Project Manager - Reward

Reckitt Benckiser LLC; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global hygiene and health company in Kuala Lumpur is seeking a Project Manager – Reward. This role involves coordinating global reward-related projects and ensuring alignment with local plans. The ideal candidate has 4–8 years of project management experience, especially in HR transformation, and strong analytical capabilities. Join this innovative team committed to improving health and wellbeing for all.

Benefits

Parental benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Life insurance

Qualifications

• 4–8 years in PMO/Project Coordination/Project Management, preferably in HR Transformation.
• Proven experience managing complex, cross-functional projects across geographies.
• Proficiency with HR processes and systems.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and maintenance of project plans aligned with processes.
• Regularly monitor project progress, timelines, budgets, and resources.
• Work closely with local HR team and regional stakeholders on project delivery.

Skills

Data and Analytics

HR Process Improvement

Process management

Storytelling

Digital literacy

Job description

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Human Resources

Our HR Team are the force for good that bring Reckitt's ambition to life. We work together to ensure the delivery of sustained profitable growth by unleashing the power of our purpose, people and performance. Now is an exciting time to be part of shaping the future of HR, influencing an exciting global organisation, while developing business and functional leadership skills, all at the same time. Whatever your role in our HR community, you\'ll take ownership of your projects and workstreams. We focus on developing our leaders to spearhead our culture and growth, so you\'ll be supported and mentored to deliver the right plans to drive business performance - and we\'ll celebrate the results with you along the way.

About the role

The Project Manager – Reward will support the HRT Project Lead in managing global reward-related projects. The role is responsible for coordinating project activities across the full lifecycle, ensuring alignment with global processes and local plans where applicable, and applying standard project management methodologies used within Reckitt to deliver on time and within budget.

Your responsibilities

HR Project Delivery Support

• Support the development and maintenance of project plans aligned with processes and governance requirements.
• Track timelines, milestones, deliverables, budgets, and risk/issues logs, escalating as needed.
• Ensure global initiatives are adapted to meet local legal, fiscal, and regulatory (LFR) requirements.

Monitoring & Reporting

• Regularly monitor project progress, timelines, budgets, and resources.
• Prepare status reports for stakeholders.
• Identify potential risks and issues early and escalate appropriately.
• Ensure all project documentation is up-to-date and accurately reflects the current state of the project.

Governance & Documentation

• Assist in translating approved business cases or change requests into clear work/process requests for governance review.
• Support documentation and preparation for stage gate reviews and governance forums.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Work closely with local HR team, GPS local hubs, and regional stakeholders on project delivery.
• Facilitate communication between global, regional, and local teams, ensuring alignment with project objectives.
• Coordinate status meetings and prepare updates for relevant stakeholders.
• Collaborate with other Regional PMs to ensure consistency and alignment of regional activities with global initiatives.

Cross-Regional & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Support cross-functional and cross-regional coordination to ensure delivery against agreed objectives and timelines.
• Escalate cross-regional delivery risks or misalignments to the HRT Project Lead as needed.

Risk & Issue Management

• Track and escalate risks and issues that may impact delivery.
• Support the development and implementation of mitigation strategies.

Transition Planning & Execution

• Support the development and implementation of transition plans to GPS for services and processes approved by governance bodies.
• Coordinate timelines, resources, and stakeholder engagement to ensure smooth transitions.
• Track and update all relevant documentation (e.g., knowledge share calendar, trackers, RAID logs, entry/exit criteria).
• Ensure hypercare support is in place post go-live and facilitate handover to BAU.
• Maintain detailed records of transitions, including TO-BE processes, timelines, risk assessments, and continuous improvement (CI) opportunities.

The experience we're looking for

• 4–8 years in PMO/Project Coordination/Project Management, preferably in HR Transformation/HRIS/Reward programs.
• Proven experience managing complex, cross-functional projects across geographies.
• Proficiency with HR processes and systems.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Analytical mindset with strong problem-solving capabilities.
• Continuous improvement acumen.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across global and regional teams.

The skills for success

• Data and Analytics
• HR Process Improvement
• Process management
• HR Process improvement
• Storytelling
• Data led storytelling
• Digital literacy
• HR Data Analysis
• Data management
• Employee data management
• Solutioning

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt\'s potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt\'s pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don\'t always \'tick all the boxes\'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.