Project Manager - HR & Payroll ERP
Los Alamos, New MexicoFull-TimeManager
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Job Details
- Experience
- 8+ years of relevant experience including 5+ years managing ERP-related workstreams
- Required Skills
- Jira
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree and 8+ years of relevant experience including 5+ years managing ERP-related workstreams; additional, relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a government issued clearance.
- Demonstrated experience leading HR and Payroll components of major ERP implementations.
- ERP experience is required.
- Experience within HR and Payroll tools at a high level.
- Experience managing payroll and HR migrations.
- Directly managed HR and Payroll workstreams in large-scale ERP implementations (preferably SAP S/4HANA).
- Strong understanding of HR and Payroll business processes and compliance requirements.
- Proven ability to operate within a structured program governance model, collaborating with a Program Manager, Implementation Planner, and multiple workstream leads.
- 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.
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.
- Organize and balance detailed workstream execution with broader program alignment.
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