Workday PM: Benefits & Payroll Stabilization Lead

Avacend Inc; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department of Administrative Services (DOAS) in Atlanta is seeking a Senior Project Manager with Workday HCM experience to lead the stabilization and resolution of benefits and payroll issues. You will drive cross-functional collaboration across HR, IT, payroll, and vendors to maintain a single, prioritized backlog and ensure timely, compliant resolutions.

You will manage end-to-end issue handling from identification through closure, establishing clear ownership, dependencies, and target

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field and three years of project management experience with increasing responsibility.
• Eligibility to sit for PMP certification.
• Local to Atlanta and ability to come to the office occasionally.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain an authoritative backlog of benefits issues with details on impact, severity, and ownership.
• Lead cross-functional teams to resolve individual benefits issues and track commitments to completion.
• Coordinate test planning, data, and vendor validation for Workday processes.
• Provide executive reporting on issue aging, risk, and resolution trends.

Skills

Workday HCM

Project management

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Asana

MS Project

Jira

Job description

The Department of Administrative Services (DOAS) in Atlanta is seeking a Senior Project Manager with Workday HCM experience to lead the stabilization and resolution of benefits and payroll issues. You will drive cross-functional collaboration across HR, IT, payroll, and vendors to maintain a single, prioritized backlog and ensure timely, compliant resolutions.

You will manage end-to-end issue handling from identification through closure, establishing clear ownership, dependencies, and target