Workday Integration Lead

Job Description

This is a remote position.

Why this role, why now

INNOOVA is a Montreal-based boutique consulting firm founded in 2019 and the only certified Workday partner headquartered in Canada. We deliver end-to-end HRIS implementations and transformations across the public sector, healthcare, finance, technology, and education. Our team offers the rigour of a recognized firm without the weight of large corporate structures which means faster decisions, direct impact, and real ownership from day one.

As our next Workday Integration Lead, you won't just configure you'll architect. You'll run client workshops, own integration strategy across HCM and Finance builds spanning EIB, Core Connectors, and Studio, and turn technical complexity into clarity for non-technical stakeholders. It's a hands-on lead role: you set the direction, and you still build. We're looking for someone who advises, influences, and transforms not just someone who configures. Less bureaucracy, more impact.

Requirements

Your day-to-day impact

• Lead client workshops to shape Workday integration strategy and architecture across HCM and Finance modules.
  
• Design, build, and troubleshoot integrations using EIB, Core Connectors, and Studio from routine syncs to complex, custom builds.
  
• Translate technical integration concepts into clear, actionable updates for technical and non-technical audiences.
  
• Own project status communication with proactive and structured updates that keep clients and internal teams aligned.
  
• Stay hands-on: this is a lead role that still builds, not one that only directs.
  
• Contribute across multi-sector mandates (government, healthcare, finance, and beyond), building a track record across industries.
  
  

The profile we are looking for 70% expert · 30% advisor

What we also expect (70%)

• Consulting or systems-integrator background.
  
• Advanced Studio exposure for complex custom integrations (an asset).
  
• Additional Workday Core HCM or Finance certifications (an asset).
  
• Pre-sales, RFP, or estimation experience (an asset).
  
• French/English bilingualism is preferred. This role supports client mandates across Canada, including English-language markets outside Quebec.
  
  

What matters most (30%)

• Ability to lead client-facing workshops and translate technical integration concepts for technical and non-technical audiences.
  
• Comfort operating in ambiguity, in scale-up-style, non-structured client consulting environments.
  
• Proactive, structured project status communication clear, concise, client ready.
  
• A “lead” mindset: setting direction while staying hands-on, not only a people manager.
  
  

Our must-haves

• Active Workday Integration Certification non-negotiable.
  
• Three (3) to Seven (7) years of Workday integration experience (HCM and/or Finance), covering EIB, Core Connectors, and Studio from routine to complex/custom builds.
  
• Demonstrated ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to client stakeholders (technical/non-technical).
  
• Consulting or systems-integrator background, comfortable in ambiguous, non-structured client environments.
  
• The successful candidate must be legally authorized to work in Canada (citizen, permanent resident, or valid work permit holder), to be confirmed during the background check.
  

Benefits

What we offer

• Competitive compensation.
  
• Fully remote and occasional on-site arrangements possible depending on mandates.
  
• Group benefits from day one; retirement plan after 3 months.
  
• Health spending account of $1,000
  
• Certifications may be supported by INNOOVA.
  
• Paid holiday closure between Christmas and New Year's.
  
• Real impact, fast growth without the corporate overhead.
  
  

The process simple and fast

1. Discovery call (20–30 min).
   
2. Hiring manager interview (45 min).
   
3. Final interview (60 min) preparation briefing provided beforehand.
   
4. Offer and background verification.
   

INNOOVA is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates and are committed to fair, bias-aware, skills-focused hiring. AI tools may support but never replace human judgment throughout our recruitment process.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Requirements
The profile we are looking for 60% advisor · 40% expert What matters most (60%) advisory & delivery leadership : - A natural mediator: you manage client expectations and internal team dynamics with equal skill, and you de-escalate without losing momentum. - High emotional intelligence: you read the room, adapt your communication style, and earn trust quickly with clients, consultants, and leadership alike. - Comfort with ambiguity: you thrive in fast-moving, unstructured environments where priorities shift, and you help create structure where there is none. - Demonstrated track record of delivering HRIS or IT projects end to end in an external consulting context managing multiple clients, cultures, and stakeholder environments simultaneously. - Strong communicator in French and English applied case by case based on client needs. What we also expect (40%) project delivery fundamentals - Solid command of project delivery lifecycle phases mobilization, planning, design, build, test, deploy, hypercare and the ability to keep a team moving through each one. - Experience managing project plans, schedules, and risk logs across concurrent mandates; enough functional context to ask smart questions and hold delivery teams accountable. - Comfort reading the technical landscape without needing to configure it you don't need to be an HRIS specialist, but you understand the environment your team operates in. - PMP/PMI certification an asset. - Workday Engagement Manager certification an asset; may be supported by INNOOVA for the right candidate. Our must-haves : - Have led HRIS, Finance or IT projects delivered end to end in an external client-facing consulting context. - Legal authorization to work in Canada. - Availability for occasional travel for client engagements. - Genuine flexibility and adaptability this is a high-growth environment where the pace is real.