Senior Project Manager – HR & Payroll Workstreams (ERP Transformation)

About this role

Overview:

Edgewater Federal Solutions is seeking a Senior Project Manager – HR & Payroll Workstreams (ERP Transformation) to support a major national laboratory. We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead the HR and Payroll functional workstreams within the lab's enterprise-wide transformation from Oracle to SAP S/4HANA. This role will be responsible for day-to-day delivery execution and operates under the guidance of the Program Manager to ensure alignment with overall program objectives, timelines, and interdependencies. The role serves as the key point of coordination between functional teams, program leadership, and vendors.
This is a hands-on delivery role requiring strong structure, accountability, and the ability to operate effectively within a highly matrixed program environment.

Responsibilities:

• Drive day-to-day project operations within HR and Payroll workstreams to achieve program objectives
• Ensure timeline coordination and adherence to scope, plan of record, and project controls expectations (PCE)
• Develop, maintain, and manage detailed project plans and schedules, aligned with program milestones
• Collaborate closely with functional team members, SMEs, and workstream leads
• Identify, document, and manage workstream-level risks, issues, and dependencies
• Drive resolution of risks and issues within the HR/Payroll scope; escalate cross-workstream or program-level impacts as needed
• Coordinate with business owners, functional SMEs, and technical teams to ensure readiness and adoption
• Serve as the primary escalation point within the HR and Payroll workstreams, elevating broader issues to the Program Manager as needed
• Coordinate day-to-day activities with functional teams and vendors to ensure timely, high-quality deliverables

Qualifications:

• 8+ years of project management experience, including 5+ years managing ERP-related workstreams
• U.S. Citizenship is required per contract.
• Must have directly managed HR and Payr...