Senior Project Manager - HR & Payroll Workstreams (ERP Transformation)
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Los Alamos, New Mexico, United StatesContractSenior
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Job Details
- Experience
- 8+ years of project management experience, including 5+ years managing ERP-related workstreams
- Required Skills
- Project ManagementAgileOracle EBSJiraRisk Management
Requirements
- 8+ years of project management experience
- 5+ years managing ERP-related workstreams
- Demonstrated experience leading HR and Payroll components of major ERP implementations
- Strong understanding of HR and Payroll business processes and compliance requirements
- Proven ability to operate within a structured program governance model
- Strong risk, issue, and dependency management experience
- Proficiency with project management tools (e.g., MS Project, Jira)
- PMP or equivalent certification preferred
- Experience with SAP S/4HANA strongly preferred; experience transitioning from Oracle EBS to SAP S/4 HANA is a plus
- Experience working with system integrators and implementation planners on ERP programs
- Experience working in organizations with complex stakeholder environments (federal, regulated industries, or large enterprises)
- Background in Agile or hybrid delivery models within ERP programs
- Experience working within a federal, research, or DOE national laboratory environment is a plus, but not required
- Must have directly managed HR and Payroll workstreams in large-scale ERP implementations (preferably SAP S/4HANA)
- Ability to drive day-to-day operations, maintain timelines, manage scope, and ensure alignment with program controls and governance
- Strong ability to communicate needs, risks, and progress to Program Managers and functional leads across business and IT
Responsibilities
- Drive day-to-day project operations within HR and Payroll workstreams to achieve program objectives
- Ensure timeline coordination and adherence to scope, plan of record, and project controls expectations (PCE)
- Develop, maintain, and manage detailed project plans and schedules, aligned with program milestones
- Collaborate closely with functional team members, SMEs, and workstream leads
- Identify, document, and manage workstream-level risks, issues, and dependencies
- Drive resolution of risks and issues within the HR/Payroll scope; escalate cross-workstream or program-level impacts as needed
- Coordinate with business owners, functional SMEs, and technical teams to ensure readiness and adoption
- Serve as the primary escalation point within the HR and Payroll workstreams, elevating broader issues to the Program Manager as needed
- Coordinate day-to-day activities with functional teams and vendors to ensure timely, high-quality deliverables
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