Workday Hcm Project Specialist

**Position: Workday Project Specialist**

**Tenure: 6 months contract (freelance)**

**Working mode: Remote (with occasional travel to Johor for client and stakeholder meetings)**

**Salary: Open for Negotiation**

**1.Project Management**:

- Plan, coordinate, and oversee the end-to-end project lifecycle for Workday HCM initiatives, including scope definition, task planning, resource allocation, and timeline management.
- Develop and maintain project documentation such as project plans, status reports, and risk/issue logs.
- Provide regular project status updates to stakeholders, ensuring timely communication of risks, issues, and changes in project scope.
- Proactively identify bottlenecks or potential risks, proposing mitigation strategies and ensuring project objectives are met on time and within budget.

**2.Workday HCM Solution Design & Delivery**:

- Collaborate with business stakeholders, functional teams, and technical workstreams to understand business requirements and translate those requirements into scalable and sustainable technical solutions.
- Provide technical leadership and guidance for incremental additions of new Workday HCM features, ensuring alignment with overall business goals.
- Lead design efforts for integrations, reports, customizations, and overall platform architecture for Workday HCM.
- Offer best practices on technical design and implementation to ensure robust and efficient solutions.

**3.Technical Expertise & Support**:

- Participate in solution delivery and ongoing operational support activities for the Workday HCM platform.
- Provide hands-on assistance in complex troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and resolution of Workday-related issues.
- Lead cross-team efforts to maintain and verify security policies and controls for Workday solutions.

**4.Risk & Issue Management**:

- Identify and assess technical risks and issues, developing and implementing mitigation plans as needed.
- Monitor changes, dependencies, and potential conflicts within project scope, ensuring proactive communication and resolution.

**5.Stakeholder Communication**:

- Communicate clearly and professionally with stakeholders, end-users, and all levels of management.
- Facilitate cross-functional meetings and workshops, gathering input and feedback to drive project deliverables.

**Qualifications and Experience**
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in technical, business, or financial discipline (Workday certifications preferred).
- Proven consultative skills to guide client and internal discussions to a timely agreement on solutions.
- Demonstrated experience in delivering complex business solutions under tight deadlines.
- Project Management: Experience planning, managing, and delivering technical projects or implementations, preferably in HR or HRIS environments.
- Able to prioritize and organize increasingly complex work to ensure overall timeliness and quality standards.
- Ability to adapt to frequent change in a fast-paced environment.
- Exhibits strong problem-solving skills, including troubleshooting and effective escalation when necessary.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to articulate complex messages and requirements clearly.

**Job Type**: Contract
Contract length: 6 months

Pay: RM5,000.00 - RM7,000.00 per month

Application Question(s):

- Have you led or managed end-to-end HRIS/Workday implementation or enhancement projects?
- Do you hold any Workday certifications?
- This is a 6-month freelance/contract position. Are you open to this?

**Education**:

- Bachelor's (required)

**Experience**:

- Workday HCM: 4 years (required)
- troubleshooting: 4 years (required)

Work Location: In person