Sr. Business PM HR

Role: Sr. Business PM HR

Location: Dallas, TX (Hybrid)

Type: Contract

• Sr. Business PM focused in HR and Talent Management Strategies.
• No HR software or IT PM experience needed. Focused on revising Client s HR and Talent Management Strategy.

• Support Needed: Seeking a Business side Sr. Project Manager with extensive HR and talent management strategy experience. Our client is revamping their talent management program.
• In addition to that domain experience, a successful candidate is someone who is looking around the next corner, able to effectively work with IC s and people leaders including senior leaders, can influence focus, sees themselves as part of the initiative leadership team with a discrete role advancing progress in partnership with leadership.
• You will also need solid experience working with Organizational Change Management teams to communicate and implement the required changes.
• You will need to be very polished and able to effectively communicate to C-Suite executives and stakeholders.

• This is NOT a tech PM. This is a business facing pm who has run HR and talent management strategy projects. They DO NOT need to be a former Org Change Manager. They need to have worked extensively with OCM teams to communicate and implement changes.
• Will be exec facing so they need to be VERY polished in terms of their presentation and communication.

Necessary Experience:

• Strong project management experience managing large projects
• Resource management with large teams (multiple teams, capacity planning)
• Budget management (significant sized initiatives $5M+)
• Op Model / Org Design experience as a PM either as part of an initiative, or as the main objective of an initiative:

1. Compensation analysis
2. Career Framework development
3. OCM to support change
4. Culture development

Additional Skills: In addition to the domain expertise listed, a successful candidate is someone who is looking around the next corner, able to effectively work with

Job Description:

• Support Needed: Seeking a Business side Sr. Project Manager with extensive HR and talent management strategy experience.
• Our client is revamping their talent management program.
• In addition to that domain experience, a successful candidate is someone who is looking around the next corner, able to effectively work with IC s and people leaders including senior leaders, can influence focus, sees themselves as part of the initiative leadership team with a discrete role advancing progress in partnership with leadership.
• You will also need solid experience working with Organizational Change Management teams to communicate and implement the required changes.
• You will need to be very polished and able to effectively communicate to C-Suite executives and stakeholders.

Project Management Duties:

• Support the client s Delivery Leader through all duties to support the overall execution of the project/initiative. This includes driving collaboration, alignment and integrated delivery for a given project/initiative.
• Document scope, timeline, resource plan, and stakeholders.
• Lead the project team through each phase of the project.
• Identify and manage all issues and risks on the project; escalate items timely.
• Ensure that all the project tasks and deliverables remain on track and within cost.
• Manage the project folder and related documentation, ensuring decisions and status updates are captured timely.
• Communicate and maintain project progress and decisions via meetings and status reports on a regular basis and on demand based on stakeholder need.
• Establish and manage realistic and committed project schedules; taking into consideration deadlines, dependencies, resources, and costs when making changes and decisions to schedule.

• Ensure that the Project Team shares a common understanding of the project, that adequate resources are being applied consistent with the set timeframe.
• Secure acceptance and approval of deliverables from the Project Sponsor and Stakeholders, as required for the given project.
• Establish a project site and organize and maintain project documentation to support needs.
• Track financial spend against budget on third party purchases where needed.
• Maintain stakeholder list, develop communication plans, and assist with creating communications deliverables as needed.
• Use the following technologies: Microsoft: Teams, SharePoint, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint; Jira
• Measure project performance to identify areas for improvement.
• Adjust project management approaches as needed, based on industry best practices and professional judgement.
• Facilitate discussions to drive decision making, share information and collect information, as required by the project.

• Proactively manage change control and communicate impact in project scope, identify risks/issues, and devising contingency plans.
• Deliverables for each Project to be created and/or maintained
• Lean Business Case (justification, deliverables, milestones, level of effort by resource type, budget, schedule)
• High level Gantt chart and detailed project workplan/Schedule
• Stakeholder List
• Communications Plan
• Resource Schedule
• Weekly Status Updates
• Executive Updates (e.g. PPTs) as needed (frequency TBD)
• Issue/Risk Log
• Project budget/forecast
• Others as required, based on business need.

Must have experience:

• 10+ years of business-side HR project management
• Op Model / Org Design experience as a PM either as part of an initiative, or as the main objective of an initiative:

1. Compensation analysis
2. Career Framework development
3. OCM to support change
4. Culture development

• Experience at communicating at all levels (team to executive)
• Expertise in Project Management Best Practices including the use of Waterfall and Agile Methodologies, scope, schedule and budget management.
• HR and talent management project management experience
• Familiarity with standard project management toolsets (Planview, MS Project, Jira, Rally, Agile Place etc...)
• Experience in budget management (5+m)
• Proven working experience in project management through all facets of project lifecycle.
• Proven track record to drive results and navigating challenges successfully.
• Sr. PMs should have experience coordinating work across PMs in a matrix environment, able to provide roll up of status and metric reporting, have exceptional issue management skills, and have experience defining roles and responsibilities on projects to bring clarity on the accountability of work across team members.

Key Preferred Skills:

• Planview experience and be familiar with managing project resources, financial planning, etc. Not a must and can be trained.
• Excellent Communication oral and written.
• Ability to lead teams through planned schedules and proactively address issues/risks.

• Proficient in creating effective PowerPoint presentations.
• Flexible to be in details and at summarized/high-level.
• Strong familiarity with project management software tools, methodologies, and best practices; client uses Jira, Smartsheet, Teams, O365
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills.
• Effective resource estimating skills.
• Self-starter with a strong work ethic, who sets high standards for self and others and demonstrates enthusiasm for the mission of the team.