Workday Data Migration Lead

Job summary

Lead the end-to-end migration of HR and payroll data from legacy systems into Workday, including extraction, cleansing, transformation, loading, validation, reconciliation, conversion cycles, and final cutover. Coordinate migration work across modules, systems, teams, and implementation partners while managing data quality, risks, defects, dependencies, and remediation.

Job details

Workday Data Migration Lead Location: GTA (Hybrid – TBD) Duration: 1 year contract Role Overview We are seeking an experienced Workday Data Migration Lead to lead the end-to-end data migration for a large-scale Workday implementation and HR transformation. The successful candidate will own the complete data lifecycle—from legacy data extraction, cleansing and transformation through Workday loading, validation, reconciliation, conversion cycles and final cutover. Key Responsibilities Lead the end-to-end Workday data migration strategy and execution. Extract, cleanse, map, transform and migrate legacy HR/Payroll data into Workday. Lead mock conversions, validation, reconciliation and production cutover. Coordinate migration across multiple Workday modules and legacy systems. Lead migration resources and work closely with HR, Payroll, IT and the Workday implementation partner. Manage data quality, migration risks, defects, dependencies and remediation. Required Experience Proven experience leading multiple Workday data migrations end-to-end. Large-scale Workday implementation and HR/Payroll data conversion experience. Experience migrating from multiple complex legacy HR/Payroll systems into Workday. Strong knowledge of Workday business objects, data dependencies, load sequencing, reconciliation and cutover. Ability to demonstrate the scale of previous migrations, including employee population, source systems and migration team size. Experience with Workday Studio, Python, PowerShell or comparable scripting is an asset. Top Priority: We are looking for someone who has personally led the full Workday data migration lifecycle, not simply participated in a Workday implementation.

What you’ll do

Lead the end-to-end migration of HR and payroll data from legacy systems into Workday, including extraction, cleansing, transformation, loading, validation, reconciliation, conversion cycles, and final cutover. Coordinate migration work across modules, systems, teams, and implementation partners while managing data quality, risks, defects, dependencies, and remediation.

Requirements

Requires proven leadership of multiple end-to-end Workday data migrations, including large-scale implementations and conversions from complex legacy HR and payroll systems. Candidates should have strong knowledge of Workday business objects, data dependencies, load sequencing, reconciliation, and cutover; scripting experience with Workday Studio, Python, PowerShell, or comparable tools is an asset.

Listed skills

• Data Validation · Preferred
• Python · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Workday Data Migration
• Data Migration Strategy
• Legacy Data Extraction
• Data Cleansing
• Data Mapping
• Data Transformation
• Workday Data Loading
• Data Validation
• Data Reconciliation
• Mock Conversions
• Production Cutover
• HR and Payroll Data Conversion
• Workday Business Objects
• Data Dependencies
• Workday Studio
• Python

Job areas

• Technology
• Data & Analytics
• Human Resources
• Management & Leadership
• Consulting

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