Workday Implementation Lead – Technical Workstream

Join us in re-imagining health care with the largest social enterprise in Canada. SE Health is leading a multi-year enterprise transformation project that leverages human-centered design to be at the forefront of innovation within the healthcare sector. As a leader in home care, we are expanding and enhancing our capabilities to provide personalized experiences using new platforms and cloud-native architectures, ensuring privacy and security by design. Our transformation is grounded in guiding principles drive to ensure that we prioritize team decisions, long-term planning, process standardization, data-driven insights, and balanced user adoption. If you are driven by the desire to have an impact, change the world of health care and shape the future, we invite you to be part of our journey.

JOB SUMMARY:

We are seeking a technically skilled and experienced Workday Implementation Lead to manage the technical delivery of our Workday implementation, including integrations, data migration, reporting, and security. This role is critical to ensure the successful deployment of Workday modules, with a focus on technical execution, system architecture alignment, and cross-platform integration.

Reporting to the Workday Implementation Project Manager, you will work closely with IT, enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, workstream leads, and vendor teams to ensure the solution is scalable, secure, and aligned with organizational standards.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Technical Project Leadership:

• Lead the technical workstream of the Workday implementation, including integrations, data conversion, reporting, and security configuration.
• Develop and manage detailed technical project plans, ensuring alignment with overall program timelines and milestones.
• Oversee the design, development, and testing of Workday integrations with internal and third-party systems (e.g., payroll providers, benefits platforms, financial systems).
• Coordinate data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) activities, ensuring data integrity and compliance with privacy standards.
• Support the planning and execution of testing cycles, including integration, end-to-end, user readiness review (URR), and regression testing, ensuring all technical components meet quality standards and business requirements.
• Partner with Workday Implementation Partner to manage Workday environments (sandbox, implementation tenant, production), coordinating environment refreshes, configuration migrations, and ensuring readiness for testing and deployment activities.
• Facilitate the definition and mapping of Workday security roles and permissions in collaboration with cybersecurity and business stakeholders.
• Ensure technical deliverables meet enterprise architecture, privacy, and cybersecurity requirements.

Technical Leadership & Execution:

• Scope, plan, and deliver technical outcomes using tools such as JIRA, Smartsheets, or
• Identify and manage technical risks, dependencies, and issues, escalating as needed to ensure timely resolution.
• Maintain comprehensive technical documentation, including integration specs, data mapping, and test plans.
• Collaborate with functional workstream leads to ensure seamless coordination between business and technical activities.
• Provide input/guidance/feedback on the execution of project tasks assigned to project team members, including task prioritization and resource conflicts.
• Regularly report project progress to the Workday Project Manager, project stakeholders and sponsors as required.

Stakeholder & Vendor Engagement

• Act as the primary point of contact for technical vendors, including Workday implementation partners and integration consultants.
• Facilitate technical design sessions, architecture reviews, and data governance discussions.
• Provide regular updates to project leadership, IT governance, and executive sponsors on technical progress and risks.
• Support change management efforts by ensuring technical readiness for go-live and post-implementation support.

Cross-Program Collaboration

• Align technical workstream activities with other enterprise initiatives, ensuring integration and data consistency across platforms.
• Participate in enterprise architecture and data governance forums to ensure alignment with organizational standards.
• Coordinate with cybersecurity, privacy, and compliance teams to ensure adherence to regulatory and internal policies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent project management certification is an asset.
• Workday Pro certification in Integration, Reporting, or Security is an asset.

Skills & Experience

• 4 – 7 years of experience managing technical workstreams in large-scale ($1M+) enterprise system implementations.
• Prior experience leading a technical workstream of a Workday implementation within an Enterprise environment.
• Experience with Workday technical components, including integrations (EIB, Studio, Core Connectors), calculated fields, and custom reports.
• Strong understanding of Workday security (including role-based access controls), data architecture, and reporting frameworks.
• Experience with data migration, ETL tools, and integration platforms (e.g., Dell Boomi, MuleSoft).
• Skilled in developing and executing test plans, managing defect triage, and ensuring resolution in collaboration with QA and functional teams.
• Familiarity with privacy, cybersecurity, and enterprise architecture frameworks.
• Proven ability to manage third-party vendors and technical consultants.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience in healthcare is an asset.

Why Join SE Health?

• Competitive Compensation – Enjoy a Total Rewards package including salary, benefits, pension, performance incentives, on demand pay and exclusive staff perks.
• Flexibility & Support – Our SE Flex program offers a unique hybrid model with work-from-home options, flexible scheduling, and a supportive culture to help you thrive.
• Meaningful Impact – As a Social Enterprise, your work directly supports improving lives across Canada. Your voice matters, and innovation is encouraged.
• Growth & Development – Access tuition assistance, training, and career advancement opportunities across our growing organization.

About SE Health

At SE Health, our people are everything—and our Home Office is an important part of that culture. When you choose to join SE Health, you become part of a caring, purpose-driven team that's making a real difference across the country. Our Home Office is where innovation meets impact—supporting our direct care teams, driving strategic growth, and helping to shape the future of health care. As a member of our amazing Home Office team, you'll collaborate with passionate colleagues, bring bold ideas to life, and contribute to meaningful work that supports thousands of care interactions each day. We believe in growing together, investing in our people, and creating an inclusive workplace where you can be yourself. Learn why you come first at SE Health.

In the interest of the health and safety of our patients/clients, employees, and greater good of public health, SE Health requires those that wish to work for this organization to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Fully vaccinated means a person has received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine and it has been 14 days since the last dose.

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