Project Manager Global Workday Implementation

Job description

About the Role We are seeking an experienced, hands-on Project Manager to join an ongoing global Workday HCM implementation. The project is already in execution, with design completed and implementation activities underway. This role focuses on driving day-to-day project delivery, governance, accountability, and transparency across multiple global workstreams. This is a delivery-focused Project Manager position, not a Program Manager or Transformation Lead role and limited to up to 12 month. Key Responsibilities Own and maintain the integrated project plan, ensuring milestones, deliverables, and dependencies are actively managed. Facilitate project governance, workstream meetings, RAID reviews, and Steering Committee preparation. Drive accountability across functional, technical, testing, change, data, and regional teams. Proactively manage risks, issues, actions, dependencies, and escalations to support successful delivery. Produce concise project reporting, highlighting project health, delivery risks, overdue actions, and key decisions. Create transparency across workstreams and ensure effective communication of project updates, decisions, and changes. Support the project through testing, deployment readiness, go-live, and post-go-live stabilization. Requirements Proven hands-on Project Management experience within complex technology, HR, or enterprise transformation programs. Formal Project Management certification (PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent). Strong experience managing project plans, RAID logs, governance, reporting, and cross-functional dependencies. Excellent facilitation, stakeholder management, and communication skills. Ability to work effectively in a global, matrixed environment and quickly integrate into an ongoing project. Strong delivery focus, proactive mindset, and ability to drive accountability across stakeholders. #LI-Onsite