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This customer-facing role requires a combination of technical expertise, project management skills, and strong customer relations. The Production Readiness Manager (PRM) plays a vital role in ensuring successful customer deployments of Workday products and business-critical activities in production, delivering exceptional value to customers. Their ability to navigate complex projects, advocate for customers, and drive timely resolution of issues contributes to the overall success of the organization and customer satisfaction. The PRM is responsible for overseeing performance testing and ensuring a smooth transition to production. They partner with customers to understand their unique needs, challenges, and business objectives. They collaborate with internal teams to identify and resolve performance issues proactively. As advocates for customers, PRMs actively represent their needs and concerns throughout the deployment process. PRMs monitor progress, track key performance indicators, and provide regular updates to stakeholders. They leverage their project management skills to coordinate resources, manage timelines, and mitigate risks. PRMs also have a deep understanding of change management principles and employ strategies to minimize disruption and ensure a seamless transition to production.
Job Responsibility:
Work with Workday's largest strategic accounts to build strong relationships while overseeing multiple accounts simultaneously
Act as a liaison between Operations, Professional Services, Development, Product Management and Customers to ensure understanding and alignment
Become an expert in Workday's Architecture and leverage it on all engagements as needed
Demonstrate competency in Workday products: HCM, Payroll, Financials
Review upcoming customer events and planned production activities to identify potential problems, then plan and execute solutions
Successfully engage with Senior Leadership, Technical and Functional staff to remove roadblocks, address delays and mitigate issues
Own and drive escalated issues blocking production success
Effectively use sound business judgment, risk avoidance and SME resources to coordinate team efforts to solve problems
Carry out regular review of customer cases to identify trends
Champion and advocate for customers with internal and external stakeholders
Manage challenging situations in a fast paced environment
Chair roundtables to ensure close communication and relationship building with key stakeholders
Serve on and actively participate in customer steering committee meetings
Drive customer self-sufficiency by ensuring their customers understand how to engage with the Workday Support organization and leverage tools
Pilot new programs and drive continuous improvement initiatives for production customers
Participate in our 24x7 program
Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in Technical Area (Computer Science, MIS) or equivalent technical work experience and acumen
4+ years of experience in product support, customer success, account management or consulting for a complex B2B enterprise software solution with a solid grasp of underlying technologies
4+ years of experience successfully implementing or managing a complex SaaS solution and working with large enterprise accounts
Fluent spoken and written English
Nice to have:
Fluent German
French or Spanish is a plus
Demonstrated ability to understand and successfully explain technical architecture
Ability to confidently balance multiple initiatives and manage shifting priorities efficiently
Excellent verbal, presentation and interpersonal skills, including the ability to chair meetings
Demonstrated leadership skills to influence, interact and collaborate with senior leaders and technical resources, internally and externally
Excellent organization, communication and presentation skills (project management experience is a must)
Strong analytical and problem solving skills both technically and functionally
Crisis management experience is a plus
Ability to learn new products quickly through instruction and self-training
Comfortable in a fast-paced process-focused environment
Excellent analytical, problem solving, and multitasking skills
Working experience with at least one of the following business areas: Human Resources, Payroll, Time Tracking, Recruiting, Financials