Senior Project Manager, hybrid | 1065227

Revel-IT-1; Columbus (OH); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Part time

Job summary

Revel IT is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead the Payroll work stream for Workday and UKG initiatives within a hybrid engagement. You will plan, coordinate, and track activities, risks, and milestones; and communicate complex payroll concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

You will collaborate with Payroll, HR, Finance, Operations, IT, and vendors, ensuring alignment with client requirements and enterprise standards. A Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of relevant experience are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required with 5+ years in enterprise HCM/payroll projects.
• Experience leading cross-functional Payroll/HCM work streams including Payroll, HR, Finance, and IT.

Responsibilities

• Lead Payroll work stream planning, execution tracking, testing coordination, and status reporting.
• Coordinate with vendors and implementation partners to ensure timely delivery and compliance.
• Prepare dashboards, RAID logs, and stakeholder updates.
• Support change management, readiness, and training activities.

Skills

Program management

Stakeholder management

Payroll/HCM domain knowledge

Planning & scheduling

Communication skills

Risk & issue management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Workday

UKG

Jira

Smartsheet

MS Project

Job description

Senior Project Manager, hybrid | 1065227

• Bachelor's degree; a minimum of 5+ years of experience

• Bachelor's degree; a minimum of 5+ years of experience

OUR GOAL:

Treat our consultants and clients the way we would like others to treat us!

The Senior Project Manager contractor will provide project management support for enterprise Human Capital Management (HCM) initiatives, with primary responsibility for the Payroll work stream for Workday and UKG. Under leadership, the Senior Project Manager will plan, coordinate, and track Payroll work stream activities, deliverables, schedules, risks, issues, requirements, testing, implementation readiness, cutover, and transition activities.

The Senior Project Manager will work with Payroll, HR, Finance, Operations, IT, vendors, and implementation partners to support timely delivery of Payroll work stream outcomes that align with client business needs, compliance requirements, payroll operations, workforce processes, and enterprise technology standards.

Work Design:

• The Senior Project Manager will report directly to the Manager of the Project Management Office (PMO) and perform work under general direction from leadership.
• Work includes analyzing Payroll work stream needs, risks, dependencies, business process impacts, data considerations, compliance requirements, and readiness activities; identifying practical solutions to Workday and UKG Payroll-related project issues; and supporting client project standards, templates, governance routines, implementation methods, and operational transition practices.
• The Senior Project Manager will lead Payroll work stream planning, execution tracking, testing coordination, stakeholder engagement, decision support, and status reporting while communicating complex payroll and HCM platform information clearly to non-technical stakeholders.

Contractor Engagement:

This is a contractor position engaged to provide specialized senior project management support for the enterprise Human Capital Management (HCM) platform initiatives. The Senior Project Manager is expected to perform assigned work in alignment with client policies, procedures, confidentiality expectations, information security requirements, applicable compliance standards, and direction provided by the engagement manager.

Position Accountabilities

• Provide Senior Project Manager support for the Payroll work stream for Workday, UKG, and related workforce management initiatives.
• Develop, maintain, and track Payroll work stream plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, action items, and implementation activities.
• Facilitate Payroll work stream meetings by preparing materials, documenting decisions, tracking follow-up items, and communicating status to stakeholders and leadership.
• Coordinate with Payroll, HR, Finance, Operations, IT, Senior Program Manager, vendors, and implementation partners to clarify scope, align priorities, resolve risks and issues, and support delivery momentum.
• Support Payroll work stream requirements, configuration decisions, workflow alignment, data validation, testing, readiness, cutover, implementation, transition planning, and post-implementation stabilization.
• Prepare and maintain Payroll work stream documentation, dashboards, status updates, decision logs, RAID logs, action trackers, and related project materials.
• Communicate Payroll work stream status, risks, issues, decisions, dependencies, compliance considerations, and adoption impacts to leadership, project teams, and affected business areas.
• Support Payroll-related process improvement, change management, stakeholder readiness, training coordination, adoption planning, and operational transition activities.
• Apply client-approved standards, templates, tools, and methodologies to support consistent Payroll work stream delivery and implementation readiness.
• Maintain awareness of payroll operations, workforce processes, HCM technologies, platform roadmaps, vendor capabilities, and delivery practices to support modernization and continuous improvement.
• Help ensure Payroll work stream deliverables meet business needs, quality expectations, compliance requirements, data integrity standards, platform configuration expectations, and delivery commitments.
• Balance and prioritize assigned Payroll work stream activities, platform enhancements, stakeholder requests, and implementation deadlines.

Required:

• Bachelor's degree; a minimum of 5+ years of experience providing business analysis, technology delivery, and Senior Project Manager support for enterprise HCM or payroll platform initiatives.
• Experience supporting complex, cross-functional Payroll or HCM work streams involving payroll, HR, finance, operations, technology teams, vendors, implementation partners, and senior stakeholders.
• Strong planning, organization, facilitation, analytical, problem-solving, and time management skills.
• Ability to work with stakeholders to define Payroll and HCM solutions, delivery approaches, project decisions, and operational readiness plans.
• Ability to interpret vendor feedback and provide clear recommendations to stakeholders and leadership.
• Experience preparing and presenting project reports, dashboards, status updates, decision materials, risk summaries, and Payroll implementation readiness updates.
• Strong understanding of project management disciplines, including scope, schedule, budget, risk, issue, escalation protocols, dependency, resource, change, benefits, and stakeholder management.
• Experience supporting Agile or other delivery methodologies in enterprise platforms, ERP, HRIS, payroll, workforce management, or HCM environments.
• Experience supporting Workday and UKG Payroll initiatives, including project planning, enhancement delivery, requirements definition, configuration coordination, payroll workflow and business process alignment, integration coordination, testing, data validation, security and access considerations, reporting, readiness, training support, adoption planning, issue resolution, and post-implementation stabilization.
• Working knowledge of payroll operations and related HCM business processes such as time and attendance, absence management, benefits, workforce scheduling, reporting, employee self-service, and payroll compliance requirements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex payroll and HCM platform concepts, risks, tradeoffs, and implementation impacts to stakeholders and leadership.
• Excellent documentation skills and attention to detail.
• Competency in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and related collaboration tools.
• Hands-on experience using Workday, UKG, and related enterprise tools to support Payroll work stream delivery, project reporting, issue tracking, stakeholder communications, implementation coordination, testing coordination, cutover planning, and decision support; experience with Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Jira, DevOps, or equivalent tools preferred.
• PMP, CAPM, SAFe, Agile, Scrum, Prosci, ITIL, Workday, UKG, HRIS, payroll, or similar certification preferred.

Reference:1065227

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