HR Project Manager

Kforce Inc; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision insurance

HSA/FSA

401(k)

Life and disability insurance

Paid time off for salaried staff

Job summary

Kforce is seeking an experienced Project Manager in Washington, DC to support the Job & Skills Architecture initiative, ensuring milestones are met and Workday timelines are aligned.

You will coordinate internal stakeholders and external vendors, provide governance, risk management, and executive reporting, and maintain RAID logs and dashboards to drive project health.

Qualifications

• PMP Certification.
• 7+ years of project/program management experience.
• Experience leading HR transformation or HR technology initiatives.
• Experience managing third-party vendors.
• Strong governance, risk management, and stakeholder management skills.
• Familiarity with Workday implementations and HR operating processes.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the integrated JSA project plan in alignment with Workday implementation.
• Drive project milestones, deliverables, and timelines to completion.
• Coordinate activities across internal stakeholders and external vendor partners.
• Track progress against the approved project schedule and critical milestones.
• Deliver updated project plans and weekly status reports.
• Maintain RAID log, governance reporting, and executive dashboards.

Skills

PMP Certification

PM/Program Management

HR Transformation

Vendor Management

Governance & Risk Management

Workday Implementations

Tools

Workday

Job description

Responsibilities

Kforce's client in Washington, DC is seeking an experienced Project Manager to provide project management support for the Job & Skills Architecture (JSA) initiative. This role ensures successful delivery of project milestones, alignment with Workday implementation timelines, effective governance, and coordination between internal stakeholders and external vendor partners. The ideal candidate has strong HR transformation and technology project management experience, combined with excellent governance, risk management, and stakeholder communication skills. Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain the integrated JSA project plan in alignment with Workday implementation
• Drive project milestones, deliverables, and timelines to completion
• Coordinate activities across internal stakeholders and external vendor partners
• Track progress against the approved project schedule and critical milestones
• Deliver updated project plans and weekly status reports
• Ensure alignment across JSA, Workday, Compensation, HRBP, Change Management, Communications, and Governance workstreams
• Manage cross-functional dependencies and integration points
• Facilitate working sessions, stakeholder reviews, and sponsor decision points
• Maintain a dependency tracker and workstream alignment updates
• Maintain the project RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) log
• Identify emerging risks and recommend mitigation strategies
• Escalate issues requiring leadership decisions
• Maintain a decision log and governance reporting
• Deliver weekly RAID logs and decision trackers
• Coordinate deliverables and timelines with external vendors
• Prepare materials for governance and sponsor meetings
• Track action items through closure
• Maintain executive dashboards and governance updates

Responsibilities

Kforce's client in Washington, DC is seeking an experienced Project Manager to provide project management support for the Job & Skills Architecture (JSA) initiative. This role ensures successful delivery of project milestones, alignment with Workday implementation timelines, effective governance, and coordination between internal stakeholders and external vendor partners. The ideal candidate has strong HR transformation and technology project management experience, combined with excellent governance, risk management, and stakeholder communication skills. Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain the integrated JSA project plan in alignment with Workday implementation
• Drive project milestones, deliverables, and timelines to completion
• Coordinate activities across internal stakeholders and external vendor partners
• Track progress against the approved project schedule and critical milestonesDeliver updated project plans and weekly status reports
• Ensure alignment across JSA, Workday, Compensation, HRBP, Change Management, Communications, and Governance workstreams
• Manage cross-functional dependencies and integration points
• Facilitate working sessions, stakeholder reviews, and sponsor decision points
• Maintain a dependency tracker and workstream alignment updates
• Maintain the project RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) log
• Identify emerging risks and recommend mitigation strategies
• Escalate issues requiring leadership decisions
• Maintain a decision log and governance reporting
• Deliver weekly RAID logs and decision trackers
• Coordinate deliverables and timelines with external vendors
• Prepare materials for governance and sponsor meetings
• Provide executive-level project health reporting
• Track action items through closure
• Maintain executive dashboards and governance updates

Requirements

• PMP Certification
• 7+ years of project/program management experience
• Experience leading HR transformation or HR technology initiatives
• Experience managing third-party vendors
• Strong governance, risk management, and stakeholder management skills
• Familiarity with Workday implementations and HR operating processes

Preferred Qualifications

• Job Architecture experience
• HRBP, Compensation, or Total Rewards familiarity

Key Skills: Project & Program Management

• Workday Implementation
• Job & Skills Architecture
• RAID Management
• Governance & Risk Management
• Vendor Management
• Stakeholder Communication
• Executive Reporting
• Change Management
• HR Transformation
• Cross-Functional Coordination

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.