Principal Program Manager, Finance Digital Enablement

The Principal Program Manager, Finance Digital Enablement is a senior individual contributor responsible for leading complex, enterprise-scale transformation programs across UKG’s Finance organization.

Reporting to the Director, Transformation Delivery & Enablement, this role drives strategic initiatives from planning through deployment, stabilization, and value realization. You will partner closely with Business Owners, Global Process Owners, IT Product Owners, and cross-functional stakeholders to align priorities, manage interdependencies, mitigate risks, and ensure successful execution.

This role goes beyond traditional project management. As a trusted transformation leader, you will bring structure to ambiguity, connect business and technology teams, facilitate critical decisions, and keep programs focused on delivering meaningful business outcomes.

You will lead some of Finance Digital Enablement’s most strategic initiatives, including Finance transformation, enterprise technology implementations, AI and automation programs, operating model changes, and cross-functional business initiatives.

Lead large-scale Finance transformation programs with significant business impact and organizational visibility.

Define program objectives, scope, governance structures, milestones, resource requirements, and success measures.

Maintain an integrated view across business processes, technology, data, controls, organizational readiness, and operational impacts.

Drive execution from mobilization through implementation, stabilization, and transition to operational ownership.

Convert strategic objectives and transformation roadmaps into actionable delivery plans.

Partner with Finance leaders, Global Process Owners, and technology teams to define sequencing, dependencies, implementation approaches, and success criteria.

Bring clarity and structure to complex initiatives while adapting to changing priorities and business needs.

Align stakeholders across Finance, IT, Procurement, Sales, Treasury, Human Resources, Internal Audit, and external partners.

Coordinate business and technical workstreams to ensure successful delivery across multiple teams.

Resolve competing priorities and facilitate timely decision-making to maintain program momentum.

Establish effective governance models, steering committees, escalation paths, and decision frameworks.

Deliver concise, executive-level reporting focused on outcomes, risks, dependencies, resource considerations, and business impacts.

Provide leadership with transparency into program health and recommendations for action.

Proactively identify and manage risks, issues, dependencies, resource constraints, and scope changes.

Apply structured problem-solving and root-cause analysis to address challenges before they impact delivery.

Develop mitigation strategies and provide clear recommendations to stakeholders and leadership.

Partner closely with IT Product Owners, delivery teams, architects, and vendors to align technology implementation with business objectives.

Coordinate activities related to requirements, solution design, integrations, testing, deployment, controls validation, cutover, and stabilization.

Ensure clear ownership and accountability across business and technical teams.

Partner with change management, business leaders, and stakeholders to prepare teams for successful adoption.

Integrate communications, training, stakeholder engagement, readiness assessments, and adoption planning into overall program execution.

Monitor readiness and adoption outcomes and implement corrective actions when needed.

Keep programs focused on achieving business outcomes rather than simply meeting milestones.

Partner with business leaders to establish success metrics, benefits, KPIs, and value realization plans.

Track outcomes through implementation and stabilization to ensure expected benefits are achieved.

Contribute to the continued evolution of Finance Digital Enablement’s delivery methodologies, governance practices, tools, and standards.

Identify opportunities to improve program management effectiveness and organizational execution capabilities.

Share lessons learned and best practices across the transformation portfolio.

Within your first 12–18 months, you will:

Establish credibility as a trusted advisor to Business Owners, Global Process Owners, IT Product Owners, and Finance leaders.

Successfully lead multiple complex transformation programs through critical delivery milestones.

Improve governance, transparency, and executive decision-making through effective program leadership.

Drive strong integration across business, technology, data, controls, testing, readiness, and adoption workstreams.

Deliver programs through deployment, stabilization, and operational transition with measurable business outcomes.

Demonstrate progress toward value realization and business benefits beyond traditional schedule and budget metrics.

Strengthen Finance Digital Enablement’s program management standards, methodologies, and delivery practices.

Become a recognized leader in driving successful Finance transformation outcomes.

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The pay range for this position is $129,500 to $186,100. 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