Your key responsibilities include: 

• Commercially managing the implementation of global Workday programmes from pre-sales through implementation to hand over to AMS (Application Management Services). 

• Acting as the key client interface between functional and technical teams and the client.  

• Pragmatically offering domain experience (HCM, Fins, Payroll or where relevant to a Workday Capability) to provide functional insight and thought-leadership. 

• Managing all aspects of project delivery including project planning, resourcing, milestone tracking, commercial management and customer satisfaction. 

• Leading and supporting blended teams of colleagues, client and partner resources to share knowledge and develop an integrated delivery ethic. 

• Agreeing objectives, outputs, milestones, timescale with client, together with associated contract and commercial terms. 

• Identifying requirements, business processes, application configurations, testing plans and other artefacts to be documented to ensure shared understanding and facilitate knowledge transfer. 

• Creating well structured & accurate deliverables and presenting to client steering level groups to secure proposed recommendations and agreement. 

• Identifying and actioning appropriately opportunities to win business, including negotiating and closing at a senior client level. 

What we are looking for:

• Experience in implementing Workday with direct experience in the successful delivery of solutions within a consulting environment.

• Workday PM Certification

• Working with Workday delivery methodologies 

• Full lifecycle project management experience, from initial opportunity through to requirement development / definition, functional solution design, implementation, data-migration, system testing, user acceptance testing, go-live and service management 

• Fluent in Dutch and English

• Demonstrable success in identifying and taking appropriate action on opportunities for additional business. 

• Ability to work to tight deadlines and make sensible decisions under pressure taking a balanced view of customer demands and Kainos commercials  

• Ability to widen and maintain a network of external contacts  

• Understanding of risk management and able to manage risk 

• Able, if required, to travel to customer sites in the same region (minimal out of region travel may also be required)  

• Support the operations function ensure that our consultant pool is used in the most commercially advantageous way, balancing development needs and personal preferences

Nice to have:

• Develop and deliver products/offerings and services that differentiate Kainos in the marketplace   

• Identify talent for rapid development within the capability  

• Experience of managing, mentoring and developing teams  

• PRINCE 2 (or similar) certification 

• Strong functional domain expertise including areas such as HR and Finance (including Payroll)