Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager

Location: Atlanta, GA – Onsite 

Work Arrangement: Hybrid – Must be local to Atlanta and available onsite as needed

JOB SUMMARY:

The State of Georgia – DOAS is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead stabilization and resolution of complex production issues involving Workday benefits, payroll, retirement contributions, eligibility, integrations, and third-party benefit providers.

The PM will coordinate functional, technical, payroll, finance, and vendor teams while managing issue resolution, testing, dependencies, releases, and executive reporting.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage and prioritize benefits and payroll-related production issues through resolution.
• Lead cross-functional teams and establish owners, action items, dependencies, and timelines.
• Coordinate investigations involving Workday configuration, data, integrations, vendor systems, and business processes.
• Develop and maintain stabilization schedules and track risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Coordinate test planning, regression testing, vendor validation, and business acceptance.
• Manage change control and production release readiness.
• Ensure corrected integrations reconcile with Workday payroll and benefits results.
• Provide status updates and executive reporting on risks, issue aging, testing, and resolution progress.

MANDATORY SKILLS:

• 3+ years of recent large-scale project management experience.
• 6+ years of project management experience supporting business processes.
• 2+ years of ERP/HCM implementation experience.
• Strong experience with Workday Benefits, Payroll, Integrations, and Data Exchanges.
• Experience with issue triage, root-cause analysis, risk and dependency management.
• Experience with testing, regression testing, vendor validation, and business acceptance.
• Knowledge of SDLC and structured development methodologies.
• Experience with Jira, MS Project, and/or Asana.
• Strong stakeholder, vendor, and executive communication skills.

Preferred Qualification:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• PMP or CAPM certification, or eligibility for PMP certification.
• Prior ERP/HCM implementation experience.
• Government or public-sector project management experience.
• 6+ years of progressive project management experience.