a vision and connect technology investments to organizational goals. - Facilitate workshops, interviews, working sessions, and executive briefings to build alignment and move programs forward. - Guide Workday Payroll product priorities, including roadmaps, backlogs, release planning, and coordination across configuration, integration, reporting, and technical teams. - Help clients manage regular Workday releases and enhancements while maintaining platform stability and improving payroll operations. - Coordinate with program, change, training, HR, finance, and IT teams; contribute to consulting methods, proposals, and practice development.

Requirements - At least five years of hands-on Workday Payroll configuration experience as a customer or implementer. - At least three years of product ownership experience in Workday Payroll and other HCM modules. - Workday Payroll certification as a customer or implementer, plus strong knowledge of payroll processes and the Workday ecosystem. - Experience managing agile release processes, including roadmaps, backlog priorities, sprint planning, and change control. - Bachelor’s degree and experience in management or technology consulting, including payroll/HCM process analysis or ERP transformation projects. - Strong analysis and communication skills, with the ability to lead client work and turn complex information into practical recommendations.

Nice to have Experience in higher education, nonprofit, healthcare, or public sector organizations; payroll professional experience or certification; and participation in proposals or business development.

Benefits and work setup Periodic travel may be required based on client and business needs. Benefits listed include health, dental, and vision coverage, retirement plan matching, flexible time off, paid holidays, and family planning support.