Project Manager, HR - hybrid | 1064635

Revel-IT-1; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Revel IT in Washington, DC seeks a Project Manager, HR for a hybrid contract role. You will support the Job & Skills Architecture initiative, ensuring milestones align with Workday timelines and governance processes.

You will coordinate across HR, Workday, and vendor teams to keep dependencies clear and on track. The ideal candidate has 7+ years in project/program management, PMP certification, and proven experience in HR transformation or HR technology initiatives.

Qualifications

• 7+ years project/program management experience.
• PMP Certification.
• Experience leading HR transformation or HR technology initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the integrated JSA project plan with Workday Alignment.
• Drive project milestones, deliverables, and timelines to completion.
• Coordinate activities across stakeholders and multiple external vendor partners.
• Track progress against approved project schedule and critical milestones.
• Ensure alignment across JSA, Workday, Compensation, HRBP, Change Management, Communications, and Governance workstreams.
• Facilitate working sessions, stakeholder reviews, and sponsor decisions.
• Maintain RAID log and governance reporting.
• Prepare materials for governance and sponsor meetings.
• Provide executive-level project health reporting.

Skills

Project management

PMP Certification

HR transformation

Job description

• 7+ years project/program management experience
• PMP Certification
• Experience leading HR transformation or HR technology initiatives

• 7+ years project/program management experience
• PMP Certification
• Experience leading HR transformation or HR technology initiatives

OUR GOAL

Treat our consultants and clients the way we would like others to treat us!

Seeking a Project Manager, HRfor a hybrid contract opening in Washington, DC. The role provides project management support for the Job & Skills Architecture (JSA) initiative, ensuring successful delivery of project milestones, alignment with Workday implementation timelines, effective governance, and coordination between client stakeholders and the external vendor.

Scope of Services

• 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 multiple external vendor partners, including key milestones.
  • Track progress against approved project schedule and critical milestones.

  Deliverable:Updated project plan and weekly status report.

• Workstream Coordination
  • 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.

  Deliverable:Dependency tracker and workstream alignment updates.

• RAID & Governance Management
  • Maintain project RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) log.
  • Identify emerging risks and recommend mitigation strategies.
  • Escalate issues requiring leadership decisions.
  • Maintain decision log and governance reporting.

  Deliverable:Weekly RAID log and decision tracker.

• Executive & Vendor Management Support
  • Coordinate deliverables and timelines with the external vendor.
  • Prepare materials for governance and sponsor meetings.
  • Provide executive-level project health reporting.
  • Track action items through closure.

  Deliverable:Executive dashboard and governance updates.

Contractor Qualifications

Required:

• PMP Certification.
• 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 operating processes.

Preferred:

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

Key Deliverables Summary

Deliverable | Frequency

• Integrated Project Plan | Maintained continuously
• Milestone Tracker | Weekly
• RAID Log |Weekly
• Decision Log |Weekly
• Action Item Tracker |Weekly
• Vendor Performance Tracker |Weekly
• Cross-Workstream Dependency Tracker |Weekly
• Status Report |Weekly
• Executive Dashboard |Bi-Monthly
• Governance Meeting Materials |As required
• Steering Committee Updates |Monthly
• Risk Escalation Recommendations |As needed

Outcomes

• JSA milestones delivered on schedule.
• Effective coordination between vendor, HR, and Workday workstreams.
• Proactive identification and mitigation of risks and dependencies.
• Timely escalation of decisions and critical issues.
• Strong governance and stakeholder alignment.
• Readiness for Workday implementation and enterprise adoption of the JSA framework.

Reference:1064635

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