Workday Project Manager – Adaptive Planning | Dallas, TX | Remote

Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced Workday Project Manager – Adaptive Planning to lead and manage Workday Adaptive Planning implementation and transformation initiatives. The ideal candidate will have deep, hands-on experience managing projects involving Workday Adaptive Planning, with strong knowledge of financial planning, workforce planning, capital expenditure planning, forecasting, reporting, and enterprise planning processes.

This role requires a senior project management professional who can effectively manage scope, timelines, budgets, risks, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams while ensuring successful delivery of Workday Adaptive Planning solutions.

Position Details

Job Title: Workday Project Manager – Adaptive Planning
Location: Dallas, TX
Work Arrangement: Remote
Specialization: Workday Adaptive Planning / Financial Planning / Workforce Planning
Job Type: Contract
Experience: Deep, long-term Workday Adaptive Planning experience

Key Responsibilities

Workday Adaptive Planning Implementation

• Lead end-to-end implementation and enhancement initiatives involving Workday Adaptive Planning.
• Manage project scope, timelines, deliverables, resources, and stakeholder expectations.
• Coordinate implementation activities across business, finance, HR, IT, and technical teams.
• Ensure Workday Adaptive Planning solutions are aligned with business planning and forecasting requirements.
• Manage project milestones and ensure deliverables are completed within agreed timelines.
• Identify project dependencies and proactively address implementation challenges.

Financial, Workforce & CapEx Planning

• Support planning processes across Financial Planning, Workforce Planning, and Capital Expenditure (CapEx) Planning.
• Work with Finance and business stakeholders to understand budgeting, forecasting, and planning requirements.
• Support development of planning models that enable accurate budgeting and forecasting.
• Help organizations improve planning processes through automation and centralized planning capabilities.
• Coordinate requirements for headcount planning, workforce forecasting, operating expenses, capital expenditures, and financial forecasts.

Dashboards, Reports & Forecasting

• Oversee the development and configuration of dashboards, reports, forecasts, and what-if scenarios within Adaptive Planning.
• Ensure reporting requirements are clearly defined and delivered.
• Support scenario modeling and business planning activities.
• Ensure data presented through dashboards and reports is accurate and actionable.
• Work with functional and technical teams to troubleshoot reporting and planning issues.

Data & System Performance

• Ensure accuracy and consistency of data used within Workday Adaptive Planning.
• Coordinate data integration and validation activities.
• Monitor system performance and identify potential issues affecting planning processes.
• Work with technical teams to resolve data quality, integration, and performance issues.
• Establish appropriate data validation and governance processes.

Project Management

• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, milestones, and deliverables.
• Manage project risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and change requests.
• Track project budgets and resource allocation.
• Coordinate internal teams, external consultants, and business stakeholders.
• Provide regular project status updates to leadership and stakeholders.
• Ensure project documentation is maintained throughout the implementation lifecycle.
• Drive issue resolution and escalate critical risks when necessary.

Stakeholder Management

• Serve as a key point of contact between business stakeholders, technical teams, Finance, HR, and project leadership.
• Facilitate project meetings, requirements discussions, planning sessions, and status reviews.
• Communicate project progress, risks, decisions, and dependencies clearly.
• Manage stakeholder expectations throughout the implementation.
• Build strong working relationships across Finance, HR, IT, and business teams.

Training & Change Management

• Coordinate user training activities for Workday Adaptive Planning.
• Ensure appropriate training materials and user documentation are developed.
• Support user adoption and organizational change initiatives.
• Coordinate knowledge transfer between implementation teams and internal business users.
• Identify opportunities to improve user experience and planning processes.

Governance & Continuous Improvement

• Establish and maintain appropriate project and system governance processes.
• Ensure implementation activities follow organizational standards and best practices.
• Support continuous improvement of Adaptive Planning models, reports, workflows, and planning processes.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual planning activities.
• Recommend improvements to forecasting, budgeting, reporting, and workforce planning processes.
• Support long-term optimization and enhancement of the Workday Adaptive Planning environment.

Required Qualifications

• Strong project management experience with Workday Adaptive Planning.
• Deep and long-term experience leading Workday Adaptive Planning implementations.
• Proven experience managing complex enterprise planning projects.
• Strong understanding of financial planning and budgeting processes.
• Experience with Workforce Planning and headcount planning.
• Experience with CapEx planning.
• Strong knowledge of forecasting and scenario planning.
• Experience managing project scope, schedules, budgets, risks, and stakeholders.
• Experience working with Finance, HR, IT, and business teams.
• Strong understanding of dashboards, reports, forecasts, and what-if scenarios.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong documentation, governance, and organizational skills.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior Workday Adaptive Planning Project Manager with extensive experience leading Adaptive Planning implementations rather than a general Workday project manager.

You should have a deep understanding of how organizations use Workday Adaptive Planning to manage budgets, forecasts, workforce/headcount planning, and capital expenditures.

Strong experience coordinating Finance, HR, IT, and technical teams through implementation, testing, training, deployment, and continuous improvement is highly desirable.

Work Arrangement

Location: Dallas, Texas
Work Model: Remote

Candidates with strong, demonstrated Workday Adaptive Planning experience are encouraged to apply.

How to Apply

Please share your updated resume with details of your Workday Adaptive Planning implementation experience, project management background, financial planning experience, and relevant certifications.

📩 Email: akshit.b@precisiontechcorp.com

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