Strategic HR & Digital Project Leader | Hybrid

EG Group; Horwich; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus scheme

Hybrid working up to 2 days per week

Cycle to Work and Car Scheme

Job summary

Cumberland Farms (EG Group) is seeking a Project Manager (HR) to lead HR, digital and technology projects across the business. You will own end-to-end delivery from initiation to completion within governance frameworks and collaborate with HR, IT, and business stakeholders to realise benefits.

The role requires experience delivering complex HR transformations, engaging senior leaders, and driving change while ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery within a global organisation.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering complex HR or digital transformation projects within large organisations.
• Strong understanding of structured project governance frameworks such as PRINCE2 or PMP.
• Experience delivering HR programmes such as HRIS implementations (SAP/SuccessFactors).
• Strong stakeholder management across senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Leading end-to-end delivery of HR and digital projects, ensuring alignment to scope, timelines, budget, and business objectives.
• Applying project governance frameworks and maintaining artefacts, Stage Gate and steering committee processes.
• Managing project plans, resources, risks and dependencies for controlled delivery.
• Engaging and influencing senior stakeholders with clear progress updates.
• Driving business readiness, including change management, training and adoption of new processes.
• Managing third-party vendors and partners to meet scope, cost, and quality.
• Ensuring transition to business-as-usual with benefits realisation and post-implementation reviews.

Skills

HR project management

Governance frameworks

Stakeholder management

Change management

Tools

SAP

SuccessFactors

Job description

Cumberland Farms (EG Group) is seeking a Project Manager (HR) to lead HR, digital and technology projects across the business. You will own end-to-end delivery from initiation to completion within governance frameworks and collaborate with HR, IT, and business stakeholders to realise benefits.

The role requires experience delivering complex HR transformations, engaging senior leaders, and driving change while ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery within a global organisation.