Job Title: Associate Project Manager 
Duration: 12 months
Location: Remote
Days: Mon- Fri
Hours: 8:00AM- 5pm EST (preferred work hours- EST)
 
Job Summary:

• The Senior Associate Project Manager manages the end-to-end delivery of business projects. Projects are either moderate in complexity and/or a subproject of a larger project.
• Work is performed with minimal oversight and is reviewed at critical points. Uses evaluation, judgment, and interpretation to select right course of action. Ensures the planning and execution of phases meet the project scope, cost, schedule and quality expectations approved by project stakeholders throughout the project's lifecycle.

 
Manager Added:

• This is a complex project- Progressive is moving from Peoplesoft to Workday
• They are getting ready for System Implementation Testing.
• Go live is currently scheduled for March 2027.
• It is important that the candidate can support the "Business" not so much the IT

 
Degrees or certifications required/Years of overall experience required:

• PMI in project delivery; this person does NOT need to have a PMP
• Bachelor's Degree or higher and 4 years' work experience OR High school diploma and a minimum 7 years of related work experience leading projects and project delivery

 
Top must-have technical skills and experience / Candidate Requirements:

• Knowledge of Workday or have worked on a WD implementation that would be ideal
• MS Project Intermediate - Advanced
• MS Office Suite- Word, Excel and Ppt for presenting information
• Experience with Agile Project Delivery Required
• Manage end-to-end workstream delivery
• Managed medium-to-large Complex projects
• Work to HCM (human capital management) or Saas projects
• Ability to work across functions such as Consulting company, Stakeholders and IT and build and maintain the relationships.
• Escalate Risk and Issues coming from the workstream
• Does not need a PMP

 
Soft Skills:

• Attention to details in complex layers
• Excellent Verbal and Written communication
• Ability to work independently and collaborate with a team
• Seeks and uses objective information to analyze issues and come up with creative options
• Thrive in a team-oriented environment and comfortable with cross-functional collaboration in a large, complex program
• Can effectively engage both peer-level stakeholders and executive sponsors
• "Can do" mentality

 
Day to Day responsibilities:

• PMO Duties
• Coordinating status reports
• Collecting Data
• Rolling up risk and issues_
• Communicating information to the PM Lead

 
What will separate an average candidate vs a great candidate on a resume?

• Workday Experience from the Business side- configurations; worked with a business or on behalf the business.
• BUSINESS MANAGER, Not an IT Manager
• Having worked on medium to large Transformational projects will be a differentiator.

Note: a transformational project takes an organization through a journey that fundamentally changes the way it functions on a day-to-day basis.
 
Will the contractor be working independently, or will they be collaborating with team members and/or a manager to complete tasks?

• Total Team Size: ~250 EAM team members supporting the program
• Each workstream will include:
• Workstream Lead
• Business Systems (BS) Consultant
• Subject Matter Experts (7–10 per team)
• Collaborate closely with peer Project Managers across the program
• Work directly with assigned functional teams on a day-to-day basis
• Provide regular status reporting at the sponsor/executive level
• Support coordination and alignment across multiple workstreams

 
Day-to-Day Focus:

• Primary interaction will be with the functional team assigned to their workstream
• Ongoing collaboration with broader program stakeholders

 
How will performance be measured:

• Feedback from project team and delivery of the projects: reporting for workstream; status reports; how well do they partner with program managers

 
Why a candidate would be interested in this position over one with another organization:

• Great company to work for with a positive environment and this will be a resume builder

 
Interview Process:

• 1 round of video interview

 
  
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 50.00/hr.