Senior Project Manager - Workday

We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to support a Workday implementation. In this role, you will coordinate business requirements, solution validation, data conversion readiness and dependencies with a concurrent SAP S/4HANA implementation. Working closely with business leaders, technical teams and implementation partners, you will ensure client requirements are addressed, risks are managed and the business is prepared for go-live and adoption.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING IN THE ROLE:

• Represent the client’s business needs and priorities within a broader Workday implementation
• Establish and maintain governance, reporting and escalation processes to support clear accountability and timely decisions.
• Track business requirements, risks, issues, decisions and dependencies throughout the implementation.
• Coordinate solution confirmation with business and technical teams to validate that configured processes meet client needs.
• Work with multiple project teams to align activities and resolve dependencies involving integrations, employee data, resources and timelines.
• Engage HR, business leaders and workforce representatives to incorporate union and collective agreement considerations into process design and readiness planning.
• Coordinate communications, training and adoption activities with business and change management teams.
• Coordinate organizational readiness activities with business and change management teams, including stakeholder engagement, communications, training and adoption planning.
• Facilitate discussions to resolve competing priorities, close gaps and secure decisions while maintaining effective working relationships, and provide executive updates on progress, readiness and key risks.
• Support business readiness assessments and go-live planning to prepare employees and leaders for the transition.

WHAT SKILLS / QUALIFICATIONS YOU’LL NEED TO DO THE JOB:

• Demonstrated senior-level project management experience supporting complex enterprise transformation programs.
• Experience supporting HR, ERP or Workday-related transformation programs.
• Strong experience in project governance, risk and issue management, dependency coordination and executive reporting.
• Strong executive presence and communication skills, with the ability to translate business and technology needs into clear requirements and recommendations.
• Proven ability to navigate complex stakeholder relationships diplomatically across parent companies, subsidiaries and delivery partners, while managing ambiguity, competing priorities and interdependent initiatives.
• Practical understanding of organizational readiness, change management, stakeholder engagement and adoption.
• Familiarity with HR processes such as core HCM, payroll, learning and recruiting is an asset.
• Experience coordinating dependencies between enterprise systems, particularly Workday and SAP S/4HANA, is an asset.
• Awareness of unionised workforce considerations and their implications for business processes, stakeholder engagement and change planning.
• Ability to work effectively across Canadian, US and global business contexts.

…AND YOU ARE...

• Always improving your skills and knowledge: you want to be the best at what you do
• Curious and creative; comfortable taking on new problems and challenges
• A self-starter with the ability to recommend priorities to the project leader
• Comfortable working through problems and figuring things out with minimal supervision
• Great problem-solving skills: thorough and reliable
• Able to work in a team: share knowledge and assist other team members
• A good communicator: able to explain your ideas and recommendations
• Well organized and dependable under pressure: you manage your time effectively
• Energized by our company values!

MARINER OFFERS YOU:

• A values-driven workplace where people really matter
• Support for remote work environment
• Competitive salary, retirement savings program, and rewards program
• Comprehensive health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance plans and access to e-health care
• Paid vacation, maternity/parental leave, paid sick leave and paid Mariner MyLife days
• Unlimited training