​Essential Duties:

Program Management

• Overall ownership for the ongoing design, deployment, and maintenance of the Workday HCM and/or Finance system; Drives system vision and strategy
• Serve as a strong consultative partner to business and functional leaders to continuously improve service delivery
• Lead governance process, road mapping exercises and cross-functional resource planning
• Partner with the Workday Support Lead ensuring day-to-day systems support is balanced with strategic enhancements and projects
• Serve as Head of Workday Steering Committee and liaison of communication between Workday Support Team, Steering and Executive Committees
• Interprets requirements from business stakeholders to technical teams
• Workday Training Coordinator – Assign, approve and track training for functional users
• Organize the overall Project, Project Components, and key stakeholders for efficient communications and issue resolution

Product Management

• Responsible for being knowledgeable on the Workday roadmap and upcoming product releases, reviewing release notes, assessing new features and understanding the impacts to business processes and basic changes in functionality
• Collaborate with YL PMO Office for on-going release planning, end user impact, strategic planning for the mission, etc
• Lead governance process, road mapping exercises and cross-functional resource planning; Works closely with the IT Lead who will coordinate and lead Workday mandatory upgrades; design and implement overall testing strategy.
• Partner with the Development team to triage escalated integration issues.
• Evaluate feasibility of system modifications and enhancements
• Implement lessons learned/best practices and look to improve quality of the releases

Supervision

• Oversee and supervise Workday System staff as required

Change Management

• Manage the Change Request process
• Review all Change Requests and determine which go into Change Log, which go into Improve Wave, and which go to the Steering Committee for review.
• Evaluate each change’s impact across Workday platform and the WV Partnership, to assess required decision makers
• Ensure up-to-date documentation of system functions, processes and capabilities

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Experience related to implementation and management of enterprise HR or Financials applications
• Ability to clearly articulate messages with all levels in the organization, including breaking down complex topics for target audiences
• Ability to understand business priorities and align technology opportunities
• Project planning, management, risk monitoring and mitigation
• Ability to prioritize workload and provide timely follow-up and resolution
• Ability to motivate and set the direction for a team
• Demonstrate high level of integrity, discretion and confidentiality

Job-Specific Working Condition​s

• The anticipated salary for this position can range from $92,071-$127,506 depending on relevant experience and education.
• This can be a fully remote working position, or in-office position in Colorado Springs, Co at our Service Center. ​

Note:​ This description is not intended, and should not be construed, to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with this job. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the principal job elements essential for making compensation decisions.​

Qualifications:

Education

• Bachelor’s degree required; masters preferred ​

Experience Required for the Job

• Minimum ten (10) years of relevant professional experience, including leading and managing complex projects or programs with outcome-focused deliverables, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Minimum three (3) years of managerial experience
• Three (3)+ years of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system experience preferred with Workday
• Demonstrated proficiency in HR or Financials (FINS) technical skills and core HR or FINS competencies and/or IT configuration and release processes.
• Demonstrated proficiency in business process analysis and interpretation in technical configuration requirements

​ Personal Skills, Attributes and Disciplines

• Actively pursuing a relationship with Jesus.
• Seek and maintain relationships and disciplines in the context of active participation in a church community and develop a vibrant spiritual life that includes time for solitude, reflection, Bible study, worship and prayer
• Motivate and achieve results through prayer, integrity and strong supervision.
• Commit to the highest standards of personal conduct, and personal and business integrity
• Collaborate and work together to meet commitments to supervisor(s), peers, staff and volunteers
• Build productive, collaborative relationships and thrive comfortably in dynamic environments where strong leadership and a “can do” attitude will make the difference
• Demonstrate outstanding communication skills (a good listener who is pragmatic, straightforward, articulate and open), business acumen, emotional intelligence, and a learning posture
• Possess qualities consistent with the Young Life Values:

○The Gospel — living according to and communicating the whole gospel of Jesus Christ

○Scripture — acting under the authority of Scripture and relying on the Holy Spirit to empower our ministry

○All Kids — reaching adolescents of every ability and all economic, cultural and ethnic backgrounds through innovative approaches

○Ecumenical — collaborating with followers of Christ from various traditions and local churches

○Diversity — welcoming those whom God calls to our mission — men and women of all ethnicities and abilities who are committed to the common purpose of introducing adolescents to Jesus Christ and helping them grow in their faith

○Health — Encouraging our staff and volunteers in their personal and spiritual health so we may minister out of a consistent and growing relationship with Christ and His followers

○Stewardship — observing the highest standards of stewardship of all the resources placed in our trust

Benefits:

• Medical, dental and vision coverage (at no cost to you).
• Paid vacation and sick leave.
• 401(k) matching plan (up to four percent).
• Health club benefit.
• And more​!

How To Apply:

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