Senior Project Manager, G&A Applications

As a member of the Project Management Office, the Senior Project Manager for G&A Applications leads technology initiatives that support General & Administrative (G&A) functions- including HR, Finance, Legal, Procurement, and Corporate Operations. Primarily this role will lead a highly visible, complex HCM replacement overseeing a cross functional team to deliver within scope, agreed upon quality, and within time and cost constraints. These factors may be clearly defined or may require dynamic change management to deliver business value. This is a part time (P) position with the potential for full time (0) in 2026.

Primary Responsibilities And Activities

This role will partner closely with business stakeholders and technical teams to drive effective planning, execution, and adoption of the HRIS system, and potentially other enterprise applications and process improvements. The ideal candidate is a structured, proactive leader with deep experience managing cross-functional projects, strong business acumen, and a passion for enabling scalable, efficient operations. Activities include:

• Support creation of and review project proposals or plans to determine a time frame, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing projects, staffing requirements and the assignment of available departmental resources to various project phases.
• Identify and schedule project deliverables, milestones, and required activities and tasks.
• Provide leadership and motivation to project team members throughout the project life cycle and confer with project staff on project deliverables and define the work plan.
• Act as a coach to junior project managers, executives and others who need assistance and advice regarding project management practices.
• Establish work plans and effort for project activities, iterations or phases.
• Review/approve the work plan of an external service provider or consultancy contracted to execute projects.
• Implement a project communication plan.
• Identify and track risks and mitigation plans.
• Monitor project activities, ensuring the currency, quality and integrity of information, while providing consistency in content and "look and feel” across the organization.
• Ensure that project goals and success criteria are met.
• Assign duties and responsibilities to project personnel and define the scope of their authority.
• Work with line managers to identify project personnel.
• Direct and coordinate the activities of project personnel to ensure projects progress on schedule and within budget.
• Prepare status reports with input from project personnel and schedules or plans.
• Follow agreed upon standards and procedures as set by the PMO and agreed upon with the team for project reporting and documentation.
• Benchmark project management performance continuously to identify the potential for improvements and increase capability in project and portfolio management.
  
  

Primary Contacts

• Project sponsor and key stakeholders
• Project team/staff (including designated users or customers)
• Business unit (BU) management and executives
• Subject matter experts (such as in security or compliance)
• Infrastructure and operations, Enterprise Application and IT Support staff
• External service providers' and consultancies' project manager(s)
  
  

Job Requirements

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer information systems or a related field, or equivalent IT experience. MS in computer information systems or related degree preferred. PMP or other related certification desired.

Experience

• Seven or more years of progressively responsible IT experience, with sensitivity and commitment to business problem solving
• Five to seven years of successfully managing complex and risky G&A projects
• Experience leading HCM implementations such as UKG, ADP, or Workday
• Five or more years of BU or BU-facing experience, with sensitivity and commitment to business problem solving
• Experience in leading diverse teams
• Experience and ability in using "soft skills” or "people skills”
  
  

Knowledge and Skills

• Experience with end-to-end technical deployments to multiple audiences across an organization.
• Distinctive blend of business, IT and communication skills. This blend is vital because this is a highly visible position with substantial impact.
• Ability to manage project budgets.
• Ability to adapt to new circumstances in a changing business environment.
• Good understanding of current and emerging technologies such as AI and of how other enterprises are using them to drive digital business.
• Knowledge of project management methodology and experience or familiarity with major, defined program management approaches (for example, that of the Project Management Institute and Agile approaches).
• Significant knowledge of project planning/scheduling tools (for example, MS Project, Wrike or SmartSheet, JIRA) with a solid track record of practical application.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills; expertise in setting and managing customer expectations.
• Effective influencing and negotiating skills in an environment in which this role may not directly control resources.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of business needs, with the ability to establish and maintain a high level of customer trust and confidence.
• Ability to support a tactical resource plan by mapping future demand to forecast project completions in the project portfolio.