Senior HCM Program Manager - UKG & Workday (Remote)

Connect Centric, LLC.; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Connect Centric, LLC. seeks a Senior Program Manager to lead enterprise HCM initiatives focused on UKG and Workday. You will oversee multiple workstreams, aligning implementation plans, governance, and operational readiness across the program.

This role requires hands-on experience with UKG and Workday, driving collaboration with business and technology stakeholders, vendors, and senior leaders. Washington, DC hybrid with remote options for exceptional candidates.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and at least eight years of experience in program management or a related field, including enterprise HCM platforms.
• Strong experience supporting both UKG and Workday initiatives, including implementation planning, enhancements, requirements definition, and integration coordination.
• Experience coordinating HCM testing, data validation, security and access considerations, reporting, stakeholder readiness, training support, adoption, issue resolution, and post-implementation stabilization.
• Hands-on experience using UKG and Workday to support program delivery, platform reporting, issue tracking, governance, and executive decision support.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex HCM programs or projects involving HR, payroll, finance, operations, technology teams, vendors, and senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex, cross-functional HCM programs and projects involving UKG, Workday, and related workforce management capabilities.
• Develop and manage integrated program plans, implementation roadmaps, schedules, milestones, budgets, dependencies, risks, and issues across HCM workstreams.
• Facilitate program governance and decision forums; prepare decision materials, document decisions, track actions, and provide status updates to senior leaders.
• Partner with business and technology stakeholders, vendors, and workstream project managers to clarify scope, align priorities, resolve risks and issues, and maintain delivery momentum.
• Coordinate requirements, configuration decisions, business workflows, integrations, data validation, testing, and implementation readiness for UKG and Workday initiatives.
• Oversee cutover coordination, operational transition planning, and post-implementation stabilization across the HCM program.
• Prepare executive reports, dashboards, decision logs, risk, assumption, issue, and dependency (RAID) logs; communicate delivery progress, tradeoffs, decisions, and adoption impacts.
• Support HCM process improvement, change management, stakeholder readiness, training coordination, and adoption planning.
• Develop and maintain program standards, templates, governance routines, tools, and delivery methodologies that improve consistency and readiness.
• Assess workforce processes, platform issues, data considerations, vendor capabilities, and platform roadmaps; recommend practical solutions to complex HCM challenges.
• Ensure work products meet business needs, quality expectations, compliance requirements, data integrity standards, configuration expectations, and delivery commitments.
• Balance competing HCM programs, platform enhancements, implementation activities, and stakeholder needs.

Skills

HCM program management

UKG

Workday

Cross-functional leadership

Governance

Education

Bachelor’s degree

PMP

PgMP

SAFe

ITIL

Agile

Tools

Workday

UKG

Job description

Connect Centric, LLC. seeks a Senior Program Manager to lead enterprise HCM initiatives focused on UKG and Workday. You will oversee multiple workstreams, aligning implementation plans, governance, and operational readiness across the program.

This role requires hands-on experience with UKG and Workday, driving collaboration with business and technology stakeholders, vendors, and senior leaders. Washington, DC hybrid with remote options for exceptional candidates.