PeopleSoft WFA Project Manager || Remote || 100% interview
Summary: The role is for a Remote Senior Project Manager specializing in PeopleSoft Workforce Administration (WFA) for a higher education client. The Project Manager will oversee enterprise-level PeopleSoft HCM projects, ensuring successful delivery while managing multiple stakeholders and project workstreams. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in PeopleSoft HCM, particularly in Workforce Administration and related areas, and will be responsible for driving project governance and executive communications. This position requires availability during standard business hours in PST, regardless of the candidate's time zone.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead enterprise-level PeopleSoft HCM projects from initiation through deployment, stabilization, and closure.
- Collaborate with HR, Payroll, Benefits, Technical, Security, Integration, and Executive stakeholders.
- Oversee multiple project workstreams and manage project governance.
- Drive accountability and proactively identify risks and dependencies.
- Manage project budgets, schedules, vendors, resource plans, dependencies, risks, and issues.
- Report project status to senior leadership and steering committees.
Key Skills:
- 8-10+ years of experience as a Project Manager leading enterprise application initiatives.
- 5+ years managing PeopleSoft HCM projects.
- Experience leading Workforce Administration (WFA) implementations or enhancements.
- Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Hands-on experience managing projects through the full SDLC lifecycle.
- Knowledge of PeopleSoft HCM business processes.
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and competing priorities.
- Direct Project Manager titles throughout career history.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: undetermined
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Remote Senior Project Manager PeopleSoft Workforce Administration (WFA)
Start Date: 7/27
LOA: 6-12 months
Location: 100% REMOTE
Work Schedule: Must be available, accessible, and responsive between 8:00 AM 5:00 PM PST regardless of current time zone.
Project Details: Current higher education client is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead a PeopleSoft Workforce Administration (WFA) and Mass Compensation initiative. This individual will be responsible for managing enterprise-level PeopleSoft HCM projects from initiation through deployment, stabilization, and project closure.
The Project Manager will work closely with HR, Payroll, Benefits, Technical, Security, Integration, and Executive stakeholders while overseeing multiple project workstreams, managing project governance, and ensuring successful delivery of project objectives.
The ideal candidate will have deep PeopleSoft HCM project leadership experience, particularly within Workforce Administration, Compensation, Payroll, and Position Management environments. This person must be comfortable leading complex enterprise initiatives, managing executive communications, driving accountability, and proactively identifying risks and dependencies.
Musts:
8-10+ years serving as an overall Project Manager leading enterprise application initiatives
5+ years managing PeopleSoft HCM projects
Demonstrated experience leading Workforce Administration (WFA) implementations or enhancements
Experience managing HR, Payroll, Benefits, and cross-functional business stakeholders
Hands-on experience managing projects through the full SDLC lifecycle
Proven experience leading requirements gathering, design reviews, testing, deployment, and change management activities
Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills
Experience managing project budgets, schedules, vendors, resource plans, dependencies, risks, and issues
Knowledge of PeopleSoft HCM business processes
Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and competing priorities
Experience reporting project status to senior leadership and steering committees
Must have direct Project Manager titles throughout career history (no hybrid PM/Lead titles preferred)
Pluses:
Experience leading PeopleSoft Mass Compensation initiatives
Experience with Job Data, Compensation, Position Management, and effective-dated transactions
Experience supporting payroll-impacting releases and downstream integrations
PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 experience
PMP Certification
Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
Master's Degree
Higher Education experience
Public Sector experience
Healthcare experience
Experience supporting unionized workforces
Experience managing multiple concurrent workstreams within large enterprise portfolios
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