Project Manager for HR Technology

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Project Execution & Leadership

End-to-End Delivery: Lead complex People initiatives from initiation to rollout and closure following PMO governance.

Systems & Integrations: Manage implementations, upgrades, and migrations for HRIS/HCM systems, payroll, benefits, learning platforms, and reporting tools.

Planning & Monitoring: Build and maintain project plans, schedules, workstreams, milestones, and resource allocations.

Stakeholder & Cross-Functional Management

Collaboration: Coordinate cross-functional teams including HR Operations, IT, Security, Legal, Payroll, Procurement, and external vendors.

Communication: Facilitate steering committees, team meetings, and executive status updates.

Vendor Management: Oversee vendor deliverables, SOWs, milestones, and invoices in partnership with Procurement.

Governance, Risk & Operations

Risk & Change Control: Identify risks, build mitigation plans, and manage changes to project scope, budget, and schedule.

Data Privacy & Security: Ensure full compliance with data privacy, record retention, and regional employment laws when handling employee data.

Operational Readiness: Coordinate testing (UAT, parallel payroll), change management, training, and smooth handoff to support teams.

REQUIREMENTS:

Experience & Education

Education: Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Project Management, or related field preferred.

Experience: 7+ years in project management, specifically leading complex, enterprise-level HR/People systems projects.

HR Tech Expertise: Hands-on experience delivering HRIS/HCM systems (especially Workday), payroll, or people analytics projects is a strong plus.

Industry Background: Experience in professional services, financial, legal, or complex global organizations is beneficial.

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