Remote Workday Implementation Project Lead

Concord; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

HSA contributions

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

Life and AD&D Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Concord is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead end-to-end migration of a Workday ERP/HRIS implementation. This role reports to executive leadership and owns the project plan, governance artifacts, and cross-functional coordination with internal teams and the vendor.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years of hands-on PM experience, specifically with a Workday deployment or similar large-scale ERP projects, and holds PMP or equivalent certification.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on project management experience, managing a third-party vendor delivering a system implementation.
• Prior experience managing a Workday implementation or a comparable large-scale HRIS/ERP implementation.
• Ability to build project plans, status reporting, and tracking artifacts from scratch.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a comprehensive project plan covering the full Workday implementation lifecycle, from day one on the assignment.
• Establish and maintain project artifacts (status reports, RAID logs, timelines, resource plans) as a baseline deliverable, not an afterthought.
• Define and track measurable progress indicators across workstreams, and report on them consistently.
• Manage the team's deliverables, timeline, and accountability.
• Proactively identify risks, dependencies, and blockers before they surface as problems.
• Prepare for and lead detailed stakeholder reviews, including deep-dive questioning from senior leadership.
• Coordinate across internal teams and the vendor to keep the implementation on schedule and on scope.
• Escalate issues clearly and early, with data to support the escalation.

Skills

Workday implementation

Vendor management

Project management

Communication

PM Certification

Education

PMP certification

Job description

Concord is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead end-to-end migration of a Workday ERP/HRIS implementation. This role reports to executive leadership and owns the project plan, governance artifacts, and cross-functional coordination with internal teams and the vendor.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years of hands-on PM experience, specifically with a Workday deployment or similar large-scale ERP projects, and holds PMP or equivalent certification.