Senior Project Manager (Workday Financials ERP)

Location: Onsite in Palo Alto, California, United States. Occasional travel is required, with work across U.S., Asia, and Europe time zones.

Base pay: $90,500–$170,300 per year. Sign-on payment, relocation package, and restricted stock units may be available case by case.

Company

hirify.global Finance supports professional growth through finance training, mentorship, job rotation, and professional certification programs.

What you will do

• Own end-to-end Workday Financials implementation delivery from initiation and planning through build, testing, cutover, go-live, and stabilization.
• Build integrated project plans covering scope, milestones, dependencies, resources, and the critical path; track execution and drive corrective action.
• Manage risks, issues, scope, change control, requirements sign-off, design decisions, and approvals.
• Coordinate data migration, integrations, SIT, UAT, period-close dry runs, and go-live readiness.
• Manage concurrent projects, implementation partners, vendors, statements of work, deliverables, budgets, and escalations.
• Align Finance and IT stakeholders on process design, SOX controls, change management, user enablement, and project documentation using Jira, Confluence, MS Project, or Smartsheet.

Requirements

• 7+ years of project or program management experience in enterprise applications, including at least 3 full-lifecycle ERP implementations delivered in a project management role.
• Expertise in project planning, schedule and budget control, dependency tracking, scope governance, change control, and delivery risk management.
• Experience delivering large-scale, multi-country ERP or finance transformation programs for multinational enterprises, including multi-entity, multi-currency, and multi-ledger environments.
• Working knowledge of Workday Financials modules including Financial Accounting, Supplier and Customer Accounts, Procurement, Expenses, Business Assets, Banking and Settlement, Projects, and financial reporting.
• Experience managing multiple projects, priorities, resources, implementation partners, system integrators, SOWs, deliverable acceptance, performance, and escalations.
• Experience leading data migration, integrations with banking, tax, procurement, HR, and legacy SAP or Oracle systems, and cutover planning.
• Hands-on proficiency with Jira, Confluence, MS Project, or Smartsheet, plus experience with Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery methodologies.
• Knowledge of record-to-report, procure-to-pay, period close, fixed assets, and related internal controls.
• Ability to communicate in English and Mandarin with international teams is preferred but not required; a bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent practical experience is required.

Nice to have

• Finance system implementation experience in gaming, internet, media, or other high-growth technology industries.
• Workday Financials certification or prior experience with a Workday implementation partner.
• PMP, PgMP, PRINCE2, Scrum, or SAFe certification.
• Experience establishing or operating a PMO for a multi-year finance transformation roadmap.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits.
• Participation in the company's 401(k) plan.
• 15 to 25 vacation days depending on tenure, up to 13 holidays, and up to 10 paid sick days per year.
• Finance training, mentorship, job rotation, and support for professional certifications.
• Benefits may vary or be prorated based on location, employment status, duration, position level, and start date.