SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER – WORKDAY/ERP STABILIZATION

Thunderhawk Technology Partners; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 171,924,000 - 197,713,000; Full time

Job summary

Thunderhawk Technology Partners, LLC is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead Workday/ERP stabilization efforts for a client project in Atlanta, GA. This 8–12 month contract role requires coordinating cross-functional teams and ensuring production readiness across ERP/hcm domains.

The ideal candidate has 6+ years of project-management experience, proficiency with SDLC, and hands-on work with Workday or similar enterprise systems.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of project-management experience coordinating enterprise projects.
• 2+ years of implementing or supporting ERP, HCM, or Workday-type systems.
• Experience stabilizing production, testing, deployment, and issue resolution.
• Strong communication and executive reporting skills.
• Ability to coordinate diverse functional, technical, payroll, finance, and vendor teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and execution for Workday/ERP stabilization activities.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across payroll, finance, and tech.
• Track issues, risks, decisions, actions, and deliverables.
• Conduct root-cause analysis and resolve production issues.
• Support testing, deployment, validation, and closure.
• Prepare status reports and provide executive updates.
• Monitor schedules, scope, risks, and dependencies.
• Support SDLC activities and use MS Project, Jira, or Asana.
• Coordinate knowledge transfer and transition activities.
• Support production stability and operational readiness.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional coordination

Risk management

Stakeholder communication

SDLC knowledge

MS Project

Jira

Asana

Education

PMP or CAPM certification

Tools

Jira

Asana

MS Project

Job description

HIRING: SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER – WORKDAY/ERP STABILIZATION

Location: Atlanta, GA

Work Arrangement: Atlanta, GA — occasional onsite presence required

Duration: 8 -12 Months Contract

Pay Range: $60.00–$69.00 per hour

Thunderhawk Technology Partners, LLC is recruiting for a Senior Project Manager – Workday/ERP Stabilization position on behalf of its client.

We are seeking a qualified project-management professional with experience leading enterprise projects, coordinating cross-functional teams, and supporting Workday/ERP stabilization, implementation, and production-readiness activities.

Position Requirements

• 6+ years of relevant project-management experience, including coordinating and supporting business processes.
• Demonstrated experience managing large-scale projects.
• 2+ years of experience implementing, stabilizing, or supporting an ERP, HCM, or related enterprise system, preferably Workday.
• Strong experience managing production stabilization, issue resolution, root-cause analysis, testing, deployment, reconciliation, and closure activities.
• Experience coordinating functional, technical, payroll, finance, business, and third-party vendor teams.
• Strong understanding of SDLC and structured development methodologies.
• Experience using project-management tools such as MS Project, Jira, or Asana.
• Experience with Workday, ERP, HCM, benefits, payroll, integrations, or related enterprise systems is preferred.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, risk management, issue tracking, and executive reporting skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP or CAPM certification.
• Experience supporting Workday stabilization or post-implementation activities.
• Experience with payroll, benefits, finance, integrations, or other enterprise-system workstreams.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead project planning and execution for Workday/ERP stabilization activities.
• Coordinate functional, technical, payroll, finance, business, and third-party vendor teams.
• Track issues, risks, dependencies, decisions, action items, and deliverables.
• Coordinate root-cause analysis and resolution of production issues.
• Support testing, deployment, reconciliation, validation, and closure activities.
• Manage project status reporting, executive communications, and stakeholder updates.
• Monitor project schedules, milestones, scope, risks, and dependencies.
• Support SDLC activities and structured development methodologies.
• Use project-management tools such as MS Project, Jira, or Asana.
• Coordinate transition and knowledge-transfer activities.
• Support production stability and operational readiness.

Work Arrangement

This position is based in Atlanta, Georgia. Occasional onsite attendance in Atlanta will be required based on client and project requirements. Candidates must be able to report onsite when required.

Candidates who are not currently local may be considered if they can meet the required onsite schedule.