HR Project Manager

General Motors; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking an HR Project Manager to oversee key HR initiatives and improve project management practices. The role involves collaboration with stakeholders, vendor management, and process improvement within the HR function. This is an exciting opportunity for a candidate with strong project management skills to drive impactful changes across the organization.

Qualifications

• Experience in HR project management.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage vendor relationships.
• Strong communication and reporting skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee planning, execution, and delivery of HR initiatives.
• Develop and manage comprehensive project plans for HR.
• Ensure alignment of goals across cross-functional teams.

Skills

Project Planning

Stakeholder Collaboration

Process Improvement

Job description

Work Arrangement:

This role is based remotely, but if you live within a 50-mile radius of Atlanta (GA), Austin (TX), Detroit (MI), Warren (MI), or Mountain View (CA) you are expected to report to that location three times a week, at minimum.

The Role:

The HR Project Manager with the People Strategy and Operations team at General Motors is sponsible for overseeing the planning, execution and delivery of HR initiatives aligned our OKRs and complex business critical initiatives requiring HR leadership. This role involves collaborating with internal stakeholders, and vendors to ensure successful implementation of key initiatives to improve how HR operates and delivers value to our clients across the enterprise. This role will also work in partnership with team leadership to establish core practices to drive effective and consistent project management practices within HR.

Key Responsibilities:

Project Planning, Execution and Reporting:

• Ensure that all business deliverables are identified and accounted for in the project plan with responsibility and due dates

  • Manage the identification, documentation, and traceability of business requirements

  • Investigate and document complex business processes

  • Coordinate the input and approval of various project design and decision documents

  • Develop scorecards and metrics to illustrate status and impact

• Develop and manage comprehensive project plans for HR initiatives covering a variety of initiatives with broad impact to the overall operations of the HR function and sensitive projects aligned critical business priorities

• Gain an understanding of program workstreams/projects to be able to assist in identification of issues and risks

• Lead project teams in the successful delivery of projects within scope, on time and within budget

• Align cross-functional teams to help ensure alignment of goals and to help resolve conflicting priorities

• Ensure effective communication and collaboration among project team members

• Provide guidance and support during execution of change management activities

• Continuously monitor and report on project status

  • Identifies, tracks, monitors, and communicates project-related risks and issues, scope changes, variances and contingencies that arise during the implementation

  • Produce and distribute project status reports to relevant stakeholders

  • Prepare presentations for various levels of leadership

Project Methodology:

• Deliver projects in line with our project methodology

• Provide recommendations to optimize the existing methodology

Stakeholder Collaboration:

• Work closely with HR leadership and other key stakeholders to define the project objectives and deliverables

• Facilitates amicable solutions with the appropriate customer(s) and project sponsor/owner, as well as with other internal and/or external stakeholders

• Communicate project updates and outcomes to stakeholders at various levels

• Foster positive relationships with internal and external partners to facilitate project success

• Facilitates amicable solutions with key stakeholders across the organization

• Provide guidance and support during execution of change management activities

Process Improvement:

• Support the implementation of standardized project management methodology (process, tools, etc.) across the HR function

• Identify opportunities for process improvement within HR functions

• Implement best practices to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the HR function

Vendor Management:

• Work in partnership with vendors as required to ensure timely delivery of products and services