Workday Payroll HRIS Project Manager

Summit Federal Services, LLC • Reston, VA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

This is an immediate need for a Sr. Workday HRIS Payroll Manager to set up maintenance, optimization, reporting, testing, troubleshooting, process improvements, data integrity, system security and year-end support for a multi-billion dollar industry leader. The role involves supporting system integrations to ensure proper control, while recommending and establishing new controls as needed. This position is a 6-month contract hybrid assignment, requiring onsite presence 1-2 days per week in Reston, VA. The ideal candidate should have strong Workday configuration experience, balancing HR and IT knowledge. The Project Manager will lead the end-to-end implementation of Workday Payroll, ensuring a seamless end-user experience and processes. The Payroll PM will collaborate with broader workstreams to identify process impacts from various internal customer perspectives and work on best practices and processes for change management.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of Workday payroll configuration experience.
• Experience as a department leader when preparing for technology and system changes.
• Demonstrated time management, problem solving, and leadership skills.
• Change management experience.
• Strong experience with Workday Payroll.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with stakeholders to gather business requirements and translate them into project objectives.
• Oversee system testing, data migration, user acceptance testing and training activities.
• Identify and mitigate risks and issues throughout the project lifecycle.
• Monitor, troubleshoot and resolve system implementation problems and overall system performance.
• Facilitate regular project meetings and provide status updates to leadership and stakeholders.
• Ensure successful system integration with timekeeping and benefits systems and vendors.
• Write and prepare system user documentation, instructional guides, reference materials and system plans and manuals.
• Develop post-implementation support plans and conduct project closeout activities including lessons learned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees