State Prog Admin Coordinator - Project Manager, HCM

This position provides project management and operational support for Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) initiatives across Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. The Project Manager coordinates cross-functional, matrixed teams; manages scope, schedule, and budget; and ensures deliverables meet institutional goals and compliance requirements. In addition to day-to-day project operations, the role contributes to business process design, testing, and a structured continuous improvement cycle that delivers sustainable, high-impact outcomes for all institutions. 

Salary Range:

$37.26 - $55.42/hourly ($77,799 - $115,717/annually)

Minimum Qualifications

• Four (4) years of professional experience supporting or managing projects, programs, or process improvement initiatives in human resources, higher education, or government. A bachelor's degree may substitute for one years of professional experience.
• Demonstrated ability to manage large projects from inception through evaluation, including scope definition, requirements, budgets, constraints, and communications.
• Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication, facilitation, and presentation skills, and the ability to communicate with a diverse set of stakeholders from business and technical communities.
• Experience facilitating meetings, workshops, and/or training sessions with diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to facilitate, coach, and remove obstacles (impediments) for the team.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating diverse project teams in a complex, matrixed organization.

Preferred Qualification

• Experience implementing Lean, Kaizen, or similar continuous improvement programs.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Proficiency using analytical tools to interpret, cleanse, organize, and present data.
• Experience interpreting employment law, rules, regulations and personal agreements sufficient to ensure compliance and mitigate risk
• Demonstrated ability to make well-informed, timely, and data-driven decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with leaders and other key stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to create an environment that encourages cooperation, motivation, innovation, and high-performance teamwork.

Other Requirements

n/a

Work Shift (Hours / Days of work)

Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm

Telework (Yes/No)

Hybrid