Remote HRIS Implementation Project Manager

Eliassen Group; Helena (MT); Remote; USD 83,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead a company-wide HRIS implementation, with a focus on Rippling. You will coordinate HR, IT, and vendor stakeholders, manage testing, and drive milestones to successful go-live.

You will oversee day-to-day activities, maintain project plans, and provide clear updates to leadership while mitigating risks and dependencies across multiple workstreams in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Experience leading HRIS/HCM implementations.
• Hands-on UAT testing coordination and execution.
• Strong HR technology understanding and HR processes.
• Experience coordinating with HR, IT, vendors, and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day activities of an HRIS implementation, including 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.

Skills

HRIS knowledge

Stakeholder management

UAT coordination

Project coordination

Communication skills

Risk and issue management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

PMP/ CAPM/ Scrum/ Agile certs (preferred)

Tools

Rippling

HRIS software

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead a company-wide HRIS implementation, with a focus on Rippling. You will coordinate HR, IT, and vendor stakeholders, manage testing, and drive milestones to successful go-live.

You will oversee day-to-day activities, maintain project plans, and provide clear updates to leadership while mitigating risks and dependencies across multiple workstreams in a fast-paced environment.