Workday Project Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Title: Senior Project Manager

Location: Work from Home

Note: This is a W2 contract position – C2C and 3rd party candidates will NOT be considered

The Senior Project Manager will lead a project to implement Workday Adaptive. The Senior Project Manager drives the delivery of the project through advanced project management techniques and methodologies, aligned with PMI best practices. The Project Manager may have responsibility to lead/coach/mentor other team members, functional leaders, and vendors where necessary to help drive project outcomes.

Position Qualifications:

• 7 – 10 years of Senior Project Management experience using PMI guidelines, with demonstrated experience managing/leading projects from initiation through closure
• Experience working with Workday Adaptive
• Ability to partner with project sponsors and stakeholders to define project objectives and business cases
• Ability to take ownership for delivering project objectives and deliverables, driving project execution to meet project schedule, cost, and quality requirements
• Ability to establish project governance structures and define processes for reporting, review, and approval of project objectives and deliverables
• Familiarity with working in a regulated environment (GxP), including ensuring audit preparation/documentation is completed and compliant, and practical knowledge of core Program Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) concepts and principles (e.g., Agile, work breakdown structure, waterfall planning)
• Experience managing projects that include IT software development activities that follow the traditional Software Development Life Cycle (design, development, testing, UAT, deployment activities)
• Experience managing projects with IT components that are delivered using various methodologies, including Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid (practical experience, not just training, certification, or theory)
• Ability to liaise between the IT, business teams, and multiple vendors to ensure successful project delivery
• Experience with executive-level communications, both written & oral
• Proficiency in Microsoft Suite (PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Teams, Project)
• Skills in establishing detailed definition of scope, schedule, resources, and budget using standard project management processes, tools, and templates (MS Project/SharePoint/etc.)
• Experience in establishing various Management Plans for key Knowledge Areas, such as Schedule, Scope, Resource, Finance/Budget, Stakeholder, Risk/Issue, etc.
• Experience in establishing and ensuring adherence to governance/controls for project change control, and project status/progress reporting
• Proactivity in identifying and collaboratively addressing risks and issues
• Ability to engage Project Team and stakeholder community/sponsorship to address risks and issues in a timely manner
• Experienced in the techniques to work with diverse, cross-functional, and virtual teams and environments
• Excellent time management skills, with the ability to work on multiple concurrent activities and prioritize personal workload and team-work load to optimize project delivery
• Ability to lead effective meetings/workshops to achieve stated outcomes and drive decisions, creating and adhering to meeting objectives and agendas, including the timely distribution of meeting minutes and follow-up on actions.
• Organized and Detail-Oriented
• A minimum of a BS in Business Administration, Computer Science, Engineering, or other related Degree that provides foundational skills to foster success in managing projects; PMP or other PMI Certification highly preferred

Note: This is a W2 contract position – C2C and 3rd party candidates will NOT be considered