Senior Program Manager (PeopleSoft

Dhaka Technologies Limited Company | Contract

Washington, United States | Posted on 08/14/2026

Job Title: Senior Program Manager
Work Arrangement: Hybrid
Location: Washington, DC (20003)
Employment Type: Contract
Engagement Type: W2 or 1099 only. No Corp-to-Corp (C2C).

Dhaka Technologies Limited Company is hiring a Senior Program Manager for a DC Government client. The Senior Program Manager will lead and manage the client's People Soft HCM resource team, including the UX/UI Lead, the Payroll Functional SME, and the Time and Labor Functional SME, overseeing delivery, staff performance, and stakeholder coordination.

The agency maintains a multi-disciplinary team of People Soft HCM specialists supporting the District's Core HR, Payroll, and Time and Labor systems, and related digital modernization initiatives. The agency requires an experienced Senior Program Manager to lead this team, uphold consistent delivery standards across engagements, and serve as the primary point of coordination and escalation between agency leadership, DCHR, and the People Soft resource team.

• Provide day-to-day management, mentorship, and performance oversight for the People Soft resource team, including the UX/UI Lead, Payroll Functional SME, Time and Labor Functional SME, and other assigned People Soft staff.
• Serve as the primary escalation point between agency leadership, DCHR, and the People Soft team for scope, priority, and delivery issues.
• Coordinate cross-functional work across People Soft HCM modules, including Core HR, Payroll for North America, Time and Labor, and Benefits Administration, to align priorities and maintain consistent delivery standards.
• Oversee planning, scheduling, and resource allocation across concurrent People Soft initiatives, including the digital hiring UX/UI modernization effort.
• Track team performance against SLAs and KPIs and drive continuous improvement of People Soft support and delivery processes.
• Facilitate regular status reporting to agency stakeholders on program health, risks, and milestones across all People Soft engagements.
• Support requirements gathering, functional design review, and change management oversight across People Soft HCM projects.
• Manage staffing needs, onboarding, and succession planning for the People Soft team in coordination with account management.

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Sixteen or more years of IT program and project management experience, including managing multi-person technical teams.
• Demonstrated experience managing People Soft HCM engagements or teams covering Core HR, Payroll, and Time and Labor.
• Strong track record leading projects in compliance with established standards and procedures.
• Experience managing government or public-sector IT programs. DC government experience is preferred.
• Proven ability to manage cross-functional stakeholders, including client leadership, technical staff, and vendor resources.
• PMP certification preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience delivering executive-level status reporting.

• Business analysis experience. Required, 16 years.
• Software Development Lifecycle experience. Required, 16 years.
• Requirements gathering and documentation. Required, 16 years.
• Microsoft Office and PowerPoint experience. Required, 16 years.
• Bachelor's degree in IT or a related field, or equivalent experience. Required.
• People Soft HCM program and team leadership, including managing functional and technical resources. Required, 16 years.
• People Soft HCM oversight-level knowledge covering Core HR, Payroll for North America, and Time and Labor. Required, 16 years.
• Staff management and performance oversight. Required, 10 years.
• Government IT program management in a public-sector environment. Required, 10 years.
• Requirements analysis and functional design oversight. Required, 16 years.
• Stakeholder and executive status reporting. Required, 10 years.
• UX/UI project oversight on People Soft-based systems. Desired.
• PMP or equivalent program or project management certification. Required.