PMO Manager – Workday & Enterprise Applications

Scope:
Own and drive the Workday enhancement portfolio, covering demand intake, prioritization, roadmap planning, delivery, releases, risks, dependencies, and business outcomes.
Lead PMO governance and executive reporting, providing leadership visibility into program health, milestones, risks, financials, and key decisions.
Coordinate across HR, IT, Finance, business teams, technology partners, and senior leadership to ensure alignment, timely execution, and successful adoption of Workday initiatives.Key Responsibilities
What You'll Do:
Workday Enhancement & Program Management
Own the PMO governance for the Workday enhancement portfolio, including demand intake, prioritization, planning, delivery tracking, and closure.
Partner with HR, IT, Workday product teams, and business stakeholders to translate business requirements into actionable enhancement initiatives.
Manage enhancement roadmaps, release planning, dependencies, risks, issues, and key milestones.
Establish and maintain standardized processes for Workday change requests, prioritization, approvals, testing, deployment, and post-production support.
Coordinate with Workday implementation/support partners and internal technology teams to ensure timely delivery.
Track benefits, outcomes, and business value delivered through Workday enhancements.
Executive Stakeholder & ELT Engagement
Work closely with ELTs and senior leadership to provide clear visibility into portfolio health, strategic initiatives, risks, dependencies, and decisions required.
Prepare executive-level presentations, dashboards, status reports, and decision papers.
Facilitate leadership governance forums, steering committee meetings, and program reviews.
Proactively identify issues that require executive intervention and drive them to resolution.
Communicate complex technology and business topics in a concise, outcome-oriented manner.
PMO Governance
Establish strong program governance, operating rhythms, and reporting mechanisms across Workday and related enterprise initiatives.
Maintain portfolio-level RAID logs, action trackers, decision logs, milestone plans, and financial tracking.
Develop and maintain executive dashboards and KPIs covering delivery, budget, risks, dependencies, and business outcomes.
Ensure adherence to organizational PMO standards, controls, and delivery methodologies.
Drive continuous improvement of PMO processes, tools, templates, and reporting.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Act as a central coordination point between HR, IT, Finance, Legal, Security, Business Operations, and Technology teams.
Manage dependencies across Workday and other enterprise applications.
Partner with product owners, architects, engineering teams, vendors, and functional leads to ensure alignment and timely execution.
Support organizational change management and stakeholder adoption for major Workday enhancements.
What We Are Looking For:
9–14 years of experience in PMO, Program Management, Technology Transformation, or Enterprise Applications.
Proven experience managing Workday enhancement programs or Workday-related initiatives.
Strong understanding of Workday modules such as HCM, Compensation, Talent, Recruiting, Absence, Payroll, or Finance is preferred.
Experience working in a global, matrixed organization with geographically distributed teams.
Demonstrated ability to work directly with C-suite / ELT / VP-level stakeholders.
Strong experience in executive reporting, governance, portfolio management, and strategic planning.
Excellent understanding of RAID management, dependency management, risk management, financial tracking, and change control.
Strong communication, presentation, facilitation, and influencing skills.
Ability to manage multiple strategic initiatives simultaneously in a high-growth and changing environment.
Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
Experience with PMO tools such as Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow, Smartsheet, Power BI, or similar platforms.
Experience in HR Technology / HRIS transformation.
Experience working with global consulting partners and technology vendors.
Exposure to enterprise architecture, and technology governance.
Experience within a SaaS, enterprise software, supply-chain technology, or similarly complex technology organization.
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