Workday HCM - Test Manager - Remote/NYC - Contract - Stott and May
Hempstead, NY 11550
About the Job
Workday HCM – Test Manager – Remote/NYC – Contract
Skills
My client’s IT department is undergoing a significant modernization including a shift to cloud and micro-service-based architectures, drive automation, digitise colleague and client experiences and deliver insight from their petabytes of data.
The Workday Test & Release team provide full testing and release/tenant management to all parts of the Workday programme. In the Workday test team, you will define test strategy, test scope, plan, and estimates, create test concepts, support in-test design, test case creation, test automation, test execution and report on test progress and quality status for a number of projects including country rollouts as well as BAU enhancements.
In this role you will be a member of the Global QA Hub, working within the Workday Team, and reporting into the Overall Workday Test & Release Manager.
This is a 6 month initial contract with extensions to follow. The role will see individuals working remotely with infrequent travel required to NYC for specific periods to support UAT. Those based locally to the Greater NYC area are thus ideally sought after.
The Role
- Lead the entire project starting from scope, planning, execution, support, and the closure of the project in Testing.
- Work closely with Program/Project Managers in managing test scope, cost and effort estimations, risks handling and periodically report the progress, challenges, possible solutions etc. to the senior management.
- Performing risk assessments and producing Test documentation e.g., Test Approaches, Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Scripts, and other related items aligned with Workday Methodologies.
- Preparing and executing Testing for Project & BAU fixes/changes, to ensure they are completed in accordance with the Global Test Strategy
- Developing, Executing & Maintaining Manual and Automated scripts in the existing tool.
- Responsible for entire E2E testing life cycle of the country rollout / BAU – For the entry and exit checklist of Unit Test, SIT/E2E, Regression and UAT until the Sign off each phase.
- Accountable for maintaining up to date testing documentation.
- Setting up Jira/Zephyr for Project & BAU Testing Activities.
- Able to communicate complex issues in a digestible form (to both Business & Technical teams)
The Candidate
- Strong experience within Workday HCM functional areas including integration to external systems, (ideally Payroll integration, Workday Prism Analytics, Reporting & Security testing) is mandatory.
- Experience of data validation across Workday modules working with different Op Co's.
- Project Management experience within testing projects is highly beneficial.
- Ability to clearly report status and highlight risks.
- Working knowledge of test management tools (Jira, Zephyr is preferred)
- Excellent technical understanding of SAAS ERP platforms and processes.
- Experience of Testing throughout the full SDLC (Management & Execution)
- Development and maintenance of test automation tools.
- Manage multiple streams of work simultaneously and prioritize effectively.
- Working alongside outsourced resources and teams across different region.
- Delivery focused, with high energy and drive.
- Ability to mentor new team members from wide and varied backgrounds.
Hourly Rate – $90-$115 Per Hour All Inclusive (Corp to Corp)
Please send resumes directly to patrick.hindmarsh@stottandmay.com and we can look to run through the specifics.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Skills
Workday HCM – Test Manager – Remote/NYC – Contract