Project Manager | HR

Boundless; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Boundless is seeking a highly organized Project Manager to coordinate strategic HR and organizational initiatives, leveraging AI, automation, and data to sharpen planning, reporting, and decision-making.

You will partner with the Chief People Officer, manage multiple priorities, drive governance, track milestones, and deliver executive-ready updates. A solid PM discipline and curiosity about emerging technologies are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Project Management, HR, Technology, or related field.
• 3–5 years of experience in project management, strategic initiatives, HR projects, or PMO.
• Exposure to HR, people operations, organizational development, workforce planning, recruitment, or HR transformation is preferred.
• Experience working with senior executives or multiple senior stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies, governance, timelines, dependencies, and risk management.
• Demonstrated experience using AI tools in a professional environment.
• Interest in emerging AI technologies and practical application across business/HR.
• Ability to quickly learn and evaluate new AI tools and translate them into business use cases.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate planning, coordination, and delivery of strategic HR projects across functions.
• Support HR initiatives including workforce planning, recruitment projects, OD, performance, and HR transformation.
• Translate leadership priorities into structured project plans, timelines, milestones, ownership, and deliverables.
• Manage multiple projects, tracking actions, dependencies, risks, and deadlines.
• Coordinate with senior stakeholders across HR, Technology, Operations, Finance, Marketing, Legal, Compliance, and more.
• Prepare updates, dashboards, executive summaries, and decision-support materials for the CPO.
• Use AI tools and automation to improve research, reporting, documentation, and project tracking.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Discretion

Problem-solving

Structured-thinking

Time management

Learning agility

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration

Bachelor’s degree in Project Management

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

PM tools

Digital collaboration platforms

AI tools

Workflow automation

Data analysis solutions

Job description

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly organized and technology-driven Project Manager to support the coordination and execution of strategic projects across the organization, with particular involvement in people, organizational, and HR-related initiatives. The role will manage multiple initiatives, ensuring priorities are translated into clear plans, stakeholders remain aligned, actions are followed through, and leadership has clear visibility on progress.

A key part of the role will be the practical use of AI tools, automation, data, and digital productivity solutions to improve project execution, reporting, research, documentation, and decision-making.

This position works directly with the Chief People Officer and is suited to someone who combines strong project management discipline, an understanding of HR and organizational priorities, and curiosity around AI and emerging technologies.

Responsibilities

• Support the planning, coordination, and delivery of strategic projects across multiple functions and business areas.
• Support key HR and people initiatives, including workforce planning, recruitment projects, organizational development, performance management, employee experience, and HR transformation.
• Translate leadership priorities into structured project plans, timelines, milestones, ownership, and measurable deliverables.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring actions, dependencies, risks, and deadlines are closely tracked.
• Coordinate with senior stakeholders across HR, Technology, Operations, Finance, Marketing, Legal, Compliance, and other functions.
• Prepare project updates, dashboards, executive summaries, presentations, meeting packs, and decision-support materials for the CPO.
• Use AI tools and automation platforms to improve research, reporting, documentation, project tracking, meeting summaries, workflow management, and productivity.
• Explore opportunities to apply AI and automation across HR processes, reporting, recruitment, workforce data, employee lifecycle activities, and internal workflows.
• Identify opportunities to automate repetitive processes and improve how projects are managed and reported.
• Conduct research, benchmarking, and analysis to support strategic, organizational, and people-related decisions.
• Support the development and tracking of HR KPIs, workforce metrics, project milestones, and management dashboards.
• Maintain clear project documentation, action trackers, decision logs, and follow-up mechanisms.
• Organize and facilitate project meetings, ensuring decisions, owners, and next steps are clearly documented.
• Follow up with stakeholders to ensure commitments and deliverables are completed within agreed timelines.
• Identify delays, risks, and bottlenecks and proactively escalade or coordinate resolution.
• Support cross-functional transformation, process improvement, organizational change, and technology-related initiatives.
• Assist with the implementation and improvement of HR systems, processes, policies, and people-related programs where required.
• Evaluate new AI and productivity tools that could improve efficiency across HR and the wider organization.
• Help establish consistent project governance, reporting standards, and ways of working across strategic initiatives.
• Handle sensitive employee, organizational, and business information with a high level of discretion.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Human Resources, Technology, Management, or a related field.
• Approximately 3–5 years of experience in project management, strategic initiatives, HR projects, transformation, consulting, PMO, or a similar coordination-focused role.
• Exposure to HR, people operations, organizational development, workforce planning, recruitment, or HR transformation projects is preferred.
• Proven experience working directly with senior executives or managing projects involving multiple senior stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies, governance, timelines, dependencies, and risk management.
• Demonstrated experience using AI tools in a professional environment, including generative AI, research tools, productivity platforms, workflow automation, or data analysis solutions.
• Strong interest in emerging AI technologies and their practical application across business and HR operations.
• Ability to quickly learn and evaluate new AI tools and translate them into practical business use cases.
• Strong analytical, research, problem-solving, and structured-thinking capabilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to prepare concise executive-level materials.
• Advanced proficiency in PowerPoint, Excel, project management tools, and digital collaboration platforms.
• Highly organized with exceptional follow-through and attention to detail.
• Comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-moving and evolving environment.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and confidence working across different functions and levels of seniority.
• PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, Scrum, or related project management certification is an advantage.
• Experience within financial services, fintech, technology, consulting, or a complex multi-entity organization is an advantage.