Senior Program Manager

Employment Enterprises; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 101,000 - 113,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K retirement plan

Medical and dental benefits

Flex spending account

Pet Insurance

Credit Union Membership

Sick Leave

Worker Advantage discount

Voluntary Supplemental Insurance

Job summary

Employment Enterprises, Inc. seeks a Senior Program Manager to lead enterprise HCM platform initiatives, with a primary focus on Workday and UKG, based in Washington, DC.

This full-time onsite contract role oversees programs, roadmaps, governance, and cross-functional collaboration with HR, payroll, finance, and IT to ensure successful implementations and smooth stabilization post-launch. You will drive planning, risk management, and reporting to executives, coordinating stakeholders and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of program management experience for enterprise HCM platforms.
• Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional HCM programs including HR, payroll, finance, and operations.
• Strong planning, organizational, facilitation, analytical, and stakeholder influence skills.
• Proficiency in developing and presenting reports, dashboards, and risk summaries for executives.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex, cross-functional HCM programs focused on Workday and UKG.
• Develop and manage integrated program plans, schedules, budgets, and roadmaps.
• Facilitate governance forums, document decisions, and communicate status to senior leaders.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Agile methodologies

Communication

Risk management

Dashboards & reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Workday

UKG

MS Office

Job description

Our client is a professional organization seeking dependable support to help maintain efficient day-to-day operations. The Senior Program Manager will provide program leadership and oversight for enterprise Human Capital Management (HCM) platform initiatives, with a primary focus on Workday and UKG, ensuring successful implementation, enhancements, and operational transition activities. This is a full time contract position, onsite, based in Washington, DC, with a pay range of $73.00-$82.00 per hour.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex, cross-functional HCM programs and projects focused on Workday, UKG, and related enterprise workforce management capabilities.
• Develop and manage integrated HCM program plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, budgets, and implementation roadmaps.
• Facilitate HCM governance and decision forums by preparing materials, documenting decisions, tracking actions, and communicating status to senior leaders and program stakeholders.
• Partner with HR, payroll, finance, operations, IT, vendors, and implementation partners to clarify scope, align priorities, identify and resolve issues and risks, and maintain delivery momentum for Workday and UKG initiatives.
• Coordinate HCM requirements, configuration decisions, workflow alignment, data validation, testing, readiness, cutover, implementation, transition planning, and post-implementation stabilization.
• Gather critical information from stakeholder meetings and produce reports, dashboards, executive updates, decision logs, RAID logs, and HCM program documentation.
• Support HCM process improvement, change management, stakeholder readiness, training, adoption planning, and operational transition activities.
• Assist in developing standards, templates, tools, and methodologies to improve HCM delivery, governance, and operational effectiveness.
• Maintain awareness of workforce processes, HCM technologies, platform roadmaps, and vendor capabilities to support modernization and continuous improvement.
• Balance and prioritize multiple HCM programs, platform enhancements, and stakeholder needs.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of experience in program management, project management, or related fields supporting enterprise HCM platforms.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex, cross-functional HCM programs involving HR, payroll, finance, and operations.
• Strong planning, organizational, facilitation, analytical, and stakeholder influence skills.
• Proficiency in developing and presenting reports, dashboards, and risk summaries for executive audiences.
• Deep understanding of program and project management disciplines, including scope, schedule, budget, risk, and stakeholder management.
• Experience with Agile or other delivery methodologies in enterprise platform environments.
• Hands-on experience supporting Workday and UKG implementations, enhancements, configurations, testing, and stabilization.
• Working knowledge of core HCM business processes such as core HR, payroll, time and attendance, and employee self-service.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, particularly in explaining complex platform concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Competency in Microsoft Office Suite and collaboration tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certifications such as PMP, PgMP, SAFe, Agile, Scrum, Prosci, ITIL.
• Prior experience with Workday, UKG, HRIS, or related systems.
• Experience with HCM modernization efforts and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Understanding of data security, compliance, and audit processes related to HR systems.

What We Offer

• 401K retirement plan
• Medical and dental benefits for qualifying professionals or Fixed Indemnity Health Benefits
• Flex spending account
• Pet Insurance
• Credit Union Membership
• Sick Leave available where mandated by law
• Worker Advantage discount program membership
• Voluntary Supplemental Insurance

Our Equal Employment Opportunity Policy:

Employment Enterprises, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer. We recruit, employ, assign, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, color, sex, age, disability, religion, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, ancestry, U.S. Veteran status, or any other protected category under applicable law.

Employment Enterprises, Inc is the parent company of Temporary Solutions, Inc. Temporary Solutions is a workforce solutions company based out of 10550 Linden Lake Plaza, Suite 200, Manassas, VA 20109.

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