Johns Hopkins Sightline: Unleash Your Impact

The Johns Hopkins Sightline Business Modernization Project is more than just a job - it's a mission. We're tearing down walls to unleash the full potential of our people. Baltimore, ranked a top 2024 destination by the New York Times, is your backdrop as you join a dynamic and entrepreneurial team to reimagine the way Johns Hopkins works. We're not just simplifying processes and transforming technology - we're empowering people to focus on what matters most: research, teaching, patient care and community impact.

Does this sound like you?

• Thrive in fast-paced environments with daily new challenges and opportunities.
• Are passionate about simplifying complex systems to change people?s lives.
• Believe in transformation that empowers, not hinders, the front-line people.
• Have experience in process improvement, technology implementation, or project management.
• Enjoy analytical thinking and problem solving.
• Communicate clearly with a team.
• Possess a desire to grow and learn.

Joining Sightline means you?ll

• Work with cutting-edge technology.
• Join a collaborative team of experts in higher education and healthcare.
• Build new skills with a team that encourages creativity, innovation, and personal growth.
• Gain valuable experience and expertise in process improvement, technology implementation, and change management.
• Enjoy a competitive salary and benefits package that includes health insurance, retirement savings plans, telework options, and generous paid time off.

Become an architect of change and help shape the future of Johns Hopkins University and Medicine alongside a passionate team in Baltimore's vibrant hub.

Sightline is seeking a Sightline Testing Team ERP Manager who will be responsible for overseeing the testing strategy, execution, and reporting for Workday applications. This position requires a strong understanding of Workday (or similar ERP) functionalities, testing methodologies, and project management skills. The ideal candidate will lead a team of testing coordinators, collaborate with various stakeholders, and ensure that all testing activities are conducted efficiently and effectively.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and manage a team of Workday testing coordinators, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture.
• Testing Strategy Development: Develop and implement comprehensive testing strategies and plans for Workday modules, ensuring alignment with project timelines and business objectives.
• Test Planning and Execution: Oversee the creation of test cases, test scripts, and test data, ensuring thorough testing of all Workday functionalities, including functional, regression, user acceptance, and performance testing.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with business analysts, project managers, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and ensure that testing aligns with business needs.
• Defect Management: Manage defect tracking and resolution processes, ensuring timely communication of issues and status updates to stakeholders.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities for process improvements in testing methodologies and tools, implementing best practices to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Reporting and Metrics: Provide regular updates and reports on testing progress, results, and quality metrics to senior management and project teams.
• Training and Development: Facilitate training and knowledge-sharing sessions for team members and stakeholders on testing processes, tools, and Workday functionalities.

Specific Devices, Software, Projects

• Workday?s suite of applications will be the focus of this position.

Scale/size of Area, Project and/or System Supported

• Works in a highly complex 70+ server environment supporting Johns Hopkins Enterprise Employee Resource Planning (ERP) solutions.
• Workday software is an integrated development solution incorporating JH?s key business functions of Human Resources (Payroll, Benefits), Materials Management (Purchasing, and Inventory Management), Grants/Funds Management, Finance and Accounting.
• The Workday system will support over 60,000 users with the HCM module through payroll and benefits.
• Workday will interface to over 450+ other internal and external systems including student services, banks, benefit providers, clinical applications, and e-commerce hubs to support the daily functions of the university and health system organizations.

On-call Requirements

• Manages a team with members that may be required to be on-call during specific time periods during the implementation and go-live of the Workday environment.

Special Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Strong understanding of Workday or similar HR/Financial systems modules and functionalities, along with testing methodologies and best practices.
• Proven experience in leading testing teams and managing complex testing projects.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Familiarity with testing tools and automation solutions.

Supervisory Responsibility 

• Position manages a team of Sr. Testing Software Engineers and Testing Software Engineers

Additional Information

• The work hours will primarily be regular day shift office hours. However, there may be times when employees are required to work off hours to respond to project inquiries, adhere to project deadlines and meet the overall needs of a 24/7 health system/university.

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, MIS, Business Administration, or relevant functional area.

• Ten years broad experience in a senior level position with a combination in IT and business best practices.
• Demonstrated experience in testing management or similar ERP experience, preferably with a focus on Workday or similar HR/Financial systems.

• Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond HS Diploma/Graduation Equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

• Experience with the full life cycle of software development projects (analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and maintenance).
• Workday certification.
• Familiarity with Workday Testing functionality. 
• Kainos experience. 

Classified Title: ERP Manager 
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Sightline Testing Team ERP Manager   
Role/Level/Range: L/04/LF  
Starting Salary Range: $98,200 - $171,900 Annually (Commensurate w/exp.) 
Employee group: Full Time 
Schedule: Mon-Fri 8:30am-5:00pm 
FLSA Status: Exempt 
Location: Hybrid: On-site 1-2 days a week 
Department name: 60013301-Sightline 
Personnel area: University Administration 

This salary range does not include all components of the Sightline compensation program.  This position may be eligible for a discretionary bonus.  Therefore, the actual compensation paid to the selected candidate may vary slightly from the salary range stated herein.  For more information, please contact the hiring department.

About Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University remains committed to its founding principle, that education for all students should be grounded in exploration and discovery. Hopkins students are challenged not just to learn but also to advance learning itself. Critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, and entrepreneurship are all encouraged and nourished in this unique educational environment. After more than 130 years, Johns Hopkins remains a world leader in both teaching and research. Faculty members and their research colleagues at the university's Applied Physics Laboratory have each year since 1979 won Johns Hopkins more federal research and development funding than any other university. The university has nine academic divisions and campuses throughout the Baltimore-Washington area. The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the Whiting School of Engineering, the School of Education and the Carey Business School are based at the Homewood campus in northern Baltimore. The schools of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing share a campus in east Baltimore with The Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Peabody Institute, a leading professional school of music, is located on Mount Vernon Place in downtown Bal...timore. The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies is located in Washington's Dupont Circle area.

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