Senior Project Manager, People Success Strategy

Socket.dev; Bolingbrook (IL); Hybrid; USD 123,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Paid time off

Dental plan

Vision plan

Life insurance

Disability benefits

Bonus plan eligibility

Job summary

Ulta Beauty is seeking a Senior Project Manager, People Success Strategy & Innovation to drive large-scale, cross-functional programs and partner with PS leaders to translate strategy into executable initiatives. The role requires strong program management, governance, and change management capabilities across the People Success organization.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years of project management experience, MBA or PMP/Lean Six Sigma certifications, and a collaborative, business-minded approach.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred; MBA a plus.
• 7+ years of experience in project management, process improvement, change management and/or strategic project planning & execution.
• Project Management Professional Certification (PMP) and Lean Six Sigma certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Create and facilitate senior leader review mechanisms of People Success strategic goals and initiatives.
• Project manage the execution of large scale, highly complex People Success initiatives, serving as a strategic and executional partner to PS senior leadership.
• Drive strategic execution, program management, integration and change management in support of strategic projects across the People Success organization.
• Lead the identification of and the portfolio management of People Success's strategic and innovation projects.
• Lead and facilitate cross-functional teams in defining and tracking project goals, deliverables, milestones, resources, budget and schedule.
• Identify and manage critical interdependencies, determine areas of risk, and provide the level of executional leadership to successfully deliver projects.
• Support prioritizing of workstreams and track progress against objectives.
• Provide timely communications to project leadership and key stakeholders on overall status and roadmap for key strategic programs.
• Support development of project management and change management capability in People Success and in alignment with enterprise best practices, project governance frameworks and processes and toolkits which will be applied throughout the organization.
• Support change management efforts at Ulta Beauty on critical complex programs and initiatives, designing and executing change strategies within and across key enterprise initiatives

Skills

Project management

Change management

Strategic planning

Cross-functional leadership

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA

Job description

Ulta Beauty is seeking a Senior Project Manager, People Success Strategy & Innovation to drive large-scale, cross-functional programs and partner with PS leaders to translate strategy into executable initiatives. The role requires strong program management, governance, and change management capabilities across the People Success organization.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years of project management experience, MBA or PMP/Lean Six Sigma certifications, and a collaborative, business-minded approach.