Hr Project Manager

RaceTrac Company Overview

Job Description:

The HR Project Manager ensures the success of high-impact HR initiatives and implementations through collaborating with HR Centers of Expertise and providing project management, process design and consultation. This individual supports strategic projects from initiation to project closure by creating solutions, facilitating decisions, driving project governance, and measuring success.

Responsibilities:

• Partners with Manager of Employee Experience & HR Strategic Projects to support the entire project management cycle of multiple initiatives simultaneously. Leads certain projects independently.
• Acts as thought partner alongside HR Centers of Expertise and other stakeholders across the organization to provide recommendations, identify risks and dependencies, offer solutions, and drive strategy.
• Liaises between project decision maker(s), program owner(s), and impacted stakeholders. Partners with them to define and communicate roles, project goals, and measures of success.
• Obtains business requirements from internal customers, defines scope, develops implementation plans, manages budgets and timelines, ensures appropriate documentation, and supports the entire project lifecycle through the transition to the business owner(s).
• Communicates project status, manages escalations, and directs decision-making processes, ensuring executive leadership, steering committees, program owners, and other stakeholders have appropriate level of information and agency.
• Develops and maintains strong relationships with vendors and internal stakeholders.
• Continuously works with a critical eye to seek creative solutions and opportunities for process improvement.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited 4-year college or university preferred; A combination of relevant experience and education will be considered in lieu of a degree
• 3+ years of experience in an applicable role required; Project management role highly preferred
• Strong collaborative mindset with enthusiasm to drive stakeholder engagement and accomplish and exceed objectives
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Broad understanding of strategic HR functions in a corporate environment preferred
• Learning agility and proven analytical decision-making experience
• Demonstrated success pushing back when necessary and leading crucial conversations
• Effective negotiating skills with the ability to influence others and manage complexity and ambiguity
• Proven ability to navigate cross-functional teams and organizational priorities to optimize critical path and mitigate risks