Senior Project Manager

Job Description

Strategic Staffing Solutions customer is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead a multi-year global program implementing Workday timekeeping capabilities across a large, multi-country footprint. This role will drive end-to-end country deployments -localizing a global design, coordinating cross-functional delivery, and ensuring consistent execution across rollout waves.

The Senior Project Manager will initially support the rollout in the pilot country reporting into the Program Manager. Following pilot completion, the role will assume overall responsibility for delivery across all remaining country waves. This position requires at least 10 years of proven global program execution skills, strong governance and planning discipline, and the ability to lead across senior business and technology stakeholders, including external implementation partners.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end country deployments for Workday Time Tracking rollouts, including planning, localization, testing, go-live, and hypercare.
• Drive consistent execution across global rollout waves and coordinate cross-functional teams across HR, Payroll, IT, Finance, and Operations.
• Own integrated project plans, schedules, dependencies, and stage-gate readiness across countries and workstreams.
• Manage RAID logs, governance processes, executive reporting, and steering committee communications.
• Track program financials, forecasts, scope, and change control to ensure successful delivery outcomes.
• Oversee external implementation partners, contractors, and vendor deliverables, including escalation and issue management.
• Coordinate delivery of Workday Time Tracking, Absence/Time Off, payroll integrations, and timekeeping technologies.
• Ensure operational readiness, process adoption, compliance alignment, and post-go-live stabilization across deployments.
• Support transition toward a long-term global support and Center of Excellence operating model.

Qualifications (Required)

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Management, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 10+ years of professional experience, leading large global programs with cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders.
• Demonstrated success leading global, cross-functional technology deployment programs in complex enterprise environments.
• Strong project management capability: integrated planning, RAID, stage-gate governance, executive reporting, and decision facilitation.
• Experience influencing and driving accountability across senior stakeholders (including director-level leaders) without direct reporting lines.
• Experience managing external implementation partners/consulting organizations and coordinating change control with procurement.
• Excellent English communication skills (verbal and written), including comfort presenting to executive audiences.

Qualifications (Preferred)

• Prior experience working with global consulting firms/SIs.
• Experience using Smartsheet (preferred) to manage integrated project plans, RAID logs, and status reporting (or equivalent PM tooling).
• Experience with large multi-country rollouts (wave-based) and complex regulatory environments (e.g., EU/LATAM/APAC).
• Workday implementation experience, especially Workday Time Tracking / Absence / Time Off and related integrations.
• Familiarity with Workday deployment methodology and/or stage-gate delivery models.
• Experience implementing timekeeping, HRIS, payroll-related integrations, or operational platforms (e.g., WMS) across multiple countries.

Work Arrangement & Travel

• Location: Remote within Lithuania, with the option to work on-site in Vilnius.
• Travel: Approximately 10–20% (international travel as business needs require).

What Success Looks Like

• Consistent, high-quality country deployments delivered on schedule across waves.
• Realized operational benefits (e.g., reduced overtime and reduced manual administrative workload).
• Stable payroll interface outcomes and reliable timekeeping operations post deployment.
• Effective management of local compliance considerations and change resistance through structured delivery and stakeholder engagement.