Business Project Coordinator III

Why UKG:

At UKG, the work you do matters. The code you ship, the decisions you make, and the care you show a customer all add up to real impact. Today, tens of millions of workers start and end their days with our workforce operating platform. Helping people get paid, grow in their careers, and shape the future of their industries. That’s what we do.

We never stop learning. We never stop challenging the norm. We push for better, and we celebrate the wins along the way. Here, you’ll get flexibility that’s real, benefits you can count on, and a team that succeeds together. Because at UKG, your work matters—and so do you.

Position Overview

The Launch Coordinator supports the planning, coordination, communications, and execution of high-priority initiatives across UKG’s Go-to-Market organization. Reporting to the Comms Lead, UKG GTM, this role helps turn strategic priorities into well-organized launches by maintaining plans and calendars, coordinating stakeholders, preparing communications and materials, and tracking progress through completion. This is an ideal opportunity for a recent graduate or early-career professional who is organized, curious, dependable, and eager to build experience in go-to-market strategy and operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Launch coordination: Support end-to-end coordination of GTM launches, leadership initiatives, operating rhythms, and cross-functional programs.

• Project planning: Build and maintain project plans, timelines, milestones, action logs, decision trackers, and status updates.

• Stakeholder follow-through: Coordinate inputs and deliverables across Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Renewals, Partners, Enablement, Operations, and other teams.

• Meeting support: Prepare agendas and materials, document decisions and action items, and ensure owners and deadlines are clear.

• Communications and calendars: maintain shared calendars for GTM communications, events and key milestones.

• Slack coordination: help organize slack channels, monitor questions and route requests to the relevant owners.

• Editorial support: gather content inputs, track approvals and proofread approved communications for accuracy and consistency.

• Readiness tracking: Monitor whether teams, content, systems, processes, and communications are prepared for launch; escalate risks or gaps early.

• Information management: Maintain organized working files, templates, shared resources, and a reliable source of truth for each initiative.

• Measurement: Help collect feedback, adoption data, and launch results; summarize insights and opportunities to improve future launches.

• Chief of Staff support: Provide flexible coordination and analytical support for priority GTM initiatives as business needs evolve.

What You Will Bring

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience; new graduates are encouraged to apply.

• Up to two years of experience through full-time work, internships, co-op programs, campus leadership, or relevant project work.

• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple deadlines and details.

• Clear written and verbal communication skills, with confidence asking questions and confirming expectations.

• Working knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Outlook, and Teams, plus a willingness to learn new tools.

• Sound judgment, professionalism, discretion, and attention to detail.

• A collaborative, service-oriented mindset and comfort working with colleagues across functions and levels.

• Ability to adapt, learn quickly, solve problems, and follow through in a fast-moving environment.

Helpful, but Not Required

• Internship, academic, volunteer, or early-career experience in project coordination, business operations, communications, marketing, sales, customer success, or event/program management.

• Experience building presentations, analyzing basic data, or coordinating work across a group.

• Interest in SaaS, human capital management, go-to-market strategy, or organizational transformation.

How Success Will Be Measured

• Launch plans, milestones, decisions, and dependencies are accurate and current.

• Stakeholders receive timely, clear information and understand their actions and deadlines.

• Risks, gaps, and missed dependencies are identified and escalated early.

• Meetings and working sessions result in clear decisions, owners, and follow-through.

• Launch materials and communications are organized, consistent, and ready on time.

• Post-launch feedback and lessons learned are captured and applied to future work.

Growth Opportunity

This role offers broad exposure to UKG’s GTM leadership, strategy, and operating model. The Launch Coordinator will receive hands-on coaching and build practical skills in project management, executive communication, cross-functional leadership, business operations, and change execution—creating a strong foundation for future opportunities across GTM Operations, Strategy, Enablement, Program Management, or Chief of Staff teams.

Company Overview:

UKG is the Workforce Operating Platform with unified HR, payroll, and workforce management, built to solve the unique challenges of frontline work. Powered by people-first AI and decades of labor data, UKG turns workforce intelligence into real-time decisions around staffing, pay, compliance, and productivity, enabling every worker to confidently take action as work happens. That’s why more than 80,000 organizations worldwide trust UKG to run their workforce — not just manage it. Learn more at ukg.com.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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Disability Accommodation in the Application and Interview Process

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The pay range for this position is $48,500 to $89,700. The actual base pay offered may vary depending on skills, experience, job-related knowledge and work location. In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible to participate in a performance-based bonus plan and to receive restricted stock unit awards as part of total compensation. Learn more about UKG’s benefits and rewards at https://www.ukg.com/about-us/careers/benefits

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