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Mercer · 2 months ago

Workday Project Manager

New York, NY

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$153K/yr - $233K/yr

5+ years exp

Mercer is a global leader in helping clients realize their investment objectives and enhance health and retirement outcomes. They are seeking a Workday Project Manager to tailor solutions for clients, manage project plans, and ensure on-time and on-budget implementation while leading cross-business unit projects.

BankingConsultingEmployee BenefitsFinancial ServicesHuman ResourcesWealth Management

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Tailor big data, cloud computing, and enterprise services and design to Mercer's clients' specific needs to provide clients with full-lifecycle solutions

Facilitate problem resolution with clients and internal stakeholders, provide analytics, and develop and present reports to senior management

Establish and monitor project plans, including the setting of milestones and deadlines, in consultation with business users

Document and oversee project costs and ensure all Mercer related costs are reflected accurately in required documentation

Allocate duties and responsibilities of the team, closely monitor and drive the progression of the project teams for on-time and on-budget implementation

Lead decision-making processes required to move projects along to completion and make steady and agreed upon progress on assigned programs/projects

Lead cross-business unit projects and program work streams, work closely with the business leader, and apply appropriate project management methodology

Present feedback and trend analysis to leadership team, as well as early warning indicators regarding at exposure possibilities

Proactively respond to new project needs or changes in scope and identify and resolve issues, assess the work plan direction versus the new input demands, and implement a change control process

Identify project risk items during all phases and provide mitigation responses

Innovate future changes during post-implementation lessons learned

Identify, implement, and ensure that consistent standards of delivery excellence are disseminated, leveraged, and continuously improved across the organization

Enhance program and project management capabilities and operational oversight within respective portfolio to increase risk adjusted return on the business and project portfolio

Ensure a high-level of visibility on initiatives through highly-engaged communication with stakeholders

Ensure comprehensive scope document is in place at the start of the project, and continuously review the scope document as the project progresses and manage changes of scope effectively

Ensure that all requirements are met and comply with all internal policies and procedures

Identify opportunities to position other Mercer service offerings with clients

Qualification

Workday Project ManagementHRIS ConsultingProject Risk ManagementMicrosoft 365 ToolsChange ManagementStakeholder EngagementCommunication SkillsTeam Leadership

Required

Must have Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Telecommunications Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field plus five (5) years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience in the position offered, or a related position

Three (3) years of experience must include: Workday Project management

Consulting within Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS)

Supporting project initiation and requirements phases of large technology or business change planning, execution, and benefits realization, delegating tasks, and closely monitoring and driving the progression of the project teams for on-time and on-budget implementation

Leveraging knowledge of business theory, business processes, management, budgeting, and business office operations to manage multiple projects with clients across varying business and functional units, ensuring comprehensive scope document is in place at the start of the project, continuously reviewing the scope document as the project progresses and managing changes of scope effectively, and identifying project risk items during all phases and providing mitigation responses

Preparing status reports and engaging with stakeholders to ensure strategy and execution are aligned with defined objectives, coordinating and communicating the activities of project teams with relevant stakeholders to ensure progress within time and budget constraints, and presenting at Executive Steering Committees with clients at C-Suite level

Utilizing Microsoft 365 tools: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio to manage Workday projects, including timeline, budget, and scope

Managing project dashboard (Online tools or Office tools) to provide efficient communication to customers throughout the lifecycle of the projects, managing operational aspects of projects (including resources, scope, schedule, cost, assumptions, and dependencies), establishing and monitoring project plans, setting milestones and deadlines, and consulting with business users

Managing organizational change to facilitate a smooth transition and overcome potential challenges

15% domestic travel is required to various and unanticipated company and client sites

Benefits

Health and welfare benefits

Tuition assistance

401K savings and other retirement programs

Employee assistance programs

Company

Mercer

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Mercer is a human resource consulting service that includes compensation, employee benefits, communications, and investment consulting. It is a sub-organization of Marsh & McLennan.

Founded in 1945

New York, New York, USA

10001+ employees

http://www.mercer.com

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