Project Manager – Workday Implementation / HR Transformation

Job summary

Lead the end-to-end Workday implementation and related HR transformation workstreams, coordinating schedules, resources, risks, dependencies, partners, and subsidiary activities. Maintain project governance and executive communications while coordinating data migration, integrations, testing, payroll, change management, deployment, and organizational readiness.

Job details

Project Manager – Workday Implementation / HR Transformation Location: GTA (Hybrid – TBD)/ Remote Duration: Aug 2026 – August 2027 ** Hiring Manager is looking for a project manager who can do change management activates and report to stake holder. This is part of HR digital transformation project taking place currently Looking for a Project Manager who has experience moving and transitioning processes, data, or functionality within Workday. Role Overview We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead a large-scale Workday implementation and HR transformation program. The successful candidate will have demonstrated experience managing complex, enterprise-level Workday initiatives from planning through implementation, with accountability for project governance, stakeholders, implementation partners, schedule, risks, and dependencies. The Project Manager will operate within a three-in-a-box delivery model, working closely with the System Integrator Project Manager and Parent Company Project Manager to maintain alignment on scope, schedule, dependencies, risks, decisions, and overall project delivery. The Project Manager will represent the subsidiary within this joint project leadership structure and coordinate subsidiary activities, resources, governance, stakeholder engagement, and organizational readiness Key Responsibilities Lead the end-to-end Workday implementation, from planning and mobilization through deployment and stabilization. Manage multiple project workstreams and dependencies across the broader HR transformation. Establish and maintain project governance, reporting, risk management, issue management, and escalation processes. Partner with executive sponsors, business leaders, HR, Payroll, IT, and other key stakeholders. Lead and facilitate steering committee and executive-level communications. Manage schedule, resources, scope, risks, and dependencies. Manage Workday implementation partners, system integrators, vendors, and other third parties. Coordinate data migration, integrations, testing, Payroll, change management, and deployment activities across project teams. Support integration requirements associated with M&A activity, parent companies, subsidiaries, and multiple business entities. Ensure project deliverables, milestones, and implementation partner commitments are achieved. Required Experience Significant experience leading large-scale Workday implementation or HR transformation projects. Demonstrated end-to-end Workday project/program management experience. Experience managing complex programs involving multiple workstreams and cross-functional teams. Strong experience with project governance, executive stakeholders, steering committees, budgets, risks, and implementation partners. Experience managing Workday-related data migration, integration, testing, and deployment workstreams at the project/program level. Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills. Experience delivering HR technology initiatives within complex and/or unionized environments. Experience supporting M&A, parent company, subsidiary, or multi-entity integrations. Nice to Have SAP HCM / SAP ECC experience, particularly within organizations transitioning from an SAP-based HR ecosystem to Workday. Understanding of SAP HR/payroll processes, integrations, and legacy data considerations. ADP Payroll experience. Experience with SAP SuccessFactors-to-Workday transformation or migration initiatives. Exposure to Workday data migration technologies and approaches, including EIBs, Workday Studio, APIs, SQL, ETL, data conversion, reconciliation, and validation. Top Skills 1. End-to-end Workday implementation leadership 2. Large-scale HR transformation / program management 3. M&A, parent company, and subsidiary integration experience 4. Executive stakeholder, governance, and steering committee management 5. Timeline, risk, vendor, and implementation partner management Strong asset: SAP HCM/ECC and ADP Payroll experience within an SAP-to-Workday transformation environment.

What you’ll do

Lead the end-to-end Workday implementation and related HR transformation workstreams, coordinating schedules, resources, risks, dependencies, partners, and subsidiary activities. Maintain project governance and executive communications while coordinating data migration, integrations, testing, payroll, change management, deployment, and organizational readiness.

Requirements

Requires substantial experience leading large-scale Workday implementations or HR transformation programs, including complex, cross-functional workstreams and end-to-end delivery. Candidates should have strong governance, executive stakeholder, vendor, risk, data migration, integration, and deployment experience, ideally in unionized or multi-entity environments involving M&A; SAP HCM/ECC and ADP Payroll experience are assets.

Listed skills

• Change Management · Preferred
• Risk Management · Preferred
• Payroll · Preferred
• Project management · Preferred
• Stakeholder Management · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Workday Implementation
• HR Transformation
• Project Management
• Program Management
• Project Governance
• Stakeholder Management
• Executive Communication
• Change Management
• Risk Management
• Data Migration
• Systems Integration
• Testing
• Payroll
• Vendor Management
• M&A Integration
• SAP HCM

Job areas

• Management & Leadership
• Human Resources
• Technology
• Consulting

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