Project Manager - HR
6 month contract
Remote based / London
Up to £475 per day PAYE
Role Purpose
- Provide project management to support the delivery of the End-to-End project
- Play a key role in planning, executing, monitoring, controlling and closing the project
- Programme management and co-ordination of project activities and deliverables, on time and on budget
- Liaise with workstream team members where necessary and follow through on agreed actions to ensure momentum of delivery is maintained
- Drive project delivery proactively balancing scope, schedule, interdependencies, budget and risks
- Exercise independent initiative to overcome obstacles and deal with uncertainty
- Provide focus as to how the project aligns to the people priorities and business goals
- Define and implement effective project governance frameworks helping in decision making
- Set high expectations concerning quality and put in place quality assurance processes
- Manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Chair and facilitate the project working group and Steerco meetings
- Report progress on actions, issues, dependencies, and risks making recommendations to influence decision making in order to maintain progress towards delivery
- Responsible for the project communication plan to effectively communicate with stakeholders
- Deliver results through subject matter experts, global and regional stakeholders
- Foster a 'Continuous Improvement' culture by facilitating Post Implementation Reviews and embed learnings with stakeholders
- Meet performance targets aligned to Programme objectives and role-model desired behaviours
Key Accountabilities
- Ensure related activities are managed appropriately, engaging the relevant stakeholders at appropriate points throughout the project management life cycle
- Provide regular/timely status updates on project milestones and provision of information to the working group, and project sponsor
- Track, report and highlight any outliers in project spend
- Work closely with relevant stakeholders to create synergies and avoid duplications, conflicts or overlaps between project milestones/deliverables and overall Talent strategy
- Ensure global consistency whilst taking regional and country needs into consideration
- Ensure that there is timely and effective communication between relevant team members and key stakeholders within HR and with the businesses as appropriate
- Develop and sustain effective working relationship with the Group Talent, HR Governance, and other key stakeholders
- Influence decision making through collaboration with project working group and sponsor
- Promote the Group's Values and strategy by contributing to a positive work environment and role modelling teamwork and collaboration to drive engagement and results
- Provide constructive feedback, seek clarity and alignment across the stakeholders to achieve desired project outcomes
Knowledge & Experience / Qualifications
- PMP / Prince2 Qualified
- Extensive experience of Programme and Project management skills and experience of managing large and complex global projects within HR Function
- Multiple strong examples of the delivery of projects on time and on budget that achieve business case stated outcomes
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, confident and ability to work at all levels
- Ability to synthesise and present complex data succinctly to senior stakeholders to drive decision making
- Knowledge of the external environment - regulatory, competitor and market
- Previous experience working in a highly regulated environment / industry
