Responsibilities:

• Manage multiple, concurrent projects ensuring quality, on-time and on-budget implementation
  


• Plan, manage and communicate the progress of the project, achieving project milestones and maintaining momentum of the project


• Utilize a mix of global resources within a matrix environment to ensure maximum productivity


• Utilize Dayforce’s methodology to drive implementations to successful completion, ensuring a high level of customer satisfaction


• Set and manage customer expectations in regard to: project scope and timeline, Dayforce and customer responsibilities, stakeholder roles and responsibilities, project governance (communication, change control, escalation), risk management and organizational readiness


• Present and manage
  sign-off of key milestones and deliverables, such as project kick-off,
  Discovery workbook, Discovery Recap document, project plan, status report,
  steering committee report, change requests, Sandbox review, user
  acceptance testing, Support transition, project closure


• Effectively transition customers to Support


• Participate in project health checks and post go-live analysis on completed projects with PMO


• Adhere to and promote highest quality standards in project delivery and contribute to PMO


• Motivate team to document solutions and leverage and contribute to a solutions repository


• Assist customer in driving the UAT process


• Contribute to enhancement of Dayforce implementation methodology and PMO; provide feedback on tools and templates and contribute to best practices


• Participate in Continuing Education sessions


• Complete new release training on a timely basis; be familiar with new and/or enhanced functionality in each product release


• Mentor consultants on best practice consulting re: facilitating workshops, soliciting and documenting requirements


• Prepare Change Requests as required to capture change in scope and/or timeline

Qualifications/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience


• PMI/PMP certification preferred


• 5 years minimum experience in human capital management applications consulting and/or project management


• Experience developing and managing project schedules, preferably using Microsoft Project


• Solid experience in business process mapping


• Experience in change management


• Proficiency in Microsoft Office products and mastery of Microsoft Project


• Experience managing software implementations in a SaaS / Cloud computing environments an asset


• Understanding of relational databases and SQL an asset


• Experience implementing one or more of the following applications: SalesForce.com, ADP, SAP, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, Kronos, Ultimate, Oracle HR/Payroll, PeopleSoft, Dayforce HCM (preferred)


• Knowledge of human capital management (HCM) business practices


• Understanding of different industries and how Dayforce implementation best practices apply to the customer’s business practices


• Working knowledge of common software implementation methodologies


• Excellent customer relationship and business acumen


• Ability to manage multiple projects & customers at the same time and manage competing priorities


• Excellent organization, communication and collaboration skills


• Ability to drive results through a multi-disciplinary team with matrixed reporting relationships


• Ability to lead and facilitate customer and internal workshops and sessions


• Acts as role model for Consulting @ Dayforce guidelines


• Ability and willingness to travel to customer sites as needed