Workday Project Manager

Dexian; United States; Remote; USD 73,000 - 77,000; Part time

Job summary

Dexian, a leading technology and staffing firm, is seeking a seasoned project management contractor to support Talent Management initiatives. This 100% remote role accepts candidates nationwide and follows EST business hours, with hourly pay between $53 and $56 on W2.

You will manage Workday workstreams, develop plans, track metrics, and coordinate readiness, testing, and go-live activities. Strong communication, governance, and risk-management skills are a must to drive program success.

Qualifications

• Workday implementations experience.
• MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint and Word proficiency.
• Agile project delivery experience.

Responsibilities

• Create and manage project plans, metrics, and resource tracking.
• Oversee delivery from planning through execution.
• Track progress against timelines and manage risks.
• Report status at team and program levels.
• Escalate issues and drive mitigation actions.
• Support readiness, testing, and go-live planning.
• Present updates in team and program meetings.

Skills

Workday

MS Project

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Tools

Agile

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Location: 100% Remote

Pay Rate: $53.00 - $56.00 hourly on W2

Schedule

• Hours: 8-5PM EST (regardless of time zone the candidate lives)

Day to day responsibilities

This contractor will support Talent Management initiatives, managing one or more workstreams depending on business needs. This role requires a highly organized, detail-oriented professional who can operate effectively in a fast-paced environment and seamlessly transition between functional areas. The successful candidate will be able to quickly come up to speed, establish key stakeholder relationships, and drive project execution.

• Create, maintain, and manage project management deliverables and artifacts, including:
  • project plans
  • project metrics
  • resource tracking
• Oversee workstream delivery from planning through execution.
• Ensure all activities and deliverables are progressing according to the approved timeline.
• Facilitate status tracking and reporting for the workstream and roll updates into program-level reporting.
• Proactively identify and resolve issues impacting delivery.
• Escalate risks and issues coming from the workstream as needed.
• Support readiness, testing, and go-live planning activities.
• Present status updates during team forums and larger program meetings, including broad audience calls.

What’s the impact this role has on the business?

Serves as the business lead for a Workday workstream, ensuring successful delivery, stakeholder alignment, organizational readiness, and adoption while providing leadership visibility into progress, risks, decisions, and overall workstream health.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMI-based project delivery training/certification is a plus

Top Must Have Skills

• Experience with Workday implementations, especially in:
  • MS Project: Intermediate to Advanced proficiency required.
  • Excel
  • PowerPoint
  • Word
• Experience with Agile project delivery required.

Soft Skills Required for success

• Experience managing large, complex projects and/or transformational programs.
• Proven ability to manage integrated project plans, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables.
• Strong risk, issue, action, and decision management experience.
• Experience with governance, executive reporting, and stakeholder communications.
• Ability to proactively identify delivery risks and drive mitigation actions.

Dexian stands at the forefront of Talent + Technology solutions with a presence spanning more than 70 locations worldwide and a team exceeding 10,000 professionals. As one of the largest technology and professional staffing companies and one of the largest minority-owned staffing companies in the United States, Dexian combines over 30 years of industry expertise with cutting-edge technologies to deliver comprehensive global services and support. Dexian connects the right talent and the right technology with the right organizations to deliver trajectory-changing results that help everyone achieve their ambitions and goals. To learn more, please visit https://dexian.com/. Dexian is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.