The Role
Leads Workday platform governance, enhancement roadmaps, stakeholder prioritization, semi-annual release management, testing, deployment, and communications. Coordinates Workday implementations, integrations, AI and automation initiatives, risks, dependencies, incidents, and cross-functional delivery. Partners with HR, Finance, Payroll, IT, vendors, and technical teams while supporting workload prioritization and enterprise change management.
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Workday Lead
Who We Are
Teranet is Canada’s leader in the delivery and transformation of statutory registry services with extensive expertise in land and commercial registries. We also market insightful property and data solutions, as well as practice management automation to thousands of customers in real estate, financial services, government, utilities, and legal markets.
Connect. Grow. Thrive Together.
To learn more about who we are visit our website: www.teranet.ca
About the RoleTeranet is currently looking for an experienced Workday Lead to coordinate the planning, governance, and continuous improvement of the Workday platform. Acting as the primary liaison between IT, HR, Finance, Payroll, and other business stakeholders, this role will manage the enhancement roadmap, coordinate releases, and support the successful delivery of Workday-related projects.
The role is focused on stakeholder collaboration, release management, project coordination, and team support rather than day-to-day system configuration.
What You’ll Be Doing
Roadmap Planning & Stakeholder Collaboration
At Teranet, we also know that compensation extends far beyond a pay cheque. Along with your cash compensation, we offer a comprehensive package which includes the following:
• 100% Employer Paid Health Benefit Plan• Employer Matching Retirement Savings Plan• Paid Vacation, Floater Days & Sick Leaves• Maternity, Parental and/or Adoption Leave Top-Up Programs• Corporate Discounts & GoodLife Group Rate Membership• Employee Assistance Program – for you and your loved ones!Our Human Approach to HiringAt Teranet, we use smart technology to make hiring faster and more efficient. Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools help us review applications and identify strong matches—but the real decisions? Those are made by our awesome people.
Every interaction you’ll have, and every decision we make, is led by humans. AI may support us, but it’s human connection that drives every hire.
At Teranet, we are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected, and supported. We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers and the communities in which we live and serve. If you require accommodation during the recruitment and selection process, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.
Come As You Are. We Like You That Way!
Who We Are
Teranet is Canada’s leader in the delivery and transformation of statutory registry services with extensive expertise in land and commercial registries. We also market insightful property and data solutions, as well as practice management automation to thousands of customers in real estate, financial services, government, utilities, and legal markets.
Connect. Grow. Thrive Together.
To learn more about who we are visit our website: www.teranet.ca
About the RoleTeranet is currently looking for an experienced Workday Lead to coordinate the planning, governance, and continuous improvement of the Workday platform. Acting as the primary liaison between IT, HR, Finance, Payroll, and other business stakeholders, this role will manage the enhancement roadmap, coordinate releases, and support the successful delivery of Workday-related projects.
The role is focused on stakeholder collaboration, release management, project coordination, and team support rather than day-to-day system configuration.
Reason for Vacancy – Replacement
What You’ll Be Doing
Roadmap Planning & Stakeholder Collaboration
- Partner with HR, Finance, Payroll, and IT stakeholders to understand priorities and future requirements.
- Maintain the Workday enhancement roadmap and Jira backlog, facilitating regular planning and prioritization sessions.
- Assess new Workday capabilities and coordinate recommendations for adoption and process improvement.
- Provide stakeholders with clear updates on priorities, schedules, risks, and delivery status.
- Evaluate emerging Workday capabilities, including Workday AI, Workday Agents, and other intelligent automation features, to identify and drive opportunities that deliver business value.
- Collaborate with HR, Finance, and IT stakeholders to identify, prioritize, and drive AI-enabled use cases across employee and business processes.
- Support the development of business cases and roadmap recommendations for AI, automation, and digital employee experience initiatives.
- Champion and lead new Workday integrations with 3rd party applications to drive efficiencies and automation
- Lead the Workday semi-annual release process and coordinate internal enhancement release schedules.
- Coordinate impact assessments, testing timelines, production deployment, validation, and stakeholder communications.
- Facilitate Workday Release Planning meetings and ensure changes follow established governance and change management practices.
- Maintain an integrated release calendar and manage dependencies across business and technical teams.
- Support Workday projects and module implementations by coordinating plans, resources, milestones, risks, dependencies, and action items.
- Coordinate initiatives involving Workday and complementary enterprise platforms such as Microsoft Copilot, ServiceNow, SharePoint, and DocuSign where business value can be achieved through AI, automation, or improved process integration.
- Manage service availability & incident reporting in case of outage or service degradation
- Work with Workday technical analysts, business partners, vendors, and technical teams to keep initiatives on schedule.
- Help prioritize the team’s workload and provide guidance on delivery approach and sequencing.
- Act as an escalation point for delivery, scheduling, and cross-functional issues.
- 5+ years of Workday experience in a lead analyst, release lead, project lead, or platform support role.
- Experience supporting Workday module implementations or major enhancement programs.
- Coordinating Workday releases, enhancements, or implementation projects.
- Working knowledge of Workday HCM, Payroll, Financials, and Adaptive Planning modules.
- Experience working with business stakeholders to identify and prioritize technology-driven process improvements.
- Strong knowledge of Workday security, reporting, and integrations.
- Experience managing delivery roadmaps, priorities, schedules, risks, and dependencies.
- Experience with Jira, Agile delivery practices, and enterprise change-management processes.
- Familiarity with APIs, integrations, and third-party AI agent frameworks that interact with enterprise SaaS applications.
- Strong understanding of how enterprise SaaS platforms can be leveraged to improve business processes through automation and AI.
- Familiarity with other Enterprise applications including: ServiceNow, Okta IAM, DocuSign E-signature
- Experience with Workday AI capabilities, Workday Agents, or intelligent automation features.
- Agile project-management certification is preferred.
At Teranet, we also know that compensation extends far beyond a pay cheque. Along with your cash compensation, we offer a comprehensive package which includes the following:
• 100% Employer Paid Health Benefit Plan• Employer Matching Retirement Savings Plan• Paid Vacation, Floater Days & Sick Leaves• Maternity, Parental and/or Adoption Leave Top-Up Programs• Corporate Discounts & GoodLife Group Rate Membership• Employee Assistance Program – for you and your loved ones!Our Human Approach to HiringAt Teranet, we use smart technology to make hiring faster and more efficient. Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools help us review applications and identify strong matches—but the real decisions? Those are made by our awesome people.
Every interaction you’ll have, and every decision we make, is led by humans. AI may support us, but it’s human connection that drives every hire.
At Teranet, we are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected, and supported. We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers and the communities in which we live and serve. If you require accommodation during the recruitment and selection process, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.
Come As You Are. We Like You That Way!
Skills Required
- 5+ years of Workday experience in a lead analyst, release lead, project lead, or platform support role
- Experience supporting Workday module implementations or major enhancement programs
- Experience coordinating Workday releases, enhancements, or implementation projects
- Working knowledge of Workday HCM, Payroll, Financials, and Adaptive Planning modules
- Experience working with business stakeholders to identify and prioritize technology-driven process improvements
- Strong knowledge of Workday security, reporting, and integrations
- Experience managing delivery roadmaps, priorities, schedules, risks, and dependencies
- Experience with Jira, Agile delivery practices, and enterprise change-management processes
- Familiarity with APIs, integrations, and third-party AI agent frameworks interacting with enterprise SaaS applications
- Strong understanding of using enterprise SaaS platforms to improve business processes through automation and AI
- Familiarity with ServiceNow, Okta IAM, and DocuSign
- Experience with Workday AI capabilities, Workday Agents, or intelligent automation features
- Agile project-management certification
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The Company
What We Do
Teranet is Canada’s leader in the delivery and transformation of statutory registry services, with extensive expertise in land and commercial registries. Our unmatched registry expertise makes us the most authoritative source of data and market insight for the financial services, real estate, and government and utility sectors. Through our global partnership with Foster Moore, Teranet has expanded its registry solutions to include commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) registry technology that delivers operational cost reductions, enhanced security and process improvements. Teranet is owned by OMERS Infrastructure, a leading global infrastructure investment manager and the infrastructure arm of the Ontario Municipal Employee Retirement System. As a pioneer in electronic registration systems and commerce, Teranet has received numerous awards for our technology platforms, expertise and our successful partnerships with the Provinces of Ontario and Manitoba. An employer of choice, we are proud of our inclusive and diverse corporate culture where all employees have the opportunity to connect, grow and thrive. - 2017-2024 Greater Toronto's Top 100 Employers - 2022 Finalist for Best Employer Branding and The Leadership Agency Award for HR Leader of the Year - 2021 Canadian Mortgage Awards Industry Service Provider of the Year - 2018 Esri Silver Partner & Special Achievement Award – Geographic Information System Implementation
