Project Manager, HR Tech

Title: Project Manager, HR Tech Incentive Compensation
Location: Vienna, VA (REMOTE)
Duration: Initial 6-month contract with possible extensions
Compensation: $65/hour - $72/hour
Work Requirements: US Citizen, GC Holders or Authorized to Work in the U.S.

We are seeking a highly organized Project Manager with exceptional communication skills to lead pre-implementation work for an Oracle Incentive Compensation (ICM) module implementation supporting a large employee population. This role partners directly with our Oracle Incentive Compensation technical-functional lead and works across HR Technology, Compensation, the business unit, and enterprise technology partners to complete the discovery, documentation, and planning required for accurate scoping, vendor mobilization, and implementation readiness.

In addition to driving pre-work, this role will create a reusable playbook for managing pre-work for technical projects within HR Technology.

• Lead the pre-implementation workstream for the Incentive Compensation module, including scope definition, planning, sequencing, dependency tracking, and readiness for implementation kickoff.
• Partner directly with the Oracle ICM technical-functional lead to translate technical and functional inputs into clear plans, timelines, decisions, and stakeholder-ready materials.
• Facilitate working sessions with business subject matter experts to document current-state processes, handoffs, pain points, dependencies, and regulatory or risk considerations.
• Drive requirements gathering and documentation, including eligibility, approval rules, notifications, audit controls, and reporting needs.
• Coordinate documentation of current and future-state technology flows, including system touchpoints, integrations, data movement, and ownership.
• Develop a project management playbook for prework and scoping for technical projects, capturing standard intake and kickoff steps, requirements and documentation templates, governance and decision-making cadence, RAID/risk management practices, status reporting formats, testing and cutover checkpoints, and knowledge-transfer expectations — designed to be reused across future HR Technology implementations.
• Build and maintain the integrated project plan for technology delivery, RAID log, decision log, and stakeholder communication plan; keep all artifacts current and audit ready.
• Produce concise, executive-ready status reporting that clearly communicates progress, risks, impediments, required decisions, and recommended actions.
• Coordinate resource planning, onboarding, and vendor mobilization activities in partnership with HR Technology leadership and Procurement.
• Support development of statement of work inputs, scope validation, and implementation partner selection readiness.
• Establish and run a disciplined meeting cadence with published agendas, timely minutes, clear action items, and consistent follow-through to closure.
• Navigate complex, multi-team stakeholder relationships, drive consensus on ownership, and escalated appropriately to keep decisions on the critical path.
• Partner on RACI development and role clarity across all teams involved in the implementation.

• Demonstrated project management experience leading technical or enterprise system implementations, preferably with Oracle Cloud HCM and/or Oracle Incentive Compensation implementations.
• Extremely strong written and verbal communication skills, with a proven ability to translate technical details into clear business language and tailor messaging for audiences ranging from individual contributors to senior executives.
• Exceptional organizational skills- disciplined about documentation,…