Interim HR Project Manager

ERM Polska sp. z o.o.; Warszawa; On-site; PLN 90,000 - 130,000; Part time

Job summary

ERM is seeking a proactive HR Project Manager to join the EMEA HR team on a 12-month secondment. You will lead and coordinate regional HR projects across the employee lifecycle, partnering with business leaders and HR colleagues to deliver improvements, engage stakeholders and respond to evolving requirements.

Immediate projects include partner onboarding and ERM Connect implementation, with a focus on scoping, planning, governance and delivering measurable outcomes across countries.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering HR, people or transformation projects from scoping to closure.
• Strong planning, governance, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects across countries and functions.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead HR projects from initial scoping and planning through to implementation, handover and closure.
• Define project objectives, scope, deliverables, governance and measures of success.
• Develop and maintain project plans, including milestones, dependencies, resources and communications.
• Coordinate project activity across business leaders, HR Business Partners, Centres of Excellence, HR Operations and other relevant teams.
• Prepare clear and concise project updates, presentations, recommendations and decision points for project sponsors and stakeholders.
• Analyse people and project data to identify insights, risks and opportunities.
• Assess the people, process, data and technology impacts of proposed changes.
• Develop stakeholder engagement, communication, training and adoption activities.
• Monitor project progress, implementation outcomes, adoption and benefits, taking action where required to keep delivery on track.
• Connect with relevant parties to ensure regional projects appropriately consider local legislation, including data privacy requirements.
• Capture lessons learned to ensure completed project transition into business as usual.

Skills

Project management

HR transformation

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Governance

Communication skills

Change management

Cross-country collaboration

Problem solving

Tools

Workday

Job description

We are looking for a proactive, collaborative and delivery-focused HR Project Manager to join our EMEA HR team on a 12-month secondment. Working with our HR colleagues, business leaders and other key stakeholders, you will lead and coordinate varied regional HR projects across the employee lifecycle, along with ad hoc requirements. Projects may include cyclical people initiatives such as employee engagement survey action planning, responses to new legislative requirements such as pay transparency implementing new processes or technology such as time and attendance, and supporting wider HR change and transformation programmes. You will manage assigned projects from initial scoping and planning through to implementation, handover and closure. The role offers an opportunity to work across countries and teams, building regional experience and make a significant and lasting contribution to HR delivery and initiatives across EMEA. Immediate projects include Partner on-boarding and ERM Connect implementation.

Key responsibilities

Lead assigned HR projects from initial scoping and planning through to implementation, handover and closure. Define project objectives, scope, deliverables, governance and measures of success. Develop and maintain project plans, including milestones, dependencies, resources and communications. Coordinate project activity across business leaders, HR Business Partners, Centres of Excellence, HR Operations and other relevant teams. Prepare clear and concise project updates, presentations, recommendations and decision points for project sponsors and stakeholders. Analyse people and project data to identify insights, risks and opportunities (risk/decision logs, escalating concerns, proposing solutions promptly etc) Assess the people, process, data and technology impacts of proposed changes. Develop stakeholder engagement, communication, training and adoption activities. Monitor project progress, implementation outcomes, adoption and benefits, taking action where required to keep delivery on track Connect with relevant parties to ensure regional projects appropriately consider local legislation, including data privacy requirements. Capture lessons learned to ensure completed project transition into business as usual.

Essential experience and skills

Demonstrable experience of managing projects from initial scoping and planning through to implementation and closure. Experience of supporting or delivering HR, people, organisational change or transformation projects. Strong project planning, prioritisation, governance and problem-solving skills. The ability to deliver multiple projects and priorities within agreed timescales. Strong stakeholder management, influencing and facilitation skills. The ability to build effective working relationships across different levels, countries and functions within a matrix organisation. Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data into practical recommendations. Clear and confident written and verbal communication skills. Strong attention to detail and the ability to maintain sight of the wider project objective A collaborative, pragmatic and delivery-focused approach with the ability to identify risks and issues early and provide solutions. The ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with integrity and discretion.

Desirable Experience

Experience of working in an EMEA, international or multinational environment. Good understanding of HR and employee lifecycle processes Experience of Workday or comparable HR system experience. Experience of using technology and AI responsibly to support project delivery and continuous improvement. Practical project management experience.

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