Senior Project Manager – HR & Payroll Workstreams
Navarro Research and Engineering
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Location Type: Remote
Location: New Mexico • United States
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About the role
- Drive day-to-day project operations within HR and Payroll workstreams to achieve program objectives
- Ensure timeline coordination and adherence to scope, plan of record, and project controls expectations (PCE)
- Develop, maintain, and manage detailed project plans and schedules, aligned with program milestones
- Collaborate closely with functional team members, SMEs, and workstream leads
- Identify, document, and manage workstream-level risks, issues, and dependencies
- Drive resolution of risks and issues within the HR/Payroll scope; escalate cross-workstream or program-level impacts as needed
- Coordinate with business owners, functional SMEs, and technical teams to ensure readiness and adoption
- Serve as the primary escalation point within the HR and Payroll workstreams, elevating broader issues to the Program Manager as needed
- Coordinate day-to-day activities with functional teams and vendors to ensure timely, high-quality deliverables
Requirements
- 8+ years of project management experience, including 5+ years managing ERP-related workstreams
- Demonstrated experience leading HR and Payroll components of major ERP implementations
- Strong understanding of HR and Payroll business processes and compliance requirements
- Proven ability to operate within a structured program governance model, collaborating with a Program Manager, Implementation Planner, and multiple workstream leads
- Strong risk, issue, and dependency management experience
- Proficiency with project management tools (e.g., MS Project, Jira)
- PMP or equivalent certification preferred
- Experience with SAP S/4HANA strongly preferred; experience transitioning from Oracle EBS to SAP S/4 HANA is a plus
- Experience working with system integrators and implementation planners on ERP programs
- Experience working in organizations with complex stakeholder environments (federal, regulated industries, or large enterprises)
- Background in Agile or hybrid delivery models within ERP programs
- Experience working within a federal, research, or DOE national laboratory environment is a plus, but not required
- Due to the nature of the government contract requirements and/or clearances requirements, US citizenship is required.
Benefits
- Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
- Retirement Plan (401k)
- Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
- Paid Time Off (Vacation & Public Holidays)
- Short Term & Long Term Disability
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
project managementERP implementationrisk managementissue managementdependency managementHR business processesPayroll business processesAgile deliveryhybrid deliverySAP S/4HANA
Soft Skills
collaborationcommunicationleadershipproblem-solvingstakeholder managementorganizational skillstimelinessadaptabilityescalation managementcoordination
Certifications
PMP