Manage ERP and subsidy management projects, oversee risks, issues, project charters, stakeholder engagement, and release cycles (semi-annual Workday releases). Ensure compliance with SOX/SDLC controls and coordinate with Agile Delivery Leads across Scrum and Kanban teams.
Role Overview
- Reporting to Senior IT Program Manager, corporate systems
- Portfolio split: Subsidy management & Workday ERP.
- Subsidy management: custom in-house build replacing Excel-based “transfer workbooks” used by subsidy coordinators
- State/federal compliance-driven; multi-year effort to digitize state-by-state subsidy calculations
- Coordinators currently run parallel checks; UI transition targeted for Q1 or Q2
- Workday ERP: system already live; PM manages two mandatory semi-annual releases (6-8 weeks each)
- Subject to SOX/SDLC controls; structured, auditor-approved process
Experience required
- ERP experience required (Workday not necessary; SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, or similar all qualify)
- Must have worked at comparable org size: understands multi-stakeholder complexity
- Agile background a strong fit; subsidy team runs Scrum, Workday team uses Kanban/Jira
- Agile Delivery Leads (embedded scrum masters) handle standups and capacity planning
- PM focuses on risks, issues, project charters, and stakeholder management.
- Subsidy domain knowledge not mandatory
Remote Pay Range
$55—$60 USD
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