Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Sand Cherry Associates is a consulting company delivering strategic, customer-centric initiatives through digitally native, data-empowered solutions. The HRIS Project Manager will lead the end-to-end implementation of Workday and coordinate the transition of HR processes and systems into a new HRIS environment. The role manages cross-functional stakeholders, project workstreams, testing, deployment, organizational readiness, and post-go-live stabilization.
Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end project management of the Workday HRIS implementation, including planning, execution, testing, deployment, and post-implementation activities
- Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, timelines, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables
- Establish project governance, meeting cadence, status reporting, and escalation processes
- Partner with HR, Payroll, IT, Finance, and business stakeholders to define requirements, priorities, and project objectives
- Coordinate activities across internal teams, Workday implementation partners, vendors, and other project stakeholders
- Manage project scope, schedule, budget, risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies
- Facilitate project meetings and working sessions, ensuring clear action items, owners, and deadlines
- Track project progress and provide regular updates to leadership and key stakeholders
- Identify potential risks and roadblocks and develop mitigation and contingency plans
- Support business process design and alignment with the capabilities of the Workday platform
- Coordinate data migration, integrations, configuration, testing, and other implementation workstreams
- Lead or coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including test planning, execution, issue tracking, and resolution
- Support organizational readiness, communications, training, and change management activities associated with the new HRIS
- Ensure appropriate documentation is developed and maintained throughout the project lifecycle
- Coordinate cutover and go-live readiness activities and support post-go-live stabilization
- Drive accountability across workstreams to ensure deliverables are completed on time and meet quality expectations
- Identify opportunities to improve HR processes and maximize the value of the new HRIS environment
Skills
- 5+ years of project management experience, with a proven track record leading complex, cross-functional initiatives
- Demonstrated experience managing HRIS implementations, with specific Workday implementation experience required
- Experience managing projects through the full implementation lifecycle, including planning, requirements gathering, design, testing, deployment, go-live, and post-implementation stabilization
- Strong understanding of HR processes and HR technology environments
- Experience working cross-functionally with HR, Payroll, IT, Finance, and business stakeholders
- Experience coordinating data migration, system integrations, configuration, testing, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
- Experience managing vendors, implementation partners, and third-party resources
- Strong project planning, organization, prioritization, problem-solving, and risk management skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate with both technical and executive audiences
- Proven ability to manage multiple workstreams, competing priorities, dependencies, and deadlines
- Experience supporting organizational change management, communications, training, and organizational readiness activities
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office/Office 365 and project management tools
- All candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future visa sponsorship or transfers
- Experience with multiple Workday modules, such as HCM, Payroll, Benefits, Recruiting, Time Tracking, or Absence, preferred
- Experience with HR technology integrations and complex data migration initiatives preferred
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Human Resources, Information Systems, Project Management, or a related field preferred
- PMP, Prosci, Workday, or other relevant project/change management certification preferred
Benefits
- Remote role
- We recognize our employees for their contributions.
- Professional career growth is one of our main priorities.
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