HRIS Project Manager – Workday

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced HRIS Project Manager to lead and support strategic Workday initiatives across the organization, with a primary focus on Payroll, Benefits, and Time Tracking. The role will play a critical part in supporting and evolving our recently implemented Workday Payroll solution across the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico, ensuring system stability, continuous improvement, and effective operational support for our North American businesses.

The successful candidate will act as a key liaison between HR, Payroll, IT teams, and external implementation and support partners, fostering strong collaboration and ensuring the successful delivery of business objectives. Beyond project delivery, this position will contribute to the ongoing transformation of HR Operations through process optimization, standardization, and the adoption of innovative technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end HRIS projects, from business requirements gathering through design, testing, deployment, and post-go-live support.
• Manage Workday implementation and enhancement projects, with a strong focus on: Payroll, Benefits Administration, Time Tracking and Absence Management, Reporting.
• Cook up cross-functional teams including HR, Payroll, Finance, IT, and external vendors.
• Ensure project delivery within scope, timeline, budget, and quality expectations.
• Identify risks, dependencies, and mitigation actions throughout the project lifecycle.
• Drive continuous improvement of HR processes through system optimization and best practices.
• Partner with business stakeholders to define future-state processes and system capabilities.
• Support Workday releases, feature adoption, and roadmap planning.
• Oversee testing strategies, data migration activities, integrations, and change management plans.
• Monitor project KPIs and provide regular updates to leadership and governance bodies.
• Promote the adoption of emerging technologies, including AI and automation solutions, across HR Operations and HR Systems.

Key Competencies

• Project management capabilities.
• Continuous improvement and automation mindset.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced international environment.
• Customer and employee-centric approach.
• Strategic thinking and innovation mindset.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to influence stakeholders at all organizational levels.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Human Resources, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience managing HRIS or HR technology projects.
• Proven experience leading Workday implementations or major Workday enhancement projects.
• Strong knowledge of HR processes and system design.
• Experience managing global, multi-country projects.
• High level of English.
• Spanish language proficiency will be highly valued.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and project governance skills.
• Artificial Intelligence & Process Automation:
• AI-enabled process transformation initiatives.
• Process automation and robotics (RPA).
• Generative AI tools such as Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, or similar solutions.
• Business process redesign and continuous improvement.
• People Analytics and workforce insights solutions.
• Digital transformation programs within HR or Payroll functions.

Valuable Experience

The following experience will be highly valued:

• AI-enabled process transformation initiatives.
• Process automation and robotics (RPA).
• Generative AI tools such as Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, or similar solutions.
• Business process redesign and continuous improvement.
• People Analytics and workforce insights solutions.
• Digital transformation programs within HR or Payroll functions.

Pay

Competitive compensation package.

Schedule

Full-time position.