HR Strategy & Projects Lead – Enterprise Initiatives

Covenant-Health; Knoxville (TN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Covenant Health in Knoxville is seeking a Human Resources Strategic Project Manager to partner with the HR executive team, coordinating enterprise HR strategies and initiatives.

You will manage cross-functional project plans, governance, metrics, and change management, translating executive priorities into actionable workstreams with clear timelines.

This 100% in-person role requires relocation to Knoxville and a Bachelor's degree in HR with 5+ years HR experience; master’s preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources or related field required, master’s degree preferred.
• 5 years of progressive HR experience. Proven track record to lead complex initiatives

Responsibilities

• Provide project management support to the Senior Vice President – Human Resources and HR leadership by organizing, prioritizing, and advancing executive HR strategies and initiatives.
• Coordinate project timelines, milestones, and follow-up actions across multiple HR workstreams with dashboards and status updates.
• Collaborate with HR and stakeholders at all levels to drive outcomes across strategic initiatives.
• Define and document project scope, timelines, success metrics, risks, dependencies, and resources.
• Lead change management activities to support adoption of new programs and systems including communication.
• Develop and execute communications plans to support engagement and alignment.
• Demonstrate knowledge of IT applications and HRIS as a tool to support HR initiatives.
• Use data-driven decision making and articulate ROI with KPI measurements.

Skills

Project management

Change management

Data analysis

ROI analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in human resources or related field

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

HRIS

Job description

Covenant Health in Knoxville is seeking a Human Resources Strategic Project Manager to partner with the HR executive team, coordinating enterprise HR strategies and initiatives.

You will manage cross-functional project plans, governance, metrics, and change management, translating executive priorities into actionable workstreams with clear timelines.

This 100% in-person role requires relocation to Knoxville and a Bachelor's degree in HR with 5+ years HR experience; master’s preferred.