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Project Manager

UW-MADISON

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Location
MADISON, WI
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Job overview

The Project Manager provides project leadership for initiatives supporting the Workday Finance and Research Administration teams. The role plans and coordinates finance-related work across the WEST portfolio, partnering with Finance and Research Administration leadership. Projects may involve Workday Financial Management, Adaptive Planning, Huron Research Suite, and ChemManager/ShopUW+, with cross-functional impacts spanning financial processes, reporting, integrations, data warehousing, security, document management, and HCM.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Project Management, nice to have

Full job description

JOB REQUIREMENTS: Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process. Job Category:Academic Staff Employment Type:Regular Job Profile:IT Project Manager II (MSN) Job Summary: Common: Provides advanced technical, analytical, and strategic guidance for information technology (IT) projects. Manages vendor workflow and deliverables for complex projects and facilitates project status communication to clients to support IT developments necessary for mission related functions. Unique: The Workday Enterprise Solutions Team (WEST) is responsible for the administration and optimization of Workday and related systems for Finance, Human Resources, and Research Administration across the Universities of Wisconsin System, while focusing on people, processes, and technology. This team will concentrate on continuous improvement and system maintenance, release enhancements, support, and strategic integration of the Workday ERP and related systems to achieve business objectives. The Project Manager plays a critical role within the WEST Project Management and Administrative Operations team, driving successful planning and execution of initiatives for the Workday Finance and Research Administration teams. This position will be aligned with the Workday Finance functional area, partnering closely with Finance and Research Administration Director to support the planning, coordination, and execution of finance-related initiatives across the WEST portfolio. The project manager role provides project leadership for efforts impacting Workday Financial Management, Adaptive Planning, Huron Research Suite (RAMP), and ChemManager/ShopUW+ to ensure alignment with institutional financial processes and priorities. Success in this role requires the ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives on behalf of WEST Finance with varying cross-functional domain impacts, including financial business processes, reporting and analytics, integrations, data warehousing, security, enterprise document management, and HCM partnership. This individual will serve as a liaison between WEST... For full info follow application link. The University of Wisconsin-Madison is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, including but not limited to, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, disability, or status as a protected veteran and other bases as defined by federal regulations and UW System policies. We promote excellence through diversity and encourage all qualified individuals to apply. If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website: https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/ ***** APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Apply Online: ipc.us/t/E9233CB995784A67

How this job compares

Set against the 22,516 open Project Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Wisconsin median$99–166K/yr224 salary ranges
  • US median$48–61/hr838 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 589 open Project Manager jobs in Wisconsin and 22,516 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Wisconsin
Experience
Project Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 5 to 10 years (19,402 postings).
Education
11,470 of the 22,516 open Project Manager jobs (51%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

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