Project Manager

Project Description
The State of Rhode Island is implementing both Workday Finance and HCM ERP modules. The ERP Finance Project Manager will work with the implementation vendor and State Project Management team to manage the implementation of Workday modules. The Project Manager monitors the ERP Program Management Plan, including project objectives and success criteria, deliverables, role/responsibilities/contact information, document control methodology, and risk, cost, schedule, and quality management plans. They work with multiple project managers and business analysts to ensure clear documentation of business, functional, technical, and performance requirements that are understood without ambiguity, and that represent current State and Federal regulations and statutes. Specifically, the Project Manager works with the State Finance team on the implementation of the Finance module of Workday’s ERP for the Department of Transportation and other activities as assigned

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with management or IT consulting firm; or similar industry.
• Recent Finance implementation on a tier one ERP solution, preferably Workday.
• Demonstrated experience on working on large implementation projects with multiple vendors.
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Demonstrated leadership managing people.
• Ability to elicit cooperation from senior management in multiple agencies.
• Exceptional communication skills (both written and verbal) and time management skills (ability to multi-task while meeting deadlines).
• Experience in project management tools (JIRA and Confluence) and collaboration tools (Microsoft Teams and SharePoint) preferred.
• Prior State or Government experience a plus.
• Project Management certification a plus