Workday Project Management Office (PMO) Lead

William Everett; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance Bonus Eligible

401(k) plan

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

Life and disability insurance

Paid time off options

Job summary

William Everett is seeking a PMO Lead to provide senior program leadership and Workday SME expertise for a large-scale ERP implementation. The role will oversee governance, risk, and alignment between the client, internal departments, and the SI, with a hybrid on-site requirement.

Minimum qualifications include 10+ years in ERP programs, 8+ years with Workday, and strong executive communication. This position emphasizes strategic leadership and stakeholder management in a complex environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years leading large ERP implementations.
• 8+ years with Workday implementations.
• 5+ years in payroll/time tracking integrations.
• Proven PMO leadership and governance experience.
• Experience in public-sector or highly regulated environments preferred.
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Lead PMO governance, escalation, and reporting.
• Oversee PMO team of 7–10 members.
• Serve as the client’s primary Workday SME.
• Align client requirements with SI activities across lifecycle.
• Manage risks, issues, dependencies, and milestones.
• Facilitate executive steering and status communications.

Skills

PMO Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Executive Communication

Governance

Tools

Workday

Job description

William Everett is a national management and information technology consulting firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. William Everett consulting is trusted by institutions, governments, and Fortune 500 technology companies to help them adapt, evolve, and improve performance.

William Everett is seeking a PMO Lead to provide senior program leadership and Workday subject-matter expertise for a large-scale ERP implementation, utilizing Workday and Workforce. This role serves as the primary oversight authority for the implementation, ensuring strong governance, risk management, and alignment between the client, its internal departments and the System Integrator (SI). This position focuses on strategic leadership, executive engagement, and Workday expertise.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead PMO governance, escalation, and executive reporting.
• Lead the project management office and oversee the work and deliverables of the PMO office of up to 7-10 team members.
• Hybrid role (on site required as needed)
• Serve as the client’s primary Workday SME
• Represent the client’s requirements and decisions across all SI-led activities, including planning, design, configuration, testing, training, deployment, go-live, and hypercare.
• Oversee program risks, issues, dependencies, and readiness for major milestones.
• Review and validate project plans, solution designs, testing outcomes, and cutover readiness.
• Facilitate Executive Steering Committee meetings and deliver clear status reporting.
• Ensure security, risk, controls, data conversion, training, and support models are reviewed and approved prior to go-live.

Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience leading large-scale ERP implementations.
• 8+ years experience working within Workday implementations
• 5+ years of Time Tracking, Absence, Payroll or payroll integrations.
• Demonstrated experience serving as a Program Manager or PMO Lead (not solely a task-level project manager).
• Experience working in public-sector or highly regulated environments strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with unionized workforces, complex labor rules, and governance structures is highly desirable.
• Strong executive communication, decision-making, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP or similar project/program management certification
• Workday certifications or equivalent implementation experience
• Experience with workforce software implementations

Additional requirements:

• Ability to pass a criminal background check.
• Authorized to work in the US for any employer.
• Local in the Chicagoland area
• Performance Bonus Eligible
• 401(k) plan
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Life and disability insurance
• Paid time off options, including vacation, sick time, fixed holidays, parental leave.

Note: Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship, and we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas at this time.

William Everett is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender identity/expression, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, genetics, veteran status, marital status or any other characteristic protected by law.