Project Manager, HCM Transformation The hourly pay range for this position is $39.31/hr to $49.14/hr CAD.

This role is assessed as a Roamer position requiring minimal days in the office (2 days per week) unless business demands require.

Duties And Responsibilities

Project Leadership &

- Delivery

- Lead the planning, execution, monitoring, and successful delivery of enterprise HCM modernization projects.
- Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, schedules, budgets, milestones, resource plans, and risk mitigation strategies.
- Manage project governance activities and provide regular status updates, executive briefings, and steering committee reports.
- Ensure project deliverables are completed within agreed scope, timeline, quality standards, and budget requirements.
- Identify, assess, and manage project risks, issues, dependencies, and change requests.

HCM Implementation &

- Vendor Management

- Serve as the primary liaison between Kinark and the HCM implementation vendor, ensuring implementation activities progress according to agreed timelines and project objectives.
- Collaborate with vendor implementation teams to evaluate solutions and address payroll, HR, workforce management, reporting, and customer service requirements.
- Monitor vendor performance, deliverables, contractual commitments, and implementation milestones.
- Facilitate requirements gathering, solution validation, testing, cutover planning, and post-go-live support activities.

Stakeholder Engagement &

- Change Management

- Partner with leaders and key decision-makers across departments to understand how recent HCM processes and technologies will impact their operations.
- Lead stakeholder engagement activities and build alignment across HR, Payroll, Finance, Information Technology, Operations, and Leadership teams.
- Develop and execute organizational change management strategies that support employee readiness, adoption, and sustained business outcomes.
- Facilitate workshops, working sessions,



and decision-making meetings with cross-functional stakeholders.
- Create and coordinate communication, training, and knowledge transfer activities to support successful organizational adoption.

Business Process Transformation

- Lead current-state and future-state business process assessments across HR and Payroll functions.
- Facilitate business process mapping and process redesign activities to align organizational practices with HCM best practices.
- Support the development of governance structures, policies, business standards, and performance measures related to HCM operations.
- Identify opportunities for process improvement, automation, operational efficiencies, and enhanced employee experience.

Continuous Improvement

- Monitor emerging trends, technologies, and best practices in HCM, payroll, workforce management, and change management.
- Support post-implementation optimization initiatives and continuous improvement efforts.
- Recommend solutions and improvements to maximize value from HCM technology investments.

Qualifications And Skills Education &

- Certifications

- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, Information Technology, Project Management, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- PMP (Project Management Professional) certification preferred.
- Change Management certification (Prosci or equivalent) preferred.

Experience

- 7+ years of progressive project management experience leading complex enterprise transformation initiatives.
- Demonstrated experience managing multi-phased,



multi-year HCM modernization or Human Resources technology implementation projects.
- Experience in healthcare, not-for-profit, broader public sector, or ministry-funded environments strongly preferred.
- Proven experience managing organizational change involving people, process, and technology transformation.
- Experience working with Dayforce is strongly preferred, and other cloud-based SaaS HCM platforms such as Workday, UKG, Oracle HCM, SAP SuccessFactors, or similar solutions.
- Experience working with external implementation partners, system integrators, and software vendors.

Technical &

- Professional Skills

- Strong understanding of HCM implementation methodologies, project delivery frameworks, and system deployment best practices.
- Skilled in building and maintaining productive relationships with implementation partners and vendors to ensure high-quality deliverables and successful project outcomes.
- Demonstrated experience in business process mapping, workflow analysis, and business transformation initiatives.
- Strong understanding of HR, Payroll, Time and Attendance, Workforce Management, and related business processes.
- Experience managing software implementations in SaaS/Cloud computing environments.
- Understanding of relational databases and SQL considered an asset.
- Ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive results within matrixed reporting structures.
- Excellent facilitation, communication, presentation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
- Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and Project.

Core Competencies

- Strategic Thinking
- Change Leadership
- Stakeholder Management
- Executive Communication
- Vendor Management
- Business Process Improvement
- Collaboration and Influence
- Results Orientation
- Continuous Improvement

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