Senior People Operations - Payroll Project Manager

Contingent Worker Project Manager

Required Education: Bachelor's degree

Certifications Preferred: PMP, Prince2, or equivalent project management certification

Must-Have Skills:

• 5+ year's experience in People Operations, Payroll, or HR Technology
• Hands-on Workday experience (HCM, Payroll, or Absence modules)
• Proven track record of cross-team project coordination in a large-scale enterprise environment
• Strong understanding of payroll processing, leave of absence policies, and system integrations
• Experience managing multiple concurrent workstreams with competing priorities
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills

Preferred skills:

• Experience with Lincoln Financial (or similar absence/disability management vendors)
• Familiarity with end-to-end leave processing lifecycles
• Experience in a tech company People Operations environment
• Experience with system integration testing across HR/Payroll platforms in Workday

Overview:

We are seeking an experienced Contingent Worker to join the MF Spend Cluster as a dedicated Project Manager supporting US Payclient operations and a critical cross-team LOA (Leave of Absence) fix program. This is a hands-on coordination role requiring deep domain expertise in People Operations, Payroll, and Workday. You will serve as the dedicated PM for a high-priority, cross-team initiative to fix leave calculation errors in the Lincoln/Workday integration — an issue currently driving 96% of processing errors. You will coordinate delivery across multiple teams (Lincoln, Time Away, EP, Payclient) while also providing operational support to US PayClient and broader Spend Cluster initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end project coordination for LOA Fix Stage 1 (Lincoln integration modification, salary proration turn-off)
• Drive cross-team alignment and delivery across Lincoln, Time Away, EP, and Payclient teams Manage workstream dependencies, risks, and escalations
• Coordinate integration testing across teams
• Prepare for and support the Stage 2 face-to-face workshop (October)
• Provide operational PM support for US PayClient BAU activities
• Support broader Spend Cluster initiatives including Project PRIDE, RSU Transformation, and WorkDay Reimagined as capacity allows
• Maintain clear status reporting and stakeholder communications

**Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.**

**Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client's business needs and requirements.**