Role Summary:

We are looking for an experienced Workday Release Manager to lead end-to-end Workday release planning, governance, and deployment activities. The ideal candidate should have solid expertise in Workday release management, impact assessment, release governance, stakeholder communication, and coordinating cross-functional teams in global SaaS environments.

Key Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end Workday release planning, coordination, and execution.
Manage release governance, Change Advisory Board (CAB) meetings, and Go/No-Go decision forums.
Assess business and technical impacts of Workday releases and ensure deployment readiness.
Coordinate release activities across HR, Payroll, IT, business teams, and external vendors.
Manage release risks, dependencies, issues, and mitigation plans.
Review Workday release notes and translate changes into actionable business and technical requirements.
Drive continuous improvement by implementing lessons learned and scalable release governance processes.

Required Skills

Strong understanding of Workday release management, including:
Preview Tenants
Feature Activation




Backward Compatibility
Known Issue Management
Experience with Workday HCM modules:
Core HCM
Payroll (including Integrations)
Talent
Absence
Working knowledge of Workday Integration Framework:
Workday Studio
Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB)
Core Connectors
Ability to analyze Workday release notes and perform business and technical impact assessments.
Experience using Workday Community for release documentation, Known Issues, and Workday Brainstorm.

Program & Governance Skills
Experience with Release Management frameworks such as ITIL, Protected, or equivalent.
Strong experience leading Change Advisory Boards (CAB) and Go/No-Go governance.
Experience managing cross-functional and cross-geography release dependencies.
Robust risk identification, escalation, and mitigation planning skills.

Key Competencies
Ownership & Accountability
Structured Decision-Making
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Risk Management
Stakeholder Communication
Continuous Improvement

📌 Workday Release Manager Hyderabad
🏢 Optimum Solutions
📍 Hyderabad