Project Manager - HRIS Implementation

Eliassen Group; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Eliassen Group is actively seeking an experienced Project Manager to drive a company-wide HRIS implementation. The role emphasizes coordinating HR, IT, vendors, and business leaders, with a focus on successful Rippling deployment and milestone attainment.

The ideal candidate will manage day-to-day activities, lead UAT, and maintain project documentation while communicating progress to executives. Strong HR knowledge and multi-workstream coordination are essential for success.

Qualifications

• PM with HRIS/HCM implementations preferred.
• Experience coordinating UAT testing for system implementations.
• Experience with project plans, RAID logs, status reports, and stakeholder communications.
• Strong HR technology understanding and HR processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day activities of an HRIS implementation with plans, timelines, milestones, dependencies, risks, and deliverables.
• Support Rippling implementation by coordinating HR, IT, business leaders, vendors, and stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans and keep activities on schedule.
• Lead and coordinate UAT, including test planning, scripts, execution, defect tracking, and sign-off.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to validate requirements, workflows, integrations, and business processes.
• Monitor progress, identify risks, issues, dependencies, and schedule impacts.
• Maintain RAID logs, action-item trackers, docs, and status reports.
• Provide regular updates to leadership on milestones, risks, and decisions.
• Facilitate project meetings, working sessions, testing sessions, and stakeholder discussions.
• Track decisions and action items and follow up to completion.
• Work with HR and business teams to ensure HRIS supports requirements and processes.
• Coordinate across data, integrations, testing, configuration, processes, and change readiness.
• Support cutover planning, go-live readiness, implementation, and post-go-live stabilization.
• Ensure project documentation is complete and organized.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

UAT coordination

Change management

HR technology

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or related field

PM/HRIS certifications a plus

Tools

Rippling HRIS

Job description

Description

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to support a company-wide HRIS implementation, with a strong preference for candidates who have previously managed or supported HR technology implementations. The organization is implementing Rippling, and this individual will be responsible for driving the project forward on a day-to-day basis, coordinating key stakeholders, managing testing activities, and ensuring implementation milestones are completed successfully.

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to support a company-wide HRIS implementation, with a strong preference for candidates who have previously managed or supported HR technology implementations. The organization is implementing Rippling, and this individual will be responsible for driving the project forward on a day-to-day basis, coordinating key stakeholders, managing testing activities, and ensuring implementation milestones are completed successfully.

Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day activities of an HRIS implementation, including project plans, timelines, milestones, dependencies, risks, and deliverables.
• Support the implementation of Rippling, working closely with HR, IT, business leaders, vendors, and other key stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans and ensure project activities remain on schedule.
• Lead and coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including test planning, test scripts/scenarios, execution, issue tracking, defect resolution, and final sign-off.
• Coordinate with functional stakeholders to validate system requirements, workflows, configurations, integrations, and business processes.
• Monitor project progress and proactively identify risks, issues, dependencies, and potential schedule impacts.
• Maintain RAID logs, action-item trackers, project documentation, and status reports.
• Provide regular project updates to leadership and key stakeholders, clearly communicating accomplishments, upcoming milestones, risks, issues, and required decisions.
• Facilitate project meetings, working sessions, testing sessions, and stakeholder discussions.
• Track outstanding decisions and action items and follow up with appropriate owners through completion.
• Work closely with HR and business teams to ensure the new HRIS supports organizational requirements and existing HR processes.
• Coordinate implementation activities across multiple workstreams, including data, integrations, testing, configuration, business processes, and change readiness.
• Support cutover planning, go-live readiness, implementation, and post-go-live stabilization activities.
• Ensure project documentation is complete, organized, and maintained throughout the implementation lifecycle.

Experience Requirements

• Previous Project Management experience with HRIS/HCM implementations.
• Hands-on experience coordinating UAT testing for a system implementation.
• Experience managing project plans, status reporting, RAID logs, issues, dependencies, and stakeholder communications.
• Strong understanding of HR technology and HR business processes.
• Experience working with HR, IT, vendors, implementation partners, and senior business stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and drive deliverables in a fast-moving implementation environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to provide concise executive-level project updates.
• Experience with Rippling is highly preferred; experience implementing another major HRIS/HCM platform is also valuable.
• Strong organizational, documentation, problem-solving, and stakeholder-management skills.

Preferred HRIS experience:

Rippling, Workday, UKG, ADP Workforce Now, Dayforce, Oracle HCM, SAP SuccessFactors, or similar HR technology platforms.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, Information Systems, Project Management, Organizational Leadership, or a related field preferred.
• Equivalent combination of education and relevant HRIS/project management experience may be considered.
• PMP, CAPM, Scrum/Agile, or HR technology certifications are a plus, but not required.