Bachelor's degree in business administration, IT, finance, or related field; ten years of program/project leadership experience.
Master's degree and PMP, PgMP, or similar credential preferred.
Expertise in integrated planning, governance, and budget management.
Experience leading ERP or enterprise cloud implementations; Workday experience preferred.
Ability to influence senior leaders and manage competing priorities under pressure.
Experience in higher education, academic medicine, or complex multi-entity environments preferred.
Responsibilities
Own Emory's integrated program plan and governance calendar.
Coordinate day-to-day program execution with consultants and align workstream plans.
Maintain integrated scope, schedule, budget, and status reporting for leadership.
Manage risks, issues, and cross-workstream dependencies; ensure timely escalation.
Facilitate leadership meetings and governance forums with clear agendas and decisions.
Provide consistent program reporting and decision support to executive sponsors.
Oversee adherence to program methods and deliverable review processes.
Coordinate cutover, deployment, stabilization, and transition planning across workstreams.
Benefits
In-person work at Emory University with potential remote work options.
Opportunity to lead a significant ERP transformation project.
Engagement with senior leadership and cross-functional teams.
Professional development opportunities in a complex organizational environment.
Full Job Description
Description
Reporting to the VP for ERP Transformation, the PMO Lead is accountable for day-to-day execution of the Workday ERP Transformation across all Emory workstreams.
The role coordinates the integrated program plan with Finance, HR, Supply Chain, Research Administration, IT, and Change Management leaders, serves as a central escalation point, manages cross-workstream dependencies, supports governance and leadership decisions, and ensures Emory deliverables remain within approved scope, schedule, and budget.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Owns Emory's integrated program plan, governance calendar, delivery standards, and core program management artifacts in coordination with the Vice President of ERP Transformation.
Coordinates day-to-day program execution with consultants and aligns Emory workstream plans, deliverables, dependencies, and acceptance activities.
Maintains integrated scope, schedule, budget, resource, milestone, and status reporting for program leadership.
Manages risks, issues, decisions, actions, and cross-workstream dependencies; ensures timely escalation and follow-through.
Facilitates leadership meetings, working sessions, and governance forums with clear agendas, decisions, owners, and due dates.
Provides consistent program reporting and decision support to executive sponsors, steering committee members, and functional leaders.
Oversees adherence to program methods, quality expectations, and deliverable review and acceptance processes.
Coordinates integrated cutover, deployment, stabilization, and transition planning across Emory workstreams.
Performs related responsibilities as required.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor's degree in business administration, information technology, finance, or a related field and ten years of progressively responsible program or project leadership experience, including leadership of a large, complex enterprise transformation.
Master's degree and PMP, PgMP, or comparable program management credential preferred.
Demonstrated expertise in integrated planning, governance, scope and budget management, risk and dependency management, and executive reporting.
Experience leading an ERP or enterprise cloud implementation with a large systems integrator; direct Workday experience is strongly preferred.
Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders, hold internal and external teams accountable, resolve competing priorities, and communicate clearly under pressure.
Experience in higher education, academic medicine, healthcare, or another complex multi-entity environment preferred.
NOTE: Position tasks are generally required to be performed in-person at an Emory University location. Remote work from home day options may be granted at department discretion. Emory reserves the right to change remote work status with notice to employee.
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About Emory University
Emory University is a private research university in Atlanta, Georgia. The university was founded in 1836 as Emory College and has since grown into a leading research institution with nine academic divisions. Emory University is known for its liberal arts college, professional schools, and biomedical research. The university has a diverse student body and offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree programs. Emory University is consistently ranked among the top 25 universities in the United States and is a member of the Association of American Universities.
