Workday Enterprise Project Manager (9 Month Contract Role) at Compassx

Compassx

Remote (PST timezone)·1d ago

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Salary Range

$75 - $105 /hour

About the Role

We are seeking an Enterprise Project Manager to spearhead a high-visibility, full-scale Workday HCM implementation for a major industrial client. This role involves managing a massive digital transformation impacting over 10,000 employees across corporate, warehouse, and manufacturing environments.

Key Responsibilities

→Drive the end-to-end enterprise Workday HCM implementation, ensuring the program stays within scope, timeline, and budget.
→Develop and manage the integrated project plan, milestones, and critical dependencies across the project lifecycle.
→Establish and lead the project governance structure, facilitating steering committee engagement and high-level executive reporting.
→Coordinate seamlessly across HR, IT, Operations, and executive leadership to ensure cross-functional alignment.
→Oversee vendor and system integrator relationships while proactively managing risks, issues, and change control.
→Lead the large-scale testing strategy, including System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
→Partner with business units to ensure organizational readiness, adoption, and smooth change management throughout the go-live.

Requirements

✓Proven experience leading at least one full, enterprise-wide Workday HCM implementation.
✓Deep understanding of HR system architecture, business process transformation, and the Workday deployment lifecycle.
✓7+ years of project management experience, specifically within enterprise organizations.
✓Strong executive presence with the ability to communicate complex technical milestones to non-technical stakeholders.
✓Demonstrated success managing stakeholders across multiple business units in highly matrixed environments.
✓Experience managing challenging testing and integration environments, ideally within manufacturing or industrial sectors.
✓A self-driven, outcome-oriented mindset with the ability to lead initiatives from strategy through execution.
✓PMP or equivalent certification is preferred.