Senior ERP Project Manager (Two )

Description

Hybrid: Our physical office is in Olympia, WA. We offer flexible work schedules and locations. This is a hybrid position where most of the work allows for telework. However, you will need to travel to in-person activities, meetings, and events according to business needs.

Why work for OFM?

The Office of Financial Management (OFM) serves as the backbone of Washington state government. Our mission is to make our state a better place by connecting people, budgets, policies, data, and systems for state agencies and the Legislature. Our team includes budget advisors, researchers, and other experts, all dedicated public servants working towards an equitable future for every Washingtonian.

If you want to play a key role in enhancing how state government serves its citizens, you’ve found the right place. Join us in making a meaningful difference for every Washingtonian!

The job opportunity:

Are you a strategic thinker and skilled project leader ready to make a statewide impact? One Washington is seeking two (2) dynamic and experienced Senior ERP Project Manager to play a key role in one of the most ambitious enterprise resource planning (ERP) transformations in state history. In this influential role, you'll be at the heart of the action—supporting a major workstream portfolio and collaborating with leaders across state agencies to modernize critical systems in budget, finance, HR, payroll, and procurement.

As part of the One Washington project management team, you’ll leverage your expertise to manage complex deliverables, drive multi-agency coordination, and guide strategic planning and risk mitigation efforts. Your work will directly shape statewide policy and process improvements, ensuring that products and services meet the highest standards of quality, accountability, and innovation.

This is more than a project—it's a transformational journey, and we're looking for someone ready to lead with vision, adaptability, and integrity. If you're excited to be part of something big and meaningful, we want to hear from you.

*This position is eligible to frequently telework the majority of the time and is typically not required to report on-site. If required on-site, then your supervisor will do their best to make every effort to notify you at least 1 week in advance, with the exception of emergency/urgent situations. The default assigned work location of all One Washington project positions – both on-site and telework eligible positions – is within the State of Washington, *specifically at one of our two duty stations based in Olympia.

Duties

One Washington (OneWA), led by the Office of Financial Management, is an enterprise-wide transformation project focused on replacing 1960s-era technology with a cloud-based solution for finance, procurement, budget, HR, and payroll processes, utilizing Workday technology. OneWA is a long-term, yet extremely fast-paced project anticipated to fully implement all phases by 2030. The project’s core business hours are Monday through Friday, all project positions are full-time, and we offer some flexibility in schedules oriented around core business hours with prior supervisory approval. However, it is very common to regularly work beyond the typical 40-hour work week to meet the rigorous operational needs and business deliverables required for the go-live timelines.

What you'll work on

Lead and manage project information technology for setup of Enterprise Resource Planning system that will support all state agencies, higher education, the Legislature and the Governor. Assigned a specialty portfolio (Reporting, Data, LSR, agency readiness, functional/business transformation, RAID/CCB, testing, scheduling, special projects, etc.) to foster multi-functional workstream approach based on business needs.

Provide leadership, consultation and oversight to the project team members and stakeholders through the duration of the project.

Establish and collaborate on IT plans of action, setting priorities, establishing timelines and leverage resources.

Work closely with the One WA Program Management Office and various leaders to determine project needs and risks

Perform complex tasks in the area of expertise, leverage technical expertise to take advantage of new opportunities, solve difficult work problems, and accomplish challenging goals.

Communicate key project information (i.e. issues, risks, changes, accomplishments to internal and external partners.

Collaborate with the One Washington Project Management Office Director, Executive Program Director and Chief Technology Officer to determine needed project controls.

Ensure there is an ongoing common understanding of the purpose of the project and the project objectives by all stakeholders. Communicate and collaborate with contractors as well as state staff.

Develop and implement project management standards, processes, best practices, and templates.

Provide project management services including status, projection and budget updates, lead meetings, drive project/task to completion, manage governance and gateways.

Qualifications

What you need to bring

Required Qualifications:

Five years of project management experience.

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, public administration, business management, project management or related field/discipline. *Experience can substitute for education on a year-to-year basis.

Formal Project Management coursework (Project Management Certification or training).

Successfully managing a range of medium to large projects with increasing complexity.

Experience in and demonstrated understanding of the project domain, experience sufficient to review activities and tasks with domain experts and verify estimated levels of effort.

Skilled at clearly communicating information and ideas internally and externally.

Experience facilitating teams through complex and challenging topics, working to positive resolution.

Experience managing interpersonal relations internally and externally to the program; build rapport inside and outside the immediate project team and can motivate through leadership. Desired Qualifications:

Master’s degree in computer science, public administration, business management, project management or related field/discipline.

SCRUM Master Certification; Agile Project Management Certification.

Experience with enterprise resource planning system implementations.Competencies:

Creativity, flexibility, and effective problem-solving skills.

Ability to effectively prioritize project resources and tasks to the highest value work requirement.

Ability to effectively use computer tools including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, SmartSheets and Visio.

Ability to effectively use MS project for scheduling.

Ability to use the understanding of business functions and processes, the industry, and organizational performance to maximize results, limit risk, and effectively contribute to department, team, and/or broader organization results.

Ability to challenge popular values, opinions, and decisions to ensure that actions taken are in the organization’s best interests; diplomatically says what needs to be said even in the face of pressure or conflict; offers direct and candid feedback.

Ability to Identify and emphasize critical priorities to ensure time (team and own) and energy are aligned with important organization goals despite daily distractions.

Supplemental Information

What we offer

At OFM, we foster a culture of integrity, innovation, inclusion, and belonging. We value both learned and lived experiences, believing that diversity makes us stronger. To support your health and well-being, we offer a variety of benefit programs for our employees.

Please visit our Recruitment Page for a full list of benefits available to employees. Here’s a quick glance at some of the unique benefits that OFM offers:

An environment of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging

Tuition reimbursement

Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance

12 paid holidays, 14 paid vacation days (minimum), and 12 days of sick leave per year

State retirement programs

Application Process:

Once you’ve decided to apply for a state government job, you’ll complete an online application to showcase your qualifications. Keep in mind that once you submit the application, a real person is going to read it. We do not use AI or other technology that screens your application and rejects it. Please be sure to provide clear and detailed information about your work history so your qualifications can be accurately assessed. We will contact the top candidates directly to schedule interviews. If you need reasonable accommodation in applying, please call 7-1-1 or .

Your application will be considered incomplete and will not be sent to the hiring teams for review, unless you attach all of the following:

Cover letter: describing your experience, skills, and contributions you will bring to this leadership role, along with the values you will bring to the team and organization if you are chosen for this position.

Resume: that details your applicable experience and education.

References: At least three professional references with current phone numbers.

Questions:

OFM's Staff ASL interpreter is available to all deaf and hard of hearing applicants. For questions about this recruitment or to request a reasonable accommodation in the application or interview process, please email us at .

The Office of Financial Management is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to create a working environment that includes and respects cultural, racial, ethnic, sexual orientation and gender identity diversity. Women, racial and ethnic minorities, persons of disability, persons over 40 years of age, and disabled and Vietnam-era veterans are encouraged to apply.

This position is exempt from civil service rules.

For more information, please see WAC 357-19-195.