People Consulting - UKG Workforce Management Project Management-Senior

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People Consulting – UKG Workforce Management Consulting-Project Management-Senior
Managing global workforces is increasingly complex. People Consulting builds and improves organizational and individual performance, delivering a highly complex and challenging mission, especially in an ever changing working environment.  As a member of one People Consulting you’ll be part of a team with a wide variety of experiences and a supportive environment. When you join us you will gain unique experiences and valuable knowledge working across capabilities, sectors and geographies and have the opportunity to take your career in the direction you want.
 
The opportunity
As a Senior Consultant specializing in Project Management of UKG WFM PRO (Dimensions), you will leverage your growing expertise and passion for workforce management solutions to develop and enhance our People Consulting UKG practice. Working closely with our team, you will ensure clients achieve the maximum value from their workforce management investments. Your role will focus on understanding clients' current states and applying your knowledge and best practices to deliver high-quality solutions on time and within budget. 
 
Your key responsibilities
You will be a key resource on large-scale WFM related projects, primarily UKG WFM. In this role, you should be able to deliver quality client service and work products, deliver insightful solutions and balance multiple priorities. Gain advanced knowledge of the UKG (legacy Kronos) Dimensions or Workforce Central system. Provide project management oversight to workforce management configurations, implementations, modifications, and upgrades, including requirements gathering, gap analysis, design, development, and support. You will contribute to implementation services pre-sales and sales strategies (direct to end-client sales). Assist in facilitating working sessions for both internal and client teams, tailoring strategic objectives to meet specific client needs. Help create functional and technical design documents, test plans, test cases, user training documents, and implementation documentation. Analyze data or facts and assist in summarizing and presenting findings. Support thought leadership initiatives to develop new or improved processes, methodologies, systems, tools, or services. Participate in full life cycle activities (Discovery, Design, Configuration, Build, Testing, Knowledge Transfer, Migration, and Postproduction Support).
 
 
Skills and attributes for success
•    Leadership abilities to drive project outcomes
•    Excellent communication skills with internal and external stakeholders
•    Effective and inspired leadership collaboration with project teams 
•    Experience building project plans and timelines for enterprise implementations
•    Comfort in presenting steering committee updates to customers
•    Prior experience with Advanced Scheduling implementations, especially in sectors like manufacturing, retail, and healthcare
 
To qualify for the role you must have
•    2-5 years of experience with the UKG Dimensions or Workforce Central (Legacy Kronos) Suite 
•    Bachelor’s Degree.
•    Demonstrated ability in Project Management leading client projects, leveraging knowledge in Time Management, Attendance, Leave Management, Forecasting, and Labor Scheduling.
•    Experience in participating in or supporting global and/or multi-national UKG WFM and HR system implementations.
•    Strong analytical abilities and proficiency in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
•    Willingness to travel as needed, and working in a balanced hybrid environment
 
Ideally, you’ll also have
•    Project Management Professional Certification or similar qualification
•    Large-scale project management experience, inclusive of global or multi-national client WFM project experience
•    Global WFM consulting experience, knowledge of WFM and HR technology vendors, primarily UKG. Other technology solutions such as