Workday Functional Lead – Student
| Company | Babson College |
|---|---|
| Location | Needham, MA, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Mid Level, Senior |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree
- A minimum of 3 years of experience in higher education and student information systems
- Must have project management experience, leading multiple work-streams or small teams
- Must have excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Must have superior verbal and written communications skills with the ability to express technical concepts clearly and across all levels of an organization
- Ability to effectively handle multiple tasks and priorities
- Must have strong attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines
- Ability to be a motivated, independent learner with a passion for IT topics
- Ability to determine task priorities and plan and manage those priorities to move a project forward to completion
- Ability to manage ambiguity and thrive in a fluid environment
- Ability to envision and propose new methods to perform tasks that support ET&A; take thoughtful risks; and accept new and ongoing initiatives, objectives, and solutions to gain sought-after results.
- Ability to anticipate and embrace change; demonstrate willingness to achieve, acquire, and utilize new skills and challenging tasks; and is flexible in changing conditions.
- Must have strong computer skills including proficiency in Google Drive/Docs and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook/Calendar).
- Must be highly independent and able to take initiative
Responsibilities
- Serve as the Workday Student functional expert for all subject matter experts (SMEs).
- Serve as the backup functional expert for Workday Finance.
- Act as the primary technical owner for the student information system and responsible for success of each stakeholders initiatives through specification, maintenance, and administration.
- Provide status on key accomplishments, next steps, track to key deliverables, milestones, and dependencies.
- Escalate any policy or process conflicts to Platform Manager.
- Identify and escalate resource risks and constraints early.
- Work with end users to understand reporting needs and develop appropriate reports and report delivery timeframes.
- Support developers to maintain system interfaces and necessary data integration with downstream systems.
- Responsible for maintaining proper security to protect confidential information by documenting security changes and testing all security memberships.
- Ensure a production quality system, by partnering and collaborating with Platform Manager and other cross functional leads across campus to troubleshoot and resolve production application issues; coordinate, review, test, and implement ongoing Workday system upgrades or patches.
- Design, develop, test, and implement configuration to meet best practice utilizing the established standards and protocols.
- Remain knowledgeable of 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.
- Participate in project scoping activities.
- Assume additional responsibilities as required.
Preferred Qualifications
- Prefer previous experience in student system implementations
- Prefer Workday certification