Senior IT Scrum Leader/Project Manager

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At Workday, it all began with a conversation over breakfast. When our founders met at a sunny California diner, they came up with an idea to revolutionize the enterprise software market. And when we began to rise, one thing that really set us apart was our culture. A culture which was driven by our value of putting our people first. And ever since, the happiness, development, and contribution of every Workmate is central to who we are. Our Workmates believe a healthy employee-centric, collaborative culture is the essential mix of ingredients for success in business. That’s why we look after our people, communities and the planet while still being profitable. Feel encouraged to shine, however that manifests: you don’t need to hide who you are. You can feel the energy and the passion, it's what makes us unique. Inspired to make a brighter work day for all and transform with us to the next stage of our growth journey? Bring your brightest version of you and have a brighter work day here.

About the Team

Workday has built an Enterprise Data and Analytics Team to transform and optimize the way Workday builds and shares trusted data to drive insights and data led innovation across the enterprise. One of the key organizational principles of the group is the treatment of data and analytical assets as products with an agile methodology to support their continued development. Each data product will have a dedicated cross-functional Fusion Team to drive data onboarding, security, discovery, transformation, and analytics to create value in line with the business priorities. Each team will have a Product Owner, who works with the business to create and prioritize a backlog of analytical needs and work with the team to help them achieve the outcome. Each pod will also have a Scrum Master, who will manage the agile execution of the work across governance, quality, analytics, and dev ops teams to ensure the overall speed and quality of analytics deliverables.

About the Role

While Agile Methodology is not new to Workday, the incorporation of Agile into Analytics projects is.  As such, this Agile leader will help to define the approach and methodologies that will be followed as part of our new Data Product framework, from templates to tools to the vocabulary that we will use.  This Senior Scrum Master will also act as a scrum master for one of the three Data Products that are part of the initial team launch as a model for how the processes will work.  In particular, we are looking for this leader to model how we scrum, how we collaborate, how we document, and how we move with speed and purpose to deliver analytical insights that delight our internal stakeholders.  It also means aligning with the technology team for systematically improving the tools and methodologies that we employ towards a more and more automated delivery framework.

If you are a change agent, and have experience standing up first-of-a-kind business agile product management processes, Lets Talk! This role will enable iterative value delivery to the business in the tradition of product management, with a backlog of requirements, fixed resource availability, and a DevOps framework, including the establishment of a relevant communications and organizational change process in a highly matrixed environment.

About You

This individual should be a top tier professional with experience and tenure in project management and data analytics and proven experience leading business change through data.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of Scrum Master experience - Scrum Master Certification is preferred

• Knowledge of Agile methodology and framework (Scrum, Kanban, XP, etc.)

• Ability to lead and influence team in adopting the Agile principles

• Ability to gain management trust, work well with internal business partners, and always put our best foot forward

• Ability to foster strong collaboration among team members and help team solve problems

• Ability to gain credibility with executives and business partners; demonstrated ability to influence, negotiate, and drive to results

• JIRA experience is a plus

Other Qualifications

• Proven experience in data and analytics that span multiple business functions/regions, preferably in technology companies.

• Comfort with leading change

• Strong communication, facilitation, presentation skills and stakeholder management with ability to collaborate with senior leadership.

• Innovative and creative problem solver.

• Flexible, team player who drives the decision making process in ambiguous situations.

Workday Pay Transparency Statement

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