Senior Manager, PMO (HR Transformation)

Corporate :

Light & Wonder’s corporate team is comprised of incredible talent that works across the enterprise, defying boundaries to provide essential services in an extraordinary manner to ensure the success of the organization and the well-being of employees.

Position Summary

People are at the center of everything we do at Light and Wonder. The People Capability Technology & Services team provides the enabling technology foundation for our candidate and employee experience.

Our technology portfolio centers around Workday HCM, supplemented by other SaaS products, as well as some on-premise applications.

We value out of the box thinking to surface solutions and options to tackle business problems and opportunities. We are collaborative, creative, and dedicated to delivering excellence in a fast-paced, high-energy environment.

Job Summary :

As the Workday Project Manager, you’ll work cross functionally to help deliver a consumer-like digital experience in Workday, reporting to the Vice President of People Capability Operations.

This role will project manage a complete Re-design effort of key Workday modules; budgeted and sanctioned by the Executive Leadership Team.

You will partner with various teams to help drive the execution and delivery schedule of Workday modules & functionalities.

Essential Job Functions :

• Project manage the execution and delivery phases of a Workday redesign effort across multiple WD modules / functional areas including but not limited to : Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, and Talent Management.
• Coordinate activities, milestones, and deliverables, across internal resources, as well as third party consulting; ensuring on-time delivery meeting customers’ expectations
• Participate in the design, build, test, and deploy phases of each redesigned functional module
• Work with internal and external constituents on configuring and testing integrations and various solutions.
• Aggregate, and sub-project status reporting, necessary to educate and inform the People Capability leadership team, as well as the executive leadership team.
• Coordinate and track participation in all testing scenarios.
• Help execute on set direction and communicates with a clear vision of project objectives and deliverables.
• Ability to identify and track risks, issues, decisions, dependencies, and actions ensuring holistic diligence.
• Help track and establish key success metrics to help evaluate the impact of various projects, improvements, other miscellaneous bodies of work.
• Collaborate with leadership to establish workload governance around Workday enhancements / improvements. Including the establishment intake, evaluation, scoring, and impact assessment.
• Manage and assist in establishing a governance process, as well as a continuous feedback loop for improvements.
• Manage limited direct report resources in offshore locations
• Strong ability to deliver executive-ready reports and statuses, with limited to little guidance.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• 8 years of Project Management exp. deploying enterprise ERP and technology systems
• 5 years of Project Management exp. with Workday implementations / re-designs
• 5+ years of professional experience in HR systems
• Exhibits exceptional communication and facilitation skills
• Knowledge and understanding of the following : Benefits Cloud Connectors, CCW, EIB, DT's, XML / XSLT, PICOF, and Workday STUDIO custom integrations, BI tools
• Thorough knowledge of industry tools and methodologies used in support of project and program management.
• Familiarity with US and Global data privacy laws, GDPR and Sarbanes Oxley compliance
• Previous experience with Workday Implementations
• Experience with Software Development Life Cycles (SDLC) and Agile methodologies.
• Demonstrated ability to lead large cross-functional projects.
• Ability to understand resourcing requirements relative to effort, and help guide resource management resources at a high level
• Remote position with flexibility to travel up to 15% domestic / international
• Ability to work at his / her own direction and balance competing priorities and customer needs
• Demonstrated strength in executive communications around status, risks and plans, with excellent verbal and written communications.

Education :

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Information Technology, or related field. Master’s degree in related field a plus.
• PM certification preferred

Physical Requirements :

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.

Work Conditions : May require evening and / or weekend hours. May require travel. The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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Light & Wonder is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants due to race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.