Project Manager, UKG Dimensions (6 Month Contract)
About The Position
Fanatics is building a leading global digital sports platform. We ignite the passions of global sports fans and maximize the presence and reach for our hundreds of sports partners globally by offering products and services across Fanatics Commerce, Fanatics Collectibles, and Fanatics Betting & Gaming, allowing sports fans to Buy, Collect, and Bet. Through the Fanatics platform, sports fans can buy licensed fan gear, jerseys, lifestyle and streetwear products, headwear, and hardgoods; collect physical and digital trading cards, sports memorabilia, and other digital assets; and bet as the company builds its Sportsbook and iGaming platform. Fanatics has an established database of over 100 million global sports fans; a global partner network with approximately 900 sports properties, including major national and international professional sports leagues, players associations, teams, colleges, college conferences and retail partners, 2,500 athletes and celebrities, and 200 exclusive athletes; and over 2,000 retail locations, including its Lids retail stores. Our more than 22,000 employees are committed to relentlessly enhancing the fan experience and delighting sports fans globally. Fanatics is seeking an experienced contractor Project Manager to lead its Time & Attendance Optimization Program. This initiative is focused on stabilizing and optimizing our UKG Pro Workforce Management (Dimensions) environment and its integration with Oracle Payroll for its US and International workforce. You'll drive structure and accountability across a complex, multi-workstream program involving Payroll Operations, HRIS and IT Integration.
Requirements
- 7+ years of PM experience delivering enterprise HCM, workforce management, or payroll technology programs.
- Hands-on experience with UKG Pro WFM (Dimensions) for both domestic and global workforce.
- Strong facilitation and executive communication skills — able to translate complexity into clear, decision-ready updates.
- Experience supporting payroll parallel testing and stabilization.
- Must be willing to travel
Nice To Haves
- PMP or equivalent preferred; familiarity with Oracle Payroll preferable.
Responsibilities
- Vendor Coordination
- Manage UKG and third-party vendor relationships, access, and dependency alignment.
- Stakeholder Management
- Align SMEs across the Fanatics enterprise, Payroll Ops, HRIS/Dimensions and IT.
- Facilitate workshops, document decisions and action items, and escalate conflicts or blockers to steering leadership.
- Payroll Stabilization
- Stand up a payroll readiness cadence covering cutoff tracking, validations, approvals, and reconciliation checkpoints.
- Coordinate defect triage, root-cause analysis, and corrective action tracking through closure.
- Operationalize controls including pre/post-export validations and Oracle reconciliation signoffs.
- Program Planning & Governance
- Build and maintain the integrated program plan, scope boundaries, and success criteria.
- Establish governance cadence, decision forums, and core project artifacts (RAID log, action log, status templates).
- Change Control & Quality
- Enforce change control for Pro WFM configuration and integration updates (intake, approval, release notes).
- Manage test approach with SMEs across unit, regression, and payroll parallel testing.
- Reporting & Executive Communications
- Deliver weekly status reports and lead steering committee meetings.
- Produce an executive-ready discovery readout and phased roadmap summary.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
