HR Project Manager

Avient; Liverpool; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Avient is seeking a Human Resources Project Manager to lead HR initiatives that align with strategic goals. This role involves optimizing HR processes and systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and ensuring project milestones are met. Candidates should have a strong background in HR data analysis and project management.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of relevant experience with demonstrated impact on results.
• Strong experience with HR data analysis, metrics, and KPIs.

Responsibilities

• Design organization structure and business processes to support strategic goals.
• Plan and execute HR projects, tracking status, risks, and issues.
• Provide strategic recommendations based on data analysis.

Skills

HR data analysis

project management

communication

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Human Resources

Tools

PowerBI

Job description

Our purpose at Avient Corporation

is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed, while enabling a sustainable world.

Innovation goes far beyond materials science; it’s powered by the passion, creativity, and diverse expertise of 9,000 professionals worldwide. Whether you’re a finance wizard, a tech enthusiast, an operational powerhouse, an HR changemaker, or a trailblazer in materials development, you’ll find your place at Avient.

Join our global team and help shape the future with sustainable solutions that transform possibilities into realities. Your unique perspective could be the key to our next breakthrough!

Job Summary

The Human Resources Project Manager partners with the Human Resources team and cross-functional teams to ensure that human resources initiatives, programs, and policies align with our strategic goals. The HR Project Manager leads initiatives aimed at optimizing our human resources processes, systems, and organizational culture.

This position is open to candidates located anywhere in EMEA.

Essential Functions

• Work with respective client groups to design organization structure, business processes, and systems that support their strategic goals.
• Plan, coordinate, and execute projects across the organization, including tracking and reporting on status, risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Conduct research and analysis in areas involving compensation, job evaluations, and oversee compliance with regulations and labor laws.
• Collaborate with HR Business Partners and project teams to automate HR data processes, improve reporting efficiency, and reduce manual workloads.
• Ensure the delivery of key project milestones on time and within budget, resources, and policies.
• Provide strategic recommendations based on data analysis to improve HR processes such as talent management, workforce planning, and employee engagement, ensuring consistency across the region.
• Facilitate communication, translation, and incorporation of best HR practices across regional businesses.
• Perform other projects as required by the business, functional units, and HR organization.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Human Resources or equivalent experience.
• 3-5 years of relevant experience with demonstrated impact on results.
• Strong experience with HR data analysis, metrics, and KPIs, with the ability to extract actionable insights from large data sets.
• Familiarity with data visualization tools such as PowerBI or similar platforms.

We believe that all of our global employees are leaders, and that the six most important behaviors for driving our strategy and culture are consistent regardless of leadership level: playing to win, acting customer-centric, driving innovation and profitable growth, collaborating seamlessly across Avient, and motivating, inspiring, and developing others and oneself. By embodying these behaviors, you will accelerate your ability to achieve Avient’s strategic goals, meet customer needs, and accomplish your career aspirations.