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Senior Project Manager – PeopleSoft Workforce Administration (WFA)
Kapital Data Corp
Location not stated
Remote
Manager or above
3 months ago
- PeopleSoft
- Risk Management
- PMP
- PMI-ACP
- Certified Scrum Master
- payroll processing
- Change Management
3 months ago
Project Focus: PeopleSoft Workforce Administration (WFA) and Mass Compensation
Initiative
Position Summary
Lead enterprise PeopleSoft HCM initiatives focused on Workforce Administration and
compensation-related processes.
Manage project delivery from initiation through deployment, stabilization, and project
closure.
Coordinate business, technical, HR, payroll, vendor, and stakeholder resources across
multiple workstreams.
Serve as the primary project leader responsible for execution, delivery, stakeholder
engagement, and project outcomes.
Required Qualifications
8-10+ years of project management experience leading enterprise application
initiatives.
5+ years managing PeopleSoft HCM projects in large, complex organizations.
Demonstrated experience delivering Workforce Administration (WFA) implementations
or enhancements.
Experience managing HR, Payroll, Benefits, and cross-functional stakeholder
relationships.
Proven success leading requirements, design, testing, deployment, and change
management activities.
Strong executive communication, governance, risk management, and issue resolution
skills.
Experience managing project budgets, schedules, vendors, dependencies, and resource
plans.
Demonstrated ability to lead complex enterprise initiatives, anticipate downstream
impacts, manage risks and dependencies, and drive projects to successful execution.
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Computer Science,
Human Resources, Project Management, or a related field; or equivalent combination of
education and experience.
Master's degree preferred.
PMP, PMI-ACP, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), or other relevant project management
certification preferred.
Experience leading PeopleSoft Mass Compensation or compensation-related initiatives.
Knowledge of Job Data, Compensation, Position Management, and effective-dated
transactions.
Experience supporting payroll-impacting releases and downstream integration
activities.
PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 experience in large enterprise environments.
Higher education, public sector, healthcare, or unionized workforce experience.
Experience managing multiple concurrent workstreams within a complex portfolio.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Knowledge of PeopleSoft HCM Workforce Administration business processes and
functionality.
Knowledge of HR, Payroll, Benefits, Compensation, and Position Management processes.
Knowledge of payroll-impacting HR transactions and associated testing, deployment,
and operational readiness requirements.
Knowledge of effective-dated transactions and their impact on downstream systems,
interfaces, and payroll processing.
Knowledge of project management methodologies, governance practices, and SDLC
frameworks.
Knowledge of testing, deployment, change management, and organizational readiness
activities.
Strong project planning, scheduling, budgeting, forecasting, and resource management
skills.
Strong risk, issue, dependency, and stakeholder management skills.
Strong facilitation skills for executive leadership, business stakeholders, campus
partners, and technical teams.
Strong relationship management skills with executive leadership, business partners,
campus stakeholders, and technical teams.
Strong requirements management, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
Strong vendor management and consultant oversight skills.
Strong verbal, written, and presentation communication skills.
Ability to lead large-scale PeopleSoft HCM initiatives in complex enterprise
environments.
Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and competing priorities while
maintaining delivery commitments.
Ability to translate business objectives into actionable project plans and deliverables.
Ability to build consensus among business, technical, HR, payroll, and campus
stakeholders.
Ability to assess downstream business, technical, operational, integration, and payroll
impacts when evaluating project decisions and issues.
Ability to proactively identify issues, drive resolution, and escalate risks when
appropriate.
Ability to communicate complex business and technical concepts to diverse audiences.
Ability to take ownership of project outcomes and drive initiatives through execution
and delivery.
Ability to drive accountability, decision-making, and issue resolution across project
teams.
Ability to work independently with minimal oversight in a fast-paced and complex
environment.
Key Responsibilities
Develop and manage project plans, schedules, milestones, budgets, and resource
allocations.
Facilitate project governance, steering committees, status reporting, and executive
communications.
Manage project scope, risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and decision tracking.
Coordinate requirements, design reviews, testing activities, deployment readiness, and
cutover planning.
Partner with HR, Payroll, Technical, Security, Integration, and business teams to achieve
project objectives.
Ensure project deliverables meet quality standards, business requirements, and
organizational goals.
Drive stakeholder alignment and remove obstacles impacting project success and
delivery timelines.
Oversee vendor performance, contract deliverables, and consultant accountability.
Senior Project Manager – PeopleSoft Workforce Administration (WFA) · Kapital Data Corp