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PMO Manager – Workday & Enterprise Applications

Jda · Hyderabad

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Scope:

  • Own and drive the Workday enhancement portfolio , covering demand intake, prioritization, roadmap planning, delivery, releases, risks, dependencies, and business outcomes.
  • Lead PMO governance and executive reporting , providing leadership visibility into program health, milestones, risks, financials, and key decisions.
  • Coordinate across HR, IT, Finance, business teams, technology partners, and senior leadership to ensure alignment, timely execution, and successful adoption of Workday initiatives. Key Responsibilities What You'll Do: Workday Enhancement & Program Management
  • Own the PMO governance for the Workday enhancement portfolio , including demand intake, prioritization, planning, delivery tracking, and closure.
  • Partner with HR, IT, Workday product teams, and business stakeholders to translate business requirements into actionable enhancement initiatives.
  • Manage enhancement roadmaps, release planning, dependencies, risks, issues, and key milestones.
  • Establish and maintain standardized processes for Workday change requests, prioritization, approvals, testing, deployment, and post-production support .
  • Coordinate with Workday implementation/support partners and internal technology teams to ensure timely delivery.
  • Track benefits, outcomes, and business value delivered through Workday enhancements. Executive Stakeholder & ELT Engagement
  • Work closely with ELTs and senior leadership to provide clear visibility into portfolio health, strategic initiatives, risks, dependencies, and decisions required.
  • Prepare executive-level presentations, dashboards, status reports, and decision papers.
  • Facilitate leadership governance forums, steering committee meetings, and program reviews.
  • Proactively identify issues that require executive intervention and drive them to resolution.
  • Communicate complex technology and business topics in a concise, outcome-oriented manner. PMO Governance
  • Establish strong program governance, operating rhythms, and reporting mechanisms across Workday and related enterprise initiatives.
  • Maintain portfolio-level RAID logs, action trackers, decision logs, milestone plans, and financial tracking.
  • Develop and maintain executive dashboards and KPIs covering delivery, budget, risks, dependencies, and business outcomes.
  • Ensure adherence to organizational PMO standards, controls, and delivery methodologies.
  • Drive continuous improvement of PMO processes, tools, templates, and reporting. Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Act as a central coordination point between HR, IT, Finance, Legal, Security, Business Operations, and Technology teams .
  • Manage dependencies across Workday and other enterprise applications.
  • Partner with product owners, architects, engineering teams, vendors, and functional leads to ensure alignment and timely execution.
  • Support organizational change management and stakeholder adoption for major Workday enhancements. What We Are Looking For:
  • 9–14 years of experience in PMO, Program Management, Technology Transformation, or Enterprise Applications .
  • Proven experience managing Workday enhancement programs or Workday-related initiatives .
  • Strong understanding of Workday modules such as HCM, Compensation, Talent, Recruiting, Absence, Payroll, or Finance is preferred.
  • Experience working in a global, matrixed organization with geographically distributed teams.
  • Demonstrated ability to work directly with C-suite / ELT / VP-level stakeholders .
  • Strong experience in executive reporting, governance, portfolio management, and strategic planning.
  • Excellent understanding of RAID management, dependency management, risk management, financial tracking, and change control .
  • Strong communication, presentation, facilitation, and influencing skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple strategic initiatives simultaneously in a high-growth and changing environment.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
  • Experience with PMO tools such as Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow, Smartsheet, Power BI, or similar platforms .
  • Experience in HR Technology / HRIS transformation .
  • Experience working with global consulting partners and technology vendors.
  • Exposure to enterprise architecture, and technology governance.
  • Experience within a SaaS, enterprise software, supply-chain technology, or similarly complex technology organization. Our Values If you want to know the heart of a company, take a look at their values. Ours unite us. They are what drive our success – and the success of our customers. Does your heart beat like ours? Find out here: Core Values All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.