HRIS Program Manager: Workday & Dayforce Lead

Magna International Limited (Hong Kong); Aurora; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Magna is seeking an experienced HR Systems Program Manager to lead end-to-end Workday and Dayforce initiatives, managing scope, budget and governance. You will align global stakeholders, vendors and cross-functional teams to deliver complex HR technology programs and ensure successful deployment and stabilization.

You will establish plans, monitor risks, drive testing and manage financials, while maintaining clear reporting and governance across time zones.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Technology, Human Resources or related field.
• 5-10+ years of progressive enterprise project management experience delivering complex, cross-functional technology programs.
• 3-5+ years leading Workday and/or Dayforce implementations or major enhancement programs.
• Demonstrated experience managing global HRIS, payroll or workforce management projects from initiation through stabilization.
• Vendor-management experience with SI and AMS providers, including oversight of deliverables and performance.
• Strong governance, financial controls, risk/issue management, change control, resource planning and executive reporting.
• Strong facilitation, negotiation and stakeholder-management skills with global teams across time zones.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of Workday and Dayforce projects from initiation and planning through execution, deployment and post-production stabilization.
• Build and maintain project charters, business cases, scope statements, integrated delivery plans, budgets, resource plans and success measures.
• Manage the critical path, milestones, dependencies and deliverables; maintain RAID logs and drive timely mitigation and escalation.
• Lead project governance forums and executive steering committees, providing concise reporting on project health, financials, decisions and corrective actions.
• Apply PMO standards and delivery methodologies, ensuring disciplined change control, documentation, stage-gate readiness and auditability.
• Orchestrate cross-functional workstreams for configuration, integrations, data conversion, testing, deployment and release planning.
• Establish the test strategy, schedule, entry and exit criteria, and governance for System Integration, User Acceptance, Parallel Payroll and Regression Testing.
• Oversee defect governance, prioritization, resolution and retesting, and lead readiness assessments and go/no-go recommendations.
• Develop cutover, deployment, transition and stabilization plans, assigning clear owners, timelines, dependencies and contingency actions.
• Own project financial management, including budgets, forecasts, vendor expenditures, actual-versus-budget reporting and resource demand planning.
• Define the stakeholder engagement and communications plan, align business and technical leaders, and secure timely decisions across global teams.
• Manage vendors and system integrators against contractual commitments, deliverables, quality expectations and escalation paths.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Vendor management

Risk and issue management

Cross-functional leadership

Facilitation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, IT, HR or related field

PMP or PRINCE2 certification

Job description

Magna is seeking an experienced HR Systems Program Manager to lead end-to-end Workday and Dayforce initiatives, managing scope, budget and governance. You will align global stakeholders, vendors and cross-functional teams to deliver complex HR technology programs and ensure successful deployment and stabilization.

You will establish plans, monitor risks, drive testing and manage financials, while maintaining clear reporting and governance across time zones.