Global People Projects Lead (Hybrid, UK Hours)

White & Case Global Operations Center Manila; Manila; Hybrid; PHP 1,000,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

White & Case Global Operations Center Manila is seeking a People Project Manager to lead cross-functional People systems initiatives, including HRIS/HCM implementations and data reporting. You will collaborate with legal, technology, and vendor teams to translate strategy into actionable project plans while protecting employee data privacy and security.

The role requires 7+ years in project leadership across People processes and systems, with hands-on Workday or similar HRIS experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Project Management, or a related field preferred.
• PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, or equivalent project management certification strongly preferred; HRIS or People systems certification (for example Workday) is an advantage.
• 7+ years of experience managing projects, including People or People systems initiatives, with responsibility for complex, cross-functional, or enterprise-level programs.
• Hands‑on experience delivering HRIS or HCM projects, such as Workday, as well as payroll, benefits, learning, time and absence management, or People data and reporting initiatives is an advantage.
• Demonstrated experience managing projects with multiple People and technical teams, business stakeholders, vendors, budgets, risks, and dependencies.
• Experience delivering projects for professional services, financial services, legal services, or another complex global organization is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex People function and People systems projects from initiation and planning through execution, implementation, transition, and closure.
• Manage projects across the People portfolio, including HRIS and HCM platforms, benefits systems, talent acquisition and learning technology, people analytics and reporting, module upgrades, and data or system migrations.
• Partner with People functional leaders, business sponsors, and Technology partners to define project objectives, scope, success measures, governance, and delivery expectations.
• Translate People process and system requirements into structured project plans, schedules, milestones, and workstreams.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams that may include People centers of excellence, People operations, payroll, application owners, information security, data and reporting teams, business analysts, change management resources, procurement, legal, and external vendors.
• Establish appropriate project governance, decision-making processes, escalation paths, and stakeholder engagement models following the People PMO governance.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

HRIS/People systems

Data analytics

Change management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or Information Systems

PM certification (PMP/PRINCE2)

Tools

Workday

Smartsheet

Excel/BI tools

Job description

White & Case Global Operations Center Manila is seeking a People Project Manager to lead cross-functional People systems initiatives, including HRIS/HCM implementations and data reporting. You will collaborate with legal, technology, and vendor teams to translate strategy into actionable project plans while protecting employee data privacy and security.

The role requires 7+ years in project leadership across People processes and systems, with hands-on Workday or similar HRIS experience.