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Project Manager (UKG Pro/WFM)

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Summary

Remote project manager in Ascend's PMO guiding enterprise clients through UKG Pro and WFM launches — leading planning, budgets, timelines, and consultant teams while running status calls, reporting, and risk resolution. Requires 5+ years of UKG project management experience and ~25% travel.

Ascend is searching for an experienced Project Manager to join our PMO Team remotely to focus on UKG Pro and WFM Enterprise Launch projects. Successful candidates will possess hands-on experience of UKG Pro implementations and configuration consulting experience. As a Project Manager, you will be team leader assigned to guiding one, or more, clients, of varying size and complexity, through the launch of UKG Pro and WFM.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities

  • Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of Enterprise - Premiere Customers implementing UKG Pro Full Suite, including WFM
  • Develop, update, and maintain detailed project plans, timelines, and budgets in collaboration with stakeholders.
  • Manage and provide direction to a team of functional consultants (Pro and/or WFM) with oversight of the Technical Consultant, ensuring effective coordination of integrations and system configurations.
  • Conduct regular status calls and governance meetings with customers and internal teams, driving alignment and accountability on deliverables.
  • Track project progress, update plans with changes, and communicate impacts on timelines, scope, and budgets.
  • Hold customers and internal team members accountable for meeting deadlines, providing required data, and completing assigned tasks.
  • Prepare and distribute weekly project status reports, highlighting accomplishments, open items, risks, and next steps.
  • Facilitate resolution of key project risks and issues, escalating and presenting resolution options when needed.
  • Ensure project sign-offs, deliverables, and artifacts are completed and stored appropriately.
  • Set clear expectations with customers regarding roles, responsibilities, and ownership throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Ensure all deliverables meet quality standards and customer requirements.
  • Share best practices and processes with customers to prepare them for effective post-implementation ownership.
  • Drive continuous improvement in project methodology, tools, and templates within the PMO.
  • Deliver projects to successful completion while achieving industry-leading ratings on Raven Intel.
  • Consistently model professionalism and a customer-first orientation in all interactions.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Experience

  • Minimum 5 years of UKG project management experience, 3 years with UKG Pro and WFM.
  • Minimum 3 years experience in Enterprise level project deployments (multi-work stream).
  • UKG Pro and WFM Full-Suite implementation experience highly preferred.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Proficient with project management tools (Smart Sheets preferred).
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • Comfortable presenting to large and diverse audiences, including C Level executives.

Preferred Experience

  • Assisted with change management and user acceptance testing
  • Worked closely with team members communicating and understanding the goals required to complete the required tasks on time and budget
  • Maintained the internal project management system up to date with all-time worked, task status, and related documentation

Desired Strengths/Characteristics

  • High-level of emotional intelligence and resiliency
  • Self-motivated and action oriented
  • Flexible, dependable, and capable of operating at a high rate of delivery with minimal direction
  • Able to negotiate conflicts into win-win situations with strong oral and written communication skills
  • Effective listening skills
  • Strong analytic and troubleshooting abilities
  • Comfortable speaking with any client of varying organizational levels
  • Ability to manage multiple projects of varying complexity concurrently
  • Strong time management skills with ability to excel in remote environment
  • Demonstrate a high degree of patience in working with others and ability to make decisions in high stress/high risk situations

Work and Travel Requirements

  • Able to work remotely from a home office
  • Legal residence and ability to work in the United States OR legal residence and ability to work in Canada
  • Ability and willingness to travel approximately 25% of the time

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