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Sr. Global Workday Platform Release Administrator

USA The Nature Conservancy

Arlington, Virginia

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JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$77,920–$125,732
SKILLS
Analysis Skills, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Benchmarking, Best Practices, Business Analysis, Business Model, Business Processes, Business Services, Business Solutions, Change Management, Communication Skills, Customer Relations, Customer Support/Service, Develop and Maintain Customers, Finance, ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library), Leadership, Mentoring, Multicultural, Multilingual, People Management, Philosophy, Policy Development, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Prism, Privacy Controls, Problem Solving Skills, Process Development, Process Modeling, Project Management Certification, Project Management Professional (PMP), Quality Management, Release Management/Engineering, Risk, Software Development, Systems Administration/Management, Systems Maintenance, Team Lead/Manager, Team Player, Technical Analysis, Technical Support, Technical Writing, Testing, User Documentation, Vendor/Supplier Management, Willing to Travel, Writing Skills
LOCATION
Arlington, Virginia
POSTED
10 days ago
What We Can Achieve Together:

The Sr. Global Workday Platform Release Administrator leads, manages, and analyzes release management activities for Workday to include ancillary, change, Workday bi-annual releases with a focus on impact, risk and stakeholder relationships.

The Sr. Global Workday Platform Release Administrator will oversee the planning, coordination, and execution of Workday releases, (bi-annual, one-off, weekly service updates, bi-weekly change releases) This position's focus will be to ensure seamless delivery of updates and changes to The Nature Conservancy's Workday environments, while creating strong relationships with HCM, Finance, IT, Quality Management, Security, Privacy and AI stakeholders.

In addition, this position will serve as an expert in Workday Deployment Methodology and coordinate with assigned resources to implement changes requiring either manual or automated deployment activities. Experience leading Workday release management activities that ensure all changes are well-governed, tested, and implemented with minimal disruption and maximum institutional value would be highly valued.

Comprehensively, the Sr. Global Workday Platform Release Administrator analyzes, tests, and evaluates mid-level business systems and service needs. They may gather document requirements, define scope and objectives, and formulate systems to overall business strategies. They may ensure the reliability, availability, performance and recoverably of systems. They collaborate laterally with other IT staff to identify and leverage solutions across business units. This role may be responsible for project or task management and issues related to implementing and establishing technical standards and procedures.

RESPONSIBILITIES & SCOPE

  • Work in lateral teams to provide guidance and specific expertise to business teams on products/systems.
  • Knowledgeable about the strategies, goals, actions and work processes of the business/system/service/operations s/he works with.
  • Conducts analysis of business or technical user needs, documenting requirements and develop system specification.
  • Act as a liaison between IT and end users to ensure Workday release compatibility and satisfaction.
  • Ability to adapt and/or modify processes in response to changing circumstances.
  • Well versed in specific industry best practices, and an ability to adapt them to TNC's organization.
  • Ability to work effectively across multiple mid-level complex projects.
  • Research and recommend innovative and automated approaches for IT tasks.
  • Writing and maintaining detailed systems documentation, including user manuals and technical manuals.
  • Translate user/or systems requirements into functional technical specification.
  • Establish control policies in accordance with best practices and defining benchmarks and measures.
  • Ensure proper coordination and collaboration with other teams.
  • Willing to travel and work flexible long hours and on the weekend.
  • Work environment involves only infrequent exposure to disagreeable elements and minor physical exertion and/or strain.

We're Looking for You:

Are you looking for work you can believe in? At TNC we strive to embody a philosophy of Work that You Can Believe in where you can feel like you are making a difference every day. We're looking for someone with strong experience with IT support.

The ideal candidate will have all or some of the qualifications. If you don't have all of them, please apply anyway and tell us about your skills and experience:

  • Multi-lingual skills and multi-cultural or cross-cultural experience appreciated.
  • Supervisory experience or managing a team of peer professionals.
  • Vendor management experience.
  • Experience with software development methodologies.
  • Strong dedication to the development of Successful Customer Outcomes.
  • Ability and desire to mentor and train others.
  • Demonstrated team-building skills.
  • Strong ability to analyze and model business process and recommend solutions.
  • Experience with the development and execution of test plans.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills.
  • Exceptional customer services skills.
  • Knowledge of Workday ancillary products and partners (e.g., PRISM, Adaptive, WSS, Kainos, Evisort).
  • ITIL 4.0 Practitioner.
  • Change management experience with certifications (e.g., Prosci, CCMP, etc.)
  • Project management certification(s) (e.g., PMP, Pg

About the Company

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USA The Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy is the leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people. The mission of The Nature Conservancy is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends.

We address the most pressing conservation threats at the largest scale. Thanks to the support of our more than 1 million members, we’ve built a tremendous record of success since our founding in 1951:
  • We've protected more than 119 million acres of land and thousands of miles of rivers worldwide — and we operate more than 100 marine conservation projects globally.
  • We work in all 50 states and more than 72 countries — protecting habitats from grasslands to coral reefs, from Australia to Alaska to Zambia.
  • We address threats to conservation involving climate change, fresh water, oceans, and conservation lands.
COMPANY SIZE
2,500 to 4,999 employees
INDUSTRY
Nonprofit Charitable Organizations
FOUNDED
1951
WEBSITE
http://www.nature.org

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