Workday Change Management Specialist

The Change Management Specialist develops and implements strategies to support successful organizational, technology, and business-process change, with a focus on Workday change management. This role partners with leaders, project teams, and stakeholders to drive readiness, communication, training, engagement, and adoption across complex enterprise initiatives, including Workday implementations, releases, and enhancements., The Change Management Specialist supports large-scale organizational, technology, and business-process transformation initiatives across the organization, including Workday program change management for HR, payroll, finance, supply chain, and planning. This position develops and executes structured change management strategies and collateral that prepare employees, leaders, and business stakeholders for changes to Workday systems, processes, roles, responsibilities, and ways of working. The position serves as a liaison among project leadership, the Workday team, functional teams, operational stakeholders, communications, training resources, and end users to ensure organizational impacts are understood and appropriately addressed. The role is responsible for stakeholder engagement, Workday change impact and readiness assessments, communication, training coordination, adoption planning, resistance management, and post-implementation reinforcement, including support for Workday releases, new functionality, and business process changes. The ideal candidate will have experience supporting complex enterprise initiatives, preferably Workday implementations or enhancements, involving multiple functional areas, stakeholder groups, technology platforms, and organizational entities.

• Bachelor’s degree in business, organizational development, communications, human resources, information systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience * 5+ years of experience in change management, organizational change, or business transformation * At least 2 years of experience supporting enterprise system implementations or major technology changes * Working knowledge of change management frameworks, with the ability to conduct impact and readiness assessments and develop communication and training plans * Ability to work effectively with leaders, project teams, and end users, and to manage competing priorities in a complex environment * Hands-on change management experience on Workday projects (HCM, payroll, finance, supply chain, or planning), including implementations, releases, or enhancements * Experience in a large academic medical center or healthcare setting * Experience supporting multi-entity or tenant consolidation efforts * Change management certification such as Prosci Change Practitioner (ADKAR) or CCMP * Project management certification (e.g., PMP) or Workday certification or training