We are looking for an experienced HR Project Manager with expertise in Workday Human Capital Management to join our team on a long-term contract basis. This role is based in Charlotte, North Carolina, and focuses on overseeing the planning, execution, and optimization of Workday HCM modules. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in HR processes, project management, and Workday functionalities, ensuring seamless collaboration across departments and successful project outcomes.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Lead the full lifecycle of Workday implementations, upgrades, and integrations, ensuring timely and efficient delivery.<br>• Develop detailed project plans, budgets, and timelines, while managing resource allocation.<br>• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including HR, IT, Finance, and external consultants, to meet project objectives.<br>• Facilitate regular project meetings, status updates, and stakeholder communications to maintain alignment.<br>• Oversee the configuration, testing, and deployment of Workday HCM modules, ensuring solutions meet business needs.<br>• Conduct risk assessments, identify dependencies, and develop strategies to mitigate potential issues.<br>• Manage data conversion processes, validation efforts, and ensure compliance with security standards.<br>• Provide training, change management support, and guidance to end users to promote adoption of Workday systems.<br>• Monitor and address issues related to Workday releases, regression testing, and system changes.<br>• Translate organizational needs into functional requirements, ensuring alignment with best practices.
<ul><li>Own and maintain a technically detailed product backlog aligned to platform architecture and business priorities</li><li>Decompose high-level initiatives into epics, features, and user stories with clear technical acceptance criteria</li><li>Collaborate with architects and senior engineers on system design, integration patterns, and technical feasibility</li><li>Define and document functional and non-functional requirements, including performance, security, scalability, and reliability</li><li>Partner with DevOps teams to align backlog priorities with CI/CD pipelines, release strategies, and deployment schedules</li><li>Participate in technical design discussions, backlog refinement, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives</li><li>Manage dependencies across teams, services, and third-party integrations</li><li>Support API-first and event-driven development by defining contracts, payloads, and interface expectations</li><li>Validate completed work through story acceptance, integration testing coordination, and release sign-off</li><li>Support production readiness, including release notes, rollout planning, and post-deployment validation</li><li>Analyze production issues, defects, and technical debt to drive root-cause remediation and backlog prioritization</li><li>Use metrics such as velocity, cycle time, defect trends, and system performance to inform prioritization decisions</li></ul>
