Project Manager

Employment Enterprises; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 79,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K retirement plan

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Flex spending account

Pet Insurance

Credit Union Membership

Sick Leave

Voluntary Supplemental Insurance

Job summary

Employment Enterprises is seeking a Project Manager to support the Job & Skills Architecture initiative. This full-time, onsite role based in Washington, DC will ensure milestones are met, align with Workday timelines, and coordinate governance and stakeholders.

You will drive cross-functional delivery with vendors, manage RAID, and prepare executive health reports. A background in HR transformations, Workday implementations, and strong governance is required.

Qualifications

• 7+ years 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 processes.

Responsibilities

• Maintain JSA project plan with Workday alignment and drive milestones.
• Coordinate across workstreams and manage dependencies and reviews.
• Maintain RAID log, identify risks, and mitigate issues.
• Support executive reporting and vendor governance; track actions to resolution.

Skills

Project management

Vendor management

Governance

Stakeholder management

Workday familiarity

Tools

PMP Certification

Job description

Our client is a prominent nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing scientific knowledge and publishing leading journals worldwide. The Project Manager will provide project management support for the Job & Skills Architecture (JSA) initiative, ensuring successful delivery of milestones, alignment with Workday implementation timelines, governance, and stakeholder coordination. This is a full time contract position, onsite, based in Washington, DC, with a pay range of $57.00 to $70.00 per hour.

Responsibilities

• Program Delivery & Milestone Management: Maintain the integrated JSA project plan with Workday alignment. Drive project milestones, deliverables, and timelines to completion. Coordinate activities across stakeholders and external vendor partners, including key milestones. Track progress against the approved schedule and critical milestones.
• Workstream Coordination: Ensure alignment across multiple workstreams such as JSA, Workday, Compensation, HRBP, Change Management, Communications, and Governance. Manage cross-functional dependencies and facilitate stakeholder reviews and decisions.
• RAID & Governance Management: Maintain the project RAID log, identify risks, escape issues, and recommend mitigation strategies. Keep governance reports and logs updated regularly.
• Executive & Vendor Management Support: Coordinate with the external vendor, prepare governance materials, and provide executive project health reporting. Track action items through to resolution.

Required qualification

• 7+ years 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 processes

Preferred qualification

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

Technical skills or certifications

• PMP Certification

What We Offer

• 401K retirement plan
• Medical and dental benefits for qualifying professionals or Fixed Indemnity Health Benefits
• Flex spending account
• Pet Insurance
• Credit Union Membership
• Sick Leave available where mandated by law
• Worker Advantage discount program membership
• Voluntary Supplemental Insurance

Our Equal Employment Opportunity Policy: Employment Enterprises, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer. We recruit, employ, assign, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, color, sex, age, disability, religion, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, ancestry, U.S. Veteran status, or any other protected category under applicable law.

Employment Enterprises, Inc is the parent company of Temporary Solutions, Inc. Temporary Solutions is a workforce solutions company based out of 10550 Linden Lake Plaza, Suite 200, Manassas, VA 20109. You can reach our recruiters about this job and more at 703-361-2220 or email [e-mail].

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