Fast Facts

The Vermont State Colleges System is seeking a Program Director for Workday Implementation to lead and manage the overall Workday implementation process across its campuses, providing executive-level oversight and facilitating stakeholder collaboration.

Responsibilities: Lead program planning and stakeholder collaboration, oversee Workday implementation efforts, facilitate the Steering Committee, and provide regular updates to senior leadership regarding project progress and risks.

Skills: Strong leadership and communication skills, ability to manage complex systems and business processes, and proficiency in stakeholder engagement and project management.

Qualifications: Experience in higher education systems, demonstrated success in leading organization-wide projects, and a comprehensive understanding of the needs of diverse stakeholders.

Location: Montpelier, Vermont, USA

Compensation: Not provided by employer. Typical compensation ranges for this position are between $110,000 - $150,000.

Program Director for Workday Implementation

Grade 15

FLSA Status: Exempt

Non-bargaining Unit  

BASIC FUNCTION

The Workday program manager provides executive-level leadership, oversight, and coordination of the overall Workday implementation process and related activities, including leadership and facilitation of the Workday Steering Committee, oversight of the Workday Core Team and the necessary functional sub teams. The program manager provides project-related direction and supervision via a solid or dotted-line reporting relationship to the project managers, business and process analysts, systems leads, and other functional stakeholders engaged in the implementation effort. 

This position is contingent on receipt of continued funding from external sources.  

CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead program planning, project preparation, and stakeholder collaboration needed to ensure effective program delivery.
• Lead the overall Workday implementation efforts in alignment to the project plans and statement of work provided by the vendor.
• Provides leadership and facilitation of the Steering Committee and the overall governance process. 
• Provide direction to the project managers, business and process analysts, systems leads, change leaders, and other functional stakeholders engaged in the implementation effort.
• Create and deliver regular program updates to the sponsors, presidents, senior leadership, and the Board of Trustees that describe plans, progress, barriers, and risks.
• Ensure that system configurations and other deliverables meet the technical and functional objectives and needs of both institutions and shared service units. 
• Provide daily management and adjustments of project resources, budgets, and scope that could significantly impact budget or timeline. 

SUPERVISION RECEIVED

The ERP Program Manager reports to the Interim CIO and Workday Executive Sponsor.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED

Provide leadership and project-related supervision to the Workday project lead, project managers, enterprise system lead, and dotted-line supervision to the functional leads for the Finance, HR, and Student module implementation.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Knowledge of policies, organizational dynamics, business processes and best practices, and compliance procedures in a higher education environment.
• Demonstrated success in leading organization-wide projects involving complex systems and business processes.
• A broad understanding of the needs of students, faculty, staff, and other stakeholders.
• Excellent administrative, organizational, communication, and supervisory skills.
• Ability to deal effectively with vendors and a wide range of individuals inside and outside the VSCS.
• Proven ability to work creatively and analytically to adjust to shifting priorities, demands, and timelines demonstrating teamwork, innovation and excellence.
• Strong leadership skills including the ability to lead up, across, and down.
• Excellent communication (written, verbal, and presentation) and interpersonal skills.
• Experience influencing and gaining buy-in from executive sponsors, team members, stakeholders, and peers.
• Demonstrated decisiveness in resolving problems, making decisions, and managing priorities.

Location and Funding:

This position can be based on any of the Vermont State Colleges System campuses. Occasional travel within Vermont or other locations may be required. If hybrid, the incumbent must reside within a U.S State that the Vermont State Colleges System is registered to do business in. This position is dependent on the availability of designated transformation or systems project funding. The position is funded for a minimum of four years.

This general outline illustrates the type of work which characterizes the job classification. It is not an all-encompassing statement of the specific duties, responsibilities and qualifications of individual positions assigned to the classification. 

VSCS values individual differences that can be engaged in the service of learning. Diverse experiences from people of varied backgrounds inform and enrich our community. VSCS welcomes all qualified applications, including those from historically marginalized and underrepresented populations. VSCS is an equal opportunity employer, in compliance with ADA requirements, and will make reasonable accommodations for the known disability of an otherwise qualified applicant. Please contact Human Resources for assistance with accommodations at CCVHR@ccv.edu.  

All new full-time employees and certain part-time employees will be subject to a criminal background check. Any offer of employment is contingent upon the satisfactory results of this check.  

Application Instructions:

In order to be considered, please submit a complete application package which includes a cover letter, resume/CV, employment application and contact information for three professional references at: www.vsc.edu/employee-resources/job-postings .