Senior Program Manager

Avance Consulting; Södertälje kommun; On-site; SEK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Avance Consulting is seeking an experienced Senior Program Manager to lead a strategic HR capability transformation program across the organization. The initiative aims to standardize and globalize HR processes and systems while safely decommissioning legacy platforms and preserving uninterrupted HR service delivery.

You will drive multiple interlinked workstreams, align business and technology stakeholders, establish clear governance, and ensure high quality execution, adoption, and transition

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading large-scale business and technology transformation programs.
• Proven track record delivering at least two enterprise-wide system implementations, migration, or decommissioning programs.
• Strong project and program management experience across multiple parallel workstreams.
• Experience in process standardization, globalization, or capability transformation initiatives.
• Strong business acumen with experience developing business cases and translating strategic objectives into execution plans.
• Significant experience designing and delivering change management and communication strategies in large organizations.
• Experience with HR technologies (HRIS/HCM platforms) and good understanding of HR operations, payroll, employee data, and integrations.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate a large-scale HR transformation program across multiple workstreams.
• Develop and maintain the overall roadmap, milestones, priorities, dependencies, and delivery plans.
• Drive alignment between business and technology stakeholders to achieve program objectives.
• Establish clear ownership, accountability, and governance across all workstreams.
• Identify and manage program risks, dependencies, and issues, ensuring timely resolution.
• Oversee implementation, migration, and decommissioning activities related to HR platforms and processes.
• Define and lead the Change Management and Communication strategy.
• Ensure effective stakeholder engagement, organizational readiness, adoption, and transition planning.
• Guide and support Change & Communication teams to ensure successful delivery.
• Ensure robust planning for data migration, integrations, testing, cutover, business continuity, and transition to operations.
• Provide governance, executive reporting, and decision support to senior leadership and steering committees.
• Foster collaboration across HR, IT, Enterprise Architecture, vendors, and other key stakeholders.

Skills

Project Financial Management

Project Governance

Project Planning

SAP Enterprise Architecture

Tools

HRIS/HCM platforms

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Senior Program Manager to lead a strategic HR capability transformation program aimed at standardizing and globalizing HR processes and systems across the organization.

The initiative focuses on streamlining HR capabilities, transitioning to modern global solutions, optimizing processes, and decommissioning legacy systems while ensuring uninterrupted HR service delivery.

The successful candidate will drive multiple interconnected workstreams, align business and technology stakeholders, manage dependencies, and ensure high-quality execution, delivery, and organizational adoption.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate a large-scale HR transformation program across multiple workstreams.
• Develop and maintain the overall roadmap, milestones, priorities, dependencies, and delivery plans.
• Drive alignment between business and technology stakeholders to achieve program objectives.
• Establish clear ownership, accountability, and governance across all workstreams.
• Identify and manage program risks, dependencies, and issues, ensuring timely resolution.
• Oversee implementation, migration, and decommissioning activities related to HR platforms and processes.
• Define and lead the Change Management and Communication strategy.
• Ensure effective stakeholder engagement, organizational readiness, adoption, and transition planning.
• Guide and support Change & Communication teams to ensure successful delivery.
• Ensure robust planning for data migration, integrations, testing, cutover, business continuity, and transition to operations.
• Provide governance, executive reporting, and decision support to senior leadership and steering committees.
• Foster collaboration across HR, IT, Enterprise Architecture, vendors, and other key stakeholders.

Required Experience

• Extensive experience leading large-scale business and technology transformation programs.
• Proven track record delivering at least two enterprise-wide system implementation, migration, or decommissioning programs.
• Strong project and program management experience across multiple parallel workstreams.
• Experience in process standardization, globalization, or capability transformation initiatives.
• Strong business acumen with experience developing business cases and translating strategic objectives into execution plans.
• Significant experience designing and delivering change management and communication strategies in large organizations.
• Experience with HR technologies (HRIS/HCM platforms) and good understanding of HR operations, payroll, employee data, and integrations.
• Ability to engage with technical architects and solution specialists and provide constructive challenge when required.
• Demonstrated success influencing cross-functional teams without direct reporting authority.
• Strong leadership skills with a collaborative, structured, and outcome-oriented approach.
• Ability to quickly understand complex environments and create clarity, momentum, and measurable outcomes.

Preferred Background

• HR Transformation Programs
• HRIS/HCM Implementations (e.g., Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle HCM, UKG)
• Global Process Harmonization
• Complex Stakeholder Management Skills

Mandatory Skills :

• Project Financial Management, Project Governance, Project Planning, SAP Enterprise Architecture