Senior Manager, Workday Solution Consulting

Senior Manager, Workday Solution Consulting

  • Location BENTONVILLE, AR
  • Career Area Information Technology
  • Job Function Solution Consulting
  • Employment Type Regular/Permanent
  • Position Type Salary
  • Requisition WD2083857

What you'll do at

Position Summary...

You will lead the implementation, configuration, and continuous maintenance of Workday's recruiting and talent management modules. Your efforts will ensure seamless candidate acquisition, employee development, and performance tracking. By collaborating closely with HR stakeholders, you will optimize talent strategies and drive business objectives through effective utilization of Workday's features.

What you'll do...

Applied Business Acumen:

Requires knowledge of:

Industry and environmental factors (for example, market fluctuations, changes in regulatory policies or politics, emerging technology, cultural practices); Common business vernacular; Business practices across the industry and area-specific domains and related practices (for example, eCommerce, commerce platforms); Relevant business metrics, data models, analytics, and reports that assist in decision making.

To evaluate proposed business cases for projects and initiatives. Influences business stakeholder decision making. Translates business requirements into strategies, initiatives, and projects in alignment with business strategies and objectives. Drives the execution of deliverables. Builds and articulates business cases and return on investment and delivers work that has demonstrable value. Derives detailed insights from relevant data models and reports and utilizes models and reports to advise stakeholders and customers/sellers on complex business issues. Challenges business assumptions on topics related to an assigned domain expertise. Develops new, organization-wide processes and ways of working. Teaches and guides team members on best practices. Proactively engages in the external community to build Walmarts brand and learn more about industry practices.

Technology Acumen:

Requires knowledge of:

Competitive technology landscapes; Existing enterprise systems, technologies, and architecture; Domain-specific scripting/compiling/programming languages; Product technical information and configurations; Software design methodologies; Domain-specific market standards in product/platform architecture; Common technologies and environments; Software quality assurance methodologies and tools, processes, and checkpoints.

To demonstrate a working knowledge of competitor products and industry packages (for example, SAP, Workday, Infor, Coupa) and services, as well as relative strengths and weaknesses. Demonstrates knowledge of market segments and market data trends and makes recommendations. Understands product technology stacks, data models, and APIs to effectively communicate business needs with engineering teams. Understands release cycles and turnaround times for different processes to enable the prioritization and creation of realistic timelines to release features for products/solutions. Drives business and user acceptance testing for complex solutions/offerings by considering the impacts on various cross functional teams and stakeholders.

In-Depth Domain Expertise:

Requires knowledge of:

Domain-specific methodologies, tools, and processes; Domain-specific products; Domain-specific best practices; Domain-specific market standards in product/platform architecture.

To demonstrate awareness of various principles, ways of working, and terminologies across a domain. Compares and contrasts the latest developments and emerging trends and issues in a domain. Identifies areas of innovation within a domain while understanding downstream impacts on subdomains. Identifies areas for the implementation of new processes, automation techniques, and updated ways of working while understanding the downstream impacts on subdomains.

Solution Design:

Requires knowledge of:

Risk assessment and management techniques; Possible solutions for risks, threats, and vulnerabilities; Evolving security landscapes and emerging security threats; Assessment of potential business risks.

To assist in the creation of simple, modular, extensible, and functional designs for products/solutions in accordance with business requirements. Evaluates trade-offs while designing across multiple components in a product based on business requirements. Converts HLD to create detailed designs using mock screens, pseudo codes, and detailed functional logic of modules for specific modules/components of a product. Understands the nuances of designing for disaster recovery. Designs and creates MVP to clarify requirements and design and uncover risks. Independently refines MVP for early defects and revised customer requirements.

Configuration Management:

Requires knowledge of:

Software architecture; Distributed systems; Scalability; Design patterns; Disaster recovery; Technology stacks; Minimum viable product (MVP); Nonfunctional requirements; Telemetry.

To conduct analysis for complex configuration changes. Performs the operations needed to prepare a system for assembly and transfer to the environment on which it will be run in internal/external environment for deployment. Reviews documentation with a clear reason for the configuration.

Integration Management:

Requires knowledge of:

Configuration management tools and processes; Configuration and release management in environment(s).

To oversee the end-to-end process of application integration to the target environment. Investigates issues or failures of application integration. Facilitates modifications to improve the success of integration between application programs.

Testing:

Requires knowledge of:

Risk assessment and management techniques; Possible solutions for risks, threats, and vulnerabilities; Evolving security landscapes and emerging security threats; Assessment of potential business risks.

To translate customer requirements into test strategy (applicable to IC and PL). Identifies scopes and methods of testing for each requirement (applicable only to IC).

Ensures test cases cover all test scenarios (for example, functionality, performance, security, integration, data migration, accessibility ) for a product/solution (applicable only to IC). Drives the execution of test cases to test code and detect errors and defects for an entire product (applicable only to IC). Designs and implements the test strategy for functional and automation testing.

Risk Management:

Requires knowledge of:

Types of middleware; Different types of platforms; Functions of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs); Programming languages used for middleware; Principles and protocols for API-level integration; New and emerging middleware products, tools and methodologies in the industry.

To produce and interpret common risk assessments and management reports. Identifies common technology, security, or financial risks relevant to an assigned function or unit. Evaluates risk assessment models and techniques relevant to a specific line of business. Documents the key steps of unit-specific risk management processes and associated procedures. Implements or manages risk management for an assigned area.

DevOps Orientation:

Requires knowledge of:

Test case preparation; Test objectives; Test strategy; Test types; Test tools (for example, Automation - Selenium, Agile - Jira, Mobile - Eggplant); Test environments; Root cause analysis.

To conduct complex maintenance procedures for applications independently. Monitors and evaluates the performance of applications by tracking and analyzing appropriate metrics. Performs maintenance (corrective, adaptive, perfective) and re-engineering activities. Analyzes application logs, maintenance activity data, performance data, and provide analysis. Evaluates change requests to identify changes which are valid and feasible.

Drives the execution of multiple business plans and projects by identifying customer and operational needs; developing and communicating business plans and priorities; removing barriers and obstacles that impact performance; providing resources; identifying performance standards; measuring progress and adjusting performance accordingly; developing contingency plans; and demonstrating adaptability and supporting continuous learning.

Provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by selecting and training; mentoring; assigning duties; building a team-based work environment; establishing performance expectations and conducting regular performance evaluations; providing recognition and rewards; coaching for success and improvement; and fosters a culture of belonging.

Promotes and supports company policies, procedures, mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by training and providing direction to others in their use and application; ensuring compliance with them; and utilizing and supporting the Open Door Policy.

Ensures business needs are being met by evaluating the ongoing effectiveness of current plans, programs, and initiatives; consulting with business partners, managers, co-workers, or other key stakeholders; soliciting, evaluating, and applying suggestions for improving efficiency and cost effectiveness; and participating in and supporting community outreach events.



Leadership Expectations

Respect for the Individual: Demonstrates and encourages respect for all; builds a high-performing, diverse team; seeks, and embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas and experiences; creates a workplace and equitable experiences where associates feel seen, supported and connected through culture of belonging so associates thrive and perform; drives a positive associate and customer/member experience for all; identifies, attracts, and retains the best, diverse team members.

Respect for the Individual: Creates a discipline and focus around developing talent, through feedback, coaching, mentoring, and developmental opportunities; promotes an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work; empowers associates and partners to act in the best interest of the customer/member and company; and regularly recognizes others contributions and accomplishments.

Respect for the Individual: Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners; works collaboratively and cross-functionally to achieve objectives; and communicates and listens attentively, with energy and positivity to motivate, influence, and inspire commitment and action.

Acts with Integrity: Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics and compliance; models the Walmart values and leads by example to foster our culture; supports Walmarts goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers, members, and the world around us.

Acts with Integrity: Follows the law, our code of conduct and company policies, and sets expectations for others to do the same; promotes an environment where associates feel comfortable sharing concerns and reinforces our culture of non-retaliation; listens to concerns raised by associates. takes action and encourages others to do the same; holds self and others accountable for achieving results in a way that is consistent with our values.

Acts with Integrity: Acts as an altruistic servant leader and is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, and transparent.

Service to the Customer/Member: Delivers expected business results while putting the customer/member first and consistently applying an omni-merchant mindset and acts with an Every Day Low Cost mindset to drive value and Every Day Low Prices for customers/members.

Service to the Customer/Member: Adopts a holistic perspective that considers data, analytics, customer/member insights, and different parts of the business when making plans and shaping the teams strategy.

Strive for Excellence: Consistently raises the bar and seeks to improve; demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset; seeks feedback, asks thoughtful questions, fosters an environment that supports learning, innovation, and learning from mistakes, and intelligent risk-taking; and exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks.

Strive for Excellence: Seeks and implements continuous improvements and encourages the team to leverage new digital tools and ways of working.

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.

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You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.

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For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices.

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Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.

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Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.

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For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.

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The annual salary range for this position is $90,000.00-$180,000.00

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Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

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Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:

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- Stock

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Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Option 1: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, management, information systems, mathematics, business, or related area and 5 years’ experience in software engineering, consulting, DevOps, or related area.
Option 2: 7 years' experience in software engineering, consulting, DevOps, or related area.
2 years’ supervisory experience.

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Master's degree in Computer Science, Management, Information Systems, Mathematics, Business, or related area and 3 years' experience in enterprise design, implementation, or consulting., Prior work experience in the technical integrations between SAP, Workday, etc. and third-party applications., Prior work experience using technology packages such as SAP, Workday, Infor, and Coupa based on business requirements., Prior work experience writing functional specifications and test scripts., We value candidates with a background in creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly. The ideal candidate would have knowledge of accessibility best practices and join us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart’s accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture.

Primary Location...

508 Sw 8Th St, Bentonville, AR 72712, United States of America

About Walmart

At Walmart, we help people save money so they can live better. This mission serves as the foundation for every decision we make, from responsible sourcing to sustainability—and everything in between. As a Walmart associate, you will play an integral role in shaping the future of retail, tech, merchandising, finance and hundreds of other industries—all while affecting the lives of millions of customers all over the world. Here, your work makes an impact every day. What are you waiting for?

Walmart Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer- By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers, and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting, and valuing unique styles, experiences, identities, abilities, ideas and opinions- while welcoming all people.

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All the benefits you need for you and your family

  • Multiple health plan options, including vision & dental plans for you & dependents
  • Financial benefits including 401(k), stock purchase plans, life insurance and more
  • Associate discounts in-store and online
  • Education assistance for Associate and dependents
  • Parental Leave
  • Pay during military service
  • Paid Time off - to include vacation, sick, parental
  • Short-term and long-term disability for when you can't work because of injury, illness, or childbirth

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific plan or program terms. For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.com/Benefits.

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