What are the responsibilities and job description for the NextGen Project Manager position at St Jardins?
The selected individual will work with the State Workday ERP service providers and the Georgia State Agency's Finance and Human Resource business units to coordinate agency-level project implementation activities. The position is accountable to the Georgia State Agency's Deputy Commissioner of Finance, Georgia State Agency's Deputy Commissioner of Human Resources and the Office of Information Technology Project Management Officer.
Responsibilities:
- Assist Georgia State Agency's CFO and HR Director plan, coordinate, and align agency ERP transition activities with the state’s PeopleSoft/Workday transition project schedule.
- Develop collaboration among the agency’s Finance, HR, Procurement subject matter experts.
- Ensure the State NextGen project activities are timely communicated to the appropriate agency stakeholders.
- Lead/facilitate agency stakeholder meetings
- Monitor and track transition project performance and report status and pertinent issues to the agency leadership
- Ensure stakeholders take necessary action to achieve the goals and objectives of the transition project.
- Work with Workday PMO and quality assurance team to extend the expected new Workday standards, procedures, and quality objectives at the agency level.
- Ensure agency team members have the tools and training required to transition to Workday effectively.
- Monitor state milestones and critical dates to identify potential jeopardy to the agency transition schedule.
- Identify ways to resolve schedule issues and keep management aware of the situation.
- Conduct formal testing reviews with business leaders to confirm acceptance and satisfaction.
- Develop and maintain a productive working relationship with project sponsors, vendors, and key clients.
Minimum Qualifications
- Must have excellent oral and written communication skills
- Bachelor’s degree in related field or specialized training and five years of IT project/program management or equivalent IT team leadership experience.
- PMP certification from PMI or equivalent certification
- Expert use of MS Project, MS Visio, SharePoint, MS Teams and MS Office Business Suite
- Experience leading projects of high complexity (must have occurred in the last 2 years).
- Experienced with Enterprise Resource Management (ERP) transitions (Workday)
Job Type: Contract
Pay: Up to $58.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
Experience:
- leading projects of high complexity: 5 years (Required)
- MS Project, MS Visio, SharePoint, MS Team: 5 years (Required)
- MS Office Business Suite: 5 years (Required)
- working in state government: 2 years (Required)
- Enterprise Resource Management (ERP) transitions: 5 years (Required)
- NextGen Workday implementation: 5 years (Required)
License/Certification:
- PMP certification from PMI (Required)
Work Location: In person
Salary : $58
