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Workday Data Migration Lead

Location: GTA (Hybrid – TBD)

Duration: July 2026 – July 2027

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 have led multiple Workday data migrations and bring strong experience developing and executing migration strategy across complex enterprise environments. This role requires someone who can own the migration lifecycle from legacy data assessment and extraction through transformation, Workday loading, reconciliation, validation, conversion cycles, cutover, and stabilization.

Experience migrating from SAP SuccessFactors and/or other enterprise HR platforms to Workday is highly desirable.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead the end-to-end Workday data migration strategy, planning, execution, and governance.
- Own migration activities across data extraction, cleansing, mapping, transformation, loading, reconciliation, and validation.
- Lead multiple mock conversion and production migration cycles through final cutover.
- Define migration scope, approach, standards, controls, schedules, dependencies, and acceptance criteria.
- Coordinate migration activities across Workday modules and multiple legacy/source systems.
- Work closely with HR, Payroll, IT, functional teams, technical teams, and the Workday implementation partner.
- Lead and coordinate the migration team, including technical and functional migration resources.
- Manage data quality issues, migration risks,



dependencies, defects, and remediation activities.
- Ensure migrated data is complete, accurate, reconciled, and approved by business stakeholders.
- Provide migration status, risks, issues, and readiness reporting to project leadership and governance forums.

Required Experience

- Demonstrated experience leading multiple Workday data migrations end-to-end .
- Significant experience with large-scale Workday implementations and data conversion programs .
- Strong understanding of the complete Workday migration lifecycle, including:
- Data extraction
- Data mapping and cleansing
- Transformation
- Workday data loading
- Reconciliation and validation
- Mock/conversion cycles
- Cutover and production migration
- Experience migrating data from multiple complex legacy HR and Payroll systems into Workday.
- Experience working across multiple Workday modules and associated data domains.
- Demonstrated experience leading migration teams and coordinating functional, technical, business, and implementation-partner resources.
- Ability to clearly demonstrate the scale of previous Workday migrations , including employee population, number of source systems, migration team size, and complexity.
- Strong data migration governance, issue management, stakeholder management, and communication skills.





Technical Experience Candidates should have strong knowledge of Workday migration technologies, tools, and methodologies, with experience in areas such as:

- Workday EIBs
- Workday Studio
- Workday APIs / Web Services
- SQL
- ETL and data transformation tools
- Data extraction and transformation
- Data conversion and loading
- Data reconciliation and validation
- Data quality and cleansing
- Workday conversion cycles and cutover

Nice to Have

- SAP SuccessFactors-to-Workday migration experience
- SAP HCM / SAP ECC experience within an SAP-to-Workday transformation
- Experience migrating HR and Payroll data from multiple enterprise platforms
- Experience with ADP Payroll data migration
- Experience within large, complex and/or unionized organizations
- M&A;, parent company, subsidiary, or multi-entity data migration experience

Top Skills

1. End-to-end Workday data migration leadership
2. Hands-on knowledge of Workday migration tools and technologies
3. Large-scale, complex HR/Payroll data conversion experience
4. Multiple legacy/source systems to Workday migration
5. Migration strategy, governance, reconciliation, validation, and cutover

Strong asset: Proven SAP SuccessFactors-to-Workday migration experience in a large enterprise setting.

Questions to ask

1. How many Workday migration projects has the candidate led end-to-end?
2. Please describe his direct involvement in the Cenovus SuccessFactors-to-Workday migration, including Workday modules, migration tools, and specific responsibilities.
3. What is the largest Workday migration he has led in terms of employee count, source systems, and migration team size?

📌 Workday Data Migration Lead (Greater Toronto Area)
🏢 Amyantek
📍 Greater Toronto Area