ERP Project Manager (PeopleSoft- HCM ) in Columbus , Ohio - Onsite Position

Acts as primary Ohio Administrative Knowledge System (OAKS) interface to and from business owners and stakeholders and its Managed Services Vendors (MSV) to help ensure that OAKS HR/Payroll systems provide optimal levels of support for the HR/Payroll operations of the State of Ohio. In this role the HR/Payroll Systems Services Leader:

·         assumes accountability for MSV execution, service delivery, and overall performance across the portfolio of projects and day-to-day operations;

·         proactively manages the business/customer relationship;

·         understands business priorities and portfolio of business initiatives to effectively manage customer expectations and set OAKS priorities;

·         works with business stakeholders and MSV personnel to translate business requirements into system solutions that may result in technical designs for enhancements, statements of work, and/or change order requests;

·         oversees requirements analysis and documentation;

·         coordinates use of MSV discretionary hours for enhancements;

·         develops Requests for Proposals, Statements of Work, and Change Requests for procured project services;

·         provides relevant OAKS HR/Payroll systems support status reports;

·         communicates OAKS operational events, priorities, deadlines, and outages;

·         approves requests for enhancements to OAKS HR/Payroll system modules;

·         leads capacity planning and pipeline management;

·         reviews and approves production migrations; and

·         acts as an escalation point to resolve serious HR/Payroll system issues.

Leads, directs, and supervises the activities of a small team of information technology (IT) systems operations professionals that helps maintain the suite of OAKS HR/Payroll systems (primarily composed of Oracle/PeopleSoft systems) that support the HR/Payroll business needs of its state-wide customers. In this role the HR/Payroll Systems Services Leader:

Acts as Project Manager for projects related to OAKS HR/Payroll system modules (e.g., payroll, benefits, human resources, performance management, time and attendance - UKG Kronos, Learning Management – CornerStone and Recruit - Cornerstone). In this role the HR/Payroll Systems Services Leader:

·         manages or oversees multiple projects;

·         monitors project progress and attends information exchange and touchpoint meetings with project teams and stakeholders;

·         provides relevant project status reports (e.g., executive, OAKS management, weekly updates);

·         develops, implements, and enforces program and project policies and procedures.

·         oversees project financials and vendor contract compliance;

·         participates in review and approval of vendor estimates (e.g., level of effort);

·         approves project deliverables;

·         coordinates business resource needs, capacity planning, and pipeline management;

·         performs overall project scheduling coordination; and

·         coordinates and supports business functional testing efforts.

Performs other related duties as assigned including:

·         Serving as backup to other administrators when necessary

·         Working on special requests

·         Representing OAKS at meetings, conferences and on committees