[Remote] Senior Project Manager – PeopleSoft Workforce Administration (WFA)
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Motion Recruitment is an enterprise organization seeking a Senior Project Manager for their PeopleSoft Workforce Administration (WFA) initiative. The role involves leading complex PeopleSoft HCM projects, collaborating with various stakeholders to enhance workforce administration and compensation processes.
Responsibilities
- Develop and manage project plans, schedules, milestones, budgets, and resource allocations
- Facilitate governance meetings, steering committees, executive communications, and status reporting
- Manage project scope, risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and decision tracking
- Coordinate requirements gathering, design reviews, testing cycles, deployment readiness, and cutover planning
- Partner with HR, Payroll, Technical, Security, Integration, and business stakeholders 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, consultant accountability, and contract deliverables
Skills
- 8–10+ years of project management experience leading enterprise application initiatives
- 5+ years managing PeopleSoft HCM projects within 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 gathering, 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 through successful execution and delivery
- Strong understanding of SDLC methodologies, governance practices, and project delivery frameworks
- 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 integrations
- PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 experience in large enterprise environments
- PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, or other project management certifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Computer Science, Human Resources, Project Management, or related field
- Master's degree preferred
- Experience within higher education, public sector, healthcare, or unionized environments
- Experience managing multiple concurrent workstreams within a complex project portfolio
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