Workday Enterprise Project Manager
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<p><b><u>About Us: </u></b></p><p><b>CompassX</b> is a boutique business and technology consulting firm. We help <b>Fortune 500</b> and high-growth clients deliver their most strategic initiatives, from enterprise transformations to digital and data-driven projects.</p><p><br></p><p>With over 15 years of proven results, weâve expanded across industries including financial services, pharmaceuticals, aerospace, consumer products, and quick service restaurants. We are honored to be recognized as a three-time winner of <b>Consulting Magazineâs Best Boutique Firms to Work For</b>, and previously recognized as a <b>âBest Place to Workâ</b> in Southern California and one of <b>INC.âs 5000</b> fastest-growing private companies in the U.S.</p><p><br></p><p><b><u>About the Role: </u></b></p><p>We are seeking an <b>Enterprise Project Manager</b> to spearhead a high-visibility, full-scale <b>Workday HCM implementation</b> for a major industrial client. This isn't just a system rollout; it is a massive digital transformation impacting over 10,000 employees across corporate, warehouse, and manufacturing environments.</p>\n<p></p><p><br></p><b>What You'll Do:</b><ul><li>Drive the end-to-end enterprise Workday HCM implementation, ensuring the program stays within scope, timeline, and budget.</li><li>Develop and manage the integrated project plan, milestones, and critical dependencies across the project lifescycle</li><li>Establish and lead the project governance structure, facilitating steering committee engagement and high-level executive reporting.</li><li>Coordinate seamlessly across HR, IT, Operations, and executive leadership to ensure cross-functional alignment.</li><li> Oversee vendor and system integrator relationships while proactively managing risks, issues, and change control.</li><li>Lead the large-scale testing strategy, including System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).</li><li>Partner with business units to ensure organizational readiness, adoption, and smooth change management throughout the go-live.</li></ul><p><br></p><b>What You'll Bring: </b><ul><li>Proven experience leading at least one full, enterprise-wide Workday HCM implementation.</li><li>Deep understanding of HR system architecture, business process transformation, and the Workday deployment lifecycle.</li><li>7+ years of project management experience, specifically within enterprise organizations</li></ul><ul><li>Strong executive presence with the ability to communicate complex technical milestones to non-technical stakeholders.</li><li>Demonstrated success managing stakeholders across multiple business units in highly matrixed environments.</li></ul><ul><li>Experience managing challenging testing and integration environments, ideally within manufacturing or industrial sectors.</li></ul><ul><li>A self-driven, outcome-oriented mindset with the ability to lead initiatives from strategy through execution.</li></ul><ul><li>PMP or equivalent certification is preferred.</li></ul><p><br></p><p></p>\n<div>$75 - $105 an hour</div>\n<br/><br/>Please mention the word **OPTIMAL** and tag RMTYyLjIyMC4yMzQuMjY= when applying to show you read the job post completely (#RMTYyLjIyMC4yMzQuMjY=). This is a beta feature to avoid spam applicants. Companies can search these words to find applicants that read this and see they're human.
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