Workday Finance – Senior Project Manager

Position Overview

Tencent Overseas IT has the mission to empower Tencent’s rapid global growth with future ready, global IT platforms, applications, and services. We are chartered to lead the Overseas IT strategy, architecture, roadmap, and execution. Satisfying our internal/external customers and becoming a world class global IT team are our top aspirations.

Our IT Enterprise Applications is currently seeking a passionate Workday financial expert to lead the implementation and deployment of our Workday Financial platform to empower overseas business growth and enhance employee experience.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

· Act as the project manager leading the global Workday Financials implementation project

· Facilitate the definition of the project scope, requirements, and deliverables

· Develop, control, and communicate the project plan, timeline, and milestones

· Define and document project tasks, issues, risks

· Monitor milestones and deliverables to identify issues early, develop workarounds and communicates/ escalates to leadership as applicable

· Track and report project deliverables to the project team and stakeholders, through status reports and meetings

· Develop procedures, manuals, and other documentation for the systems developed based on the requirements gathered

· Develop transition plan(s) and execute those plans to ensure orderly transition to operations

· Administer the scrum board – cards are up to date, backlog is robust, goals are clear

· Proactively eliminate blockers and manage roadblocks

· Participate in the change management and go live support processes

Who We Are Looking For

· Self-motivated, articulate, passionate to deliver the best result and achieve the highest customer satisfaction

· Love satisfying customers with a state of art cloud solutions, realizing ideas, building services, and unlocking the potential of new technology

· Collaborative, independent, insistent, flexible, and open minded. And you see no conflict in any of these things

· Knowledgeable, resourceful and show initiative. You always keep the customer’s objectives in mind

· Positive by nature, a great team player, and both dependable and autonomous

Customer oriented and could work at a very fast pace

Qualifications

· Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of technical project management experience (Workday Financial Implementation is preferred)

· Experience managing large scale Workday Financial engagements or complex IT engagements is preferred

· Proficient in Workday Financial modules (e.g. Financial Management, Banking & Settlement, Projects, Expenses, Supplier Accounts, Procurement)

· Proficient in all phases of the Application Development Lifecycle

· PMI or Scrum Alliance (or similar) certifications in Program Manager, Project Manager, or Scrum Master competencies are preferred

· Deep understanding of agile methodologies, process and change management tools and techniques

· Ability to manage multiple projects, tasks while overseeing many different aspects of the projects

· Excellent leadership skills

· Strong communication (oral and written) and interpersonal skills required to interact with colleagues and stakeholders

· Ability to work effectively with others who are in remote locations and varying time zones

· Fast Learner and ability to adapt quickly to change

· Work collaboratively in a fast-pace cross-functional team

· Experience working with Agile Project Management tools such as Jira

· Experience working with Documents Sharing tools such as Confluence

· Bilingual (English, Chinese) is required

The base pay range for this position in California is $125,400 to $229,900 per year.

Actual pay is based on market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A sign on payment, relocation package, and restricted stock units may be provided as part of the compensation package, as well as other medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the specific position offered.

About Tencent

Founded in November 1998, Tencent is a leading provider of Internet value added services in China. Since its establishment, Tencent has maintained steady growth under its user-oriented operating strategies. On June 16, 2004, Tencent Holdings Limited (SEHK 700) went public on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Tencent is focused on bringing high-quality and engaging internet services and entertainment to its users. In China, Tencent is the largest publisher of online games, and we work together with world-renown developers such as Activision, Epic Games, Halfbrick Studios, King, and Riot Games.

About Tencent America

Tencent America is the US branch of Tencent, a leading provider of Internet services in China. Among the key areas are investments, gaming, artificial intelligence, cloud services, entertainment, and internet services. Some of our partner companies and brands are WeChat, QQ, Tencent Cloud, Activision, Epic Games, Halfbrick Studios, King, and Riot Games. Our US headquarters is in Palo Alto, and we have other offices in New York, Los Angeles, and Seattle. Our growth strategy is focused on attracting the best people and creating an amazing work atmosphere that balances the energy of a start-up with the resources of a global innovation leader. As a Chinese company which is pursuing new markets and growing rapidly in the US, we maintain an entrepreneurial spirit and open mindset. If you are eager to do groundbreaking work in a friendly, cross-cultural environment, we can provide unparalleled stability, resources, access to more than a billion users, and an international perspective. If you, like us, are ambitious and self-driven, we invite you to explore Tencent America. Come join us and explore the power of human connection!

Tencent Americas