HR Transformation Project Lead

Everest Group; Warren Township (NJ); Hybrid; USD 102,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Wellness program

Life and disability insurance

401k match

Retirement savings plan

Paid holidays

PTO

Job summary

Everest Global Services, Inc. is seeking an HR Project Manager in Warren, NJ to lead HRIS projects and strategic HR initiatives. The role partners with HR, IT, and analytics teams to deliver projects that transform HR operations and improve the employee experience.

You will manage scope, timelines, risks, and communications while driving governance and adoption across multiple workstreams in a global environment. This is a hybrid position based in Warren, NJ.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Human Resources, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of project management experience, ideally supporting HR, HR transformation, HR shared services, HR operations, HRIS, or enterprise technology initiatives.
• Experience managing projects involving HR systems, process improvement, data, reporting, workflow design, testing, configurations, or system enhancements; Workday experience strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of project management fundamentals, including planning, governance, stakeholder management, risk management, dependency tracking, and delivery execution.
• Ability to operate at both strategic and tactical levels, moving from high-level planning to detailed execution as needed.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to synthesize complex information into clear recommendations, project updates, and leadership-ready materials.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills, with the ability to tailor messages for senior leaders, project teams, technical partners, and operational stakeholders.
• Proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel; experience with project management tools and Agile or hybrid delivery methodologies preferred.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities, meet commitments, and deliver high-quality work in a fast-paced, global environment.
• Strong problem-solving, critical-thinking, and decision-making capabilities, with a focus on practical, outcomes-oriented solutions.
• Exceptional organization and attention to detail, including the ability to manage project plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions, and follow-ups across multiple workstreams.
• Strong relationship-building and influencing skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across HR, IT, business teams, and external partners.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of HR strategic initiatives and HRIS projects from planning through execution, ensuring scope, milestones, deliverables, risks, and decisions are clearly defined and actively managed.
• Partner with HR, HRIS, IT, People Analytics, Talent, business leaders, and other stakeholders to translate business needs into actionable project plans and clear workstreams.
• Support technical HRIS projects by coordinating requirements, design discussions, testing activities, issue resolution, launch readiness, communications, and post-implementation follow-up.
• Drive project governance, including status reporting, meeting agendas, decision logs, risk and issue tracking, stakeholder updates, and escalation of key dependencies.
• Create clear, polished project materials for leadership, including presentations, project plans, timelines, dashboards, summaries, and recommendations.
• Identify process improvement opportunities and help design practical solutions that simplify work, improve controls, reduce manual effort, and strengthen the employee and manager experience.
• Lead through influence, building trust with stakeholders and keeping teams focused, organized, and accountable for outcomes.
• Support change management activities, including stakeholder engagement, communications, training coordination, readiness planning, and adoption tracking.

Skills

PM experience

HRIS

Workday

Agile/Hybrid

PowerPoint

Excel

Stakeholder management

Communication

Change management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Workday

PM tools

Job description

Everest Global Services, Inc. is seeking an HR Project Manager in Warren, NJ to lead HRIS projects and strategic HR initiatives. The role partners with HR, IT, and analytics teams to deliver projects that transform HR operations and improve the employee experience.

You will manage scope, timelines, risks, and communications while driving governance and adoption across multiple workstreams in a global environment. This is a hybrid position based in Warren, NJ.