Project Manager – IT & HR Initiatives

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage cross-functional projects across IT, HR, and business functions from initiation through completion.
• Engage with business leaders and other stakeholders to drive alignment and accountability.
• Drive project governance by establishing meeting cadences, decision-making forums, status reporting, and performance metrics.
• Partner with stakeholders to identify project goals, business needs, requirements, success criteria, dependencies, risks, and constraints.
• Facilitate requirements-gathering sessions, stakeholder interviews, workshops, and working meetings to define current-state challenges and future-state needs.
• Translate business and technical requirements into clear project plans, action items, timelines, deliverables, and governance structures.
• Manage project scope, timelines, milestones, resources, and deliverables to ensure successful execution.
• Identify, track, and manage project risks, issues, dependencies, and decisions; escalate appropriately when leadership input or resolution is required.
• Develop and maintain project documentation, including charters, schedules, RAID logs, status reports, communication plans, requirements documentation, and executive summaries.
• Prepare and deliver executive-level presentations, project updates, steering committee materials, and leadership briefings.
• Promote clear communication, accountability, and collaboration across project teams and stakeholder groups.
• Cook up with technical teams, business process owners, and vendors to support system, process, or operational changes.
• Ensure project outcomes align with business objectives, compliance expectations, process improvement goals, and organizational priorities.
• Support change management activities, including communication planning, stakeholder readiness, training coordination, and adoption tracking.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Human Resources, Project Management, or a related field.
• 5+ years of project management experience leading cross-functional business, IT, HR, or operational projects.
• Demonstrated experience gathering requirements, documenting business needs, and translating stakeholder input into actionable project plans.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to work effectively across technical and non-technical teams.
• Proven ability to identify and manage project risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and escalations.
• Experience developing executive-level presentations, project summaries, status reports, and decision-support materials.
• Able to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a matrixed environment.
• Strong communication, facilitation, organization, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience coordinating with vendors, consultants, or third-party service providers.
• Proficiency with project management tools and Microsoft Office applications, including PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Teams, and related collaboration platforms.

Preferred Qualifications

• Project management certification such as PMP, PgMP, SAFe, Scrum Master, or equivalent.
• Experience managing projects in both HR and IT environments.
• Familiarity with HR processes, employee lifecycle activities, HR systems, payroll, timekeeping, compliance, or workforce-related initiatives.
• Experience supporting technology implementations, business process improvements, system integrations, data initiatives, or digital transformation efforts.
• Experience working with senior leadership, steering committees, or executive sponsors.
• Experience with change management, communications planning, training coordination, and adoption support.
• Familiarity with project portfolio management, governance frameworks, or enterprise PMO practices.