Project Manager

Padmore Global Connections is seeking a Project Manager to lead Payroll functionality projects within their ERP solution. The role involves strategy, planning, and management of projects, ensuring effective communication with stakeholders and project team members, while driving process improvements and managing project deliverables.

Responsibilities:

• Drives the successful management of ERP Payroll related technical implementations, process improvement efforts and business process or product enhancement projects
• Responsible for the overall strategy, planning, management, and completion of projects supporting Payroll functionality within the core ERP solution and any supporting ancillary applications and/or solutions
• Partner with project team members across state agencies and vendors to develop project scope and manage project roles, identify resource requirements, define project deliverables and execute
• Ensure effective communications and relationships between stakeholders and project team members
• Lead process improvement initiatives and IT projects to improve productivity, quality and employee experience
• Build project plans, identify Payroll business requirements, process and functional design, prototyping, testing, training, defining support procedures
• Overall management, tracking and reporting of project schedule and activities, ensuring that the projects are delivered on time, within budget and remain aligned to the business objectives
• Work closely with leaders, project teams and various stakeholders to ensure projects effectively mitigate risks, resolve issues, and deliver as planned
• Facilitate cross-functional meetings and implementation plans and schedules, working with other project managers, functional experts, and business partners
• Prepare communications to stakeholders, project artifacts, working documents and project schedules
• Review and maintain project financials, evaluating projects against their approved financial targets and benefits goals, and ensuring the creation of action plans to address variances, effectively manage change controls and escalate issues as appropriate
• Build and deliver project plans, status reports and metrics on test case development, test execution progress, track and monitor defect corrections, identify project dependencies and constraints
• Identify improvement opportunities for the organization and be an advocate for change
• Plan, execute and monitor Payroll Technology projects with an eye on customer experience, supportability and successful operational transition into production
• Lead coordination for the training and other events that help share knowledge and skills with other team members

Requirements:

• Experience managing Payroll on ERP Cloud Solutions products such as Workday, Oracle Cloud HCM, Infor, SAP S4/HANA
• Thrive in a diverse, fast-paced environment
• Experienced in use of project management tools and methodologies
• Working knowledge of Agile methodology and practices
• Think critically and analytically and can effectively apply logic to solve problems
• Effective interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate with others
• Excellent analytical, presentation, interpersonal, organizational, and facilitation skills
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, and can clearly articulate complex messages and requirements to stakeholders, functional teams and vendors
• Ability to mentor other Project Managers on Project Management methodologies
• Ability to confidently present to C-Suite executives
• Skilled at conflict resolution
• Highly skilled at managing competing projects, risks, and issues
• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated knowledge and aptitude of project management tools, techniques, and methodology
• Ability to accurately and adequately translate business requirements to technical requirements
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, Project Online, and Visio
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• State work experience
• ERP Cloud work experience
• Payroll, Talent Acquisition and/or learning management work experience
• PMP certified
• College Degree in a related field with 8+ years professional experience
• 5 years minimum experience as a project manager