We are seeking an experienced Workday Release Manager to lead the planning, governance, testing, and deployment of Workday bi-annual releases and ongoing configuration changes across Workday HCM and related modules. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Workday release management, stakeholder coordination, tenant strategy, regression testing, change management, and production deployments.

Key Responsibilities

- Own the end-to-end Workday release management lifecycle for bi-annual Workday updates and monthly production changes.
- Develop and maintain the Workday release calendar, deployment schedule, and governance framework.
- Assess Workday release notes and evaluate the business impact of new features and enhancements.
- Coordinate with Functional, Technical, Integration, Security, and Business teams for release planning and execution.
- Define and manage Workday tenant strategy (Preview, Sandbox, Implementation, Production).
- Plan and execute regression testing, UAT, defect management, and production validation.
- Manage deployment activities including configuration migration using Workday Object Transporter (OX) or equivalent deployment tools.
- Lead Change Advisory Board (CAB) meetings and obtain release approvals.
- Monitor release risks, dependencies, issues, and mitigation plans.
- Ensure compliance with ITIL processes, audit requirements, and change management standards.
- Track release KPIs and continuously improve release processes through automation and best practices.

Required Skills

- Solid experience with Workday HCM releases and tenant management.
- Core HCM
- Release planning and governance
- Workday Preview and Production releases
- Regression testing strategy
- UAT coordination
- Configuration migration
- Incident and defect management




- Experience with ITIL Change Management and Release Management.
- Familiarity with Agile/Scrum delivery methodology.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

- Workday Pro or Workday Certification (HCM or relevant modules).
- ITIL Foundation Certification.
- Scrum Master or Agile Certification is an advantage.
- Experience working with global Workday implementations and AMS support models.

Key Competencies

- Release Governance
- Stakeholder Management
- Risk & Issue Management
- Planning and Coordination
- Analytical Thinking
- Decision Making
- Process Improvement
- Leadership and Collaboration

Nice to Have

- Experience with Workday Extend.
- Knowledge of Workday Prism Analytics and Reporting.
- Experience integrating Workday with third-party applications.

A 360-year young organization with strong pillars on value system and customer centricity, Saint-Gobain employs

176,000 people across 64 countries with over 90 nationalities. A fortune 500 company, Saint-Gobain is recognized among the 100 most innovative and 100 most sustainable corporations on earth. Saint-Gobain has pioneered several Products, Marketing, Manufacturing, Application, Sustainability, Human Resources Innovations, Knowledge, and Skill Development that helped in the emergence of product differentiation and segmentation in the industry.

In India we are today a community of united entrepreneurs who believe talent is infinite and can continuously shape the future, every day.

The strategy of responsible growth is guided by the Saint-Gobain Group’s purpose, “MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER HOME”, which responds to the shared ambition of everyone in the Group to act every day to make the world a more beautiful and sustainable place to live in.

📌 Release Manager (Mumbai)
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