Strategic Talent Enablement Project Manager

GEICO; Chicago (IL); Vor Ort; USD 78.000 - 129.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

GEICO is seeking a Project Manager, Talent Enablement & Operations to lead cross-functional initiatives across the talent lifecycle. You will translate strategic priorities into clear scope, delivery plans, governance, decisions, and measurable outcomes, partnering with Talent, People Group, vendors, and technology teams.

With 4–6+ years of project leadership experience, you will drive end-to-end programs, manage risk and adoption, and enable sustainable operating models that align with GEICO’s

Qualifikationen

• 4-6+ years of experience managing projects, business operations initiatives, process improvement efforts, HR/Talent programs, Talent Acquisition operations, People Operations, or related cross-functional work.
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage moderately complex projects from planning through implementation, including scope, schedule, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, decisions, and project documentation.
• Experience working across cross-functional teams and stakeholder groups, with the ability to align priorities, clarify ownership, manage trade-offs, and drive work forward without direct authority.
• Experience developing project plans, status updates, meeting materials, action trackers, requirements documentation, implementation plans, or related project artifacts.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to synthesize complex information into clear, concise updates for project teams, stakeholders, and leaders.
• Strong organization, prioritization, problem-solving, attention to detail, and follow-through, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams and adapt in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to identify risks, dependencies, and blockers early; recommend practical mitigation plans; and elevate appropriately with clear decision needs.
• Working knowledge of project management practices, including lifecycle planning, stakeholder management, risk and issue management, change control, and project closeout.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook, or similar tools used to manage projects, documentation, reporting, and stakeholder communication.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

Aufgaben

• Portfolio intake and prioritization: Partner with Talent leaders and functional owners to define business needs, expected value, scope, success measures, capacity requirements, dependencies, and sequencing for proposed initiatives.
• End-to-end project leadership: Build and manage integrated project plans covering scope, milestones, resources, dependencies, risks, issues, decisions, testing, readiness, launch, stabilization, and closeout.
• Cross-functional alignment: Establish clear roles, decision rights, governance routines, and escalation paths across Talent, People Group, business, vendor, and technology partners; drive timely follow-through without relying on direct authority.
• Business requirements and experience design: Facilitate discovery, document current and future states, translate user and business needs into actionable requirements, and help ensure solutions are scalable, compliant, and practical for associates, candidates, leaders, and Talent teams.
• Leadership visibility and decision support: Maintain accurate status reporting, roadmaps, action and decision logs, dashboards, and executive-ready materials that surface progress, value, risks, trade-offs, and decisions needed.
• Change, readiness, and adoption: Partner with functional and change owners to assess stakeholder impacts and deliver communications, training, job aids, playbooks, readiness activities, feedback loops, and adoption measures that embed new ways of working.

Kenntnisse

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

Documentation and reporting

Communication skills

Problem solving

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Microsoft Project

Planner

Jira

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Outlook

Jobbeschreibung

GEICO is seeking a Project Manager, Talent Enablement & Operations to lead cross-functional initiatives across the talent lifecycle. You will translate strategic priorities into clear scope, delivery plans, governance, decisions, and measurable outcomes, partnering with Talent, People Group, vendors, and technology teams.

With 4–6+ years of project leadership experience, you will drive end-to-end programs, manage risk and adoption, and enable sustainable operating models that align with GEICO’s