HR Senior Project and Program Manager (m/f/d)
HR Senior Project and Program Manager (m/f/d)
Apply remote type Hybrid (8 days/month) locations ESP - Madrid, Castellana GBR - London, Canada Square time type Full time posted on Posted 30+ Days Ago job requisition id R0045642
Wolters Kluwer is a global leader in information services and solutions for professionals in the finance, tax and accounting, risk and compliance, health and legal sectors. We help our customers make critical decisions every day by providing expert solutions that combine deep domain knowledge with specialized technology and services.
We are currently looking for a HR Senior Project and Program Manager to join our team.
Mission:
The HR Senior Project and Program Manager plays a pivotal role within the HR PMO, overseeing the successful management and delivery of projects across the HR portfolio, including Merger, Acquisition and Divestment initiatives. Key to success will be reinforcing the project governance structure for the HR organization to ensure that projects are properly planned and structured for success with clearly defined work parameters, management tools, and articulated roles and responsibilities for key stakeholders.
Responsibilities:
Project Management
1. Manage small- to-medium sized projects of low-to-moderate complexity in the PMO portfolio, ensuring that they contribute positive business value and meet agreed on scope, cost, schedule, and quality objectives.
2. Work independently with guidance from PMO leader as required.
3. Responsible for all aspects of the development and implementation of assigned projects and provides a single point of contact for those projects.
4. Takes projects from original concept through final implementation. Defines project scope and objectives. Develops detailed work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans, and status reports.
5. Conducts project meetings and is responsible for project tracking and analysis. Ensures adherence to quality standards and reviews project deliverables. Manages the integration of vendor tasks and tracks and reviews vendor deliverables.
6. Provides technical and analytical guidance to project team. Ability to solve complex problems and recommends and implements the solution.
7. Adhere to and enhance the HR PMO project management methodology, ensuring consistency and quality across all initiatives.
Program Management
1. Tracks status of program deliverables and milestones. Where applicable, works alongside with the User Adoption Specialist in ensuring successful adoption of the program lifecycle and deliverables.
2. Handles program level risk and issue coordination and the coordination of the regular project and program level reporting cycles.
3. Coordination of program governance arrangements, post program reviews, and program level workshops.
Merger, Acquisitions and Divestments
1. Manage all aspect of HR due diligence activities, including but not limited submitting/ responding to HR due diligence questions list, dependencies across other tracks, coordination with internal HR Center of Excellence leads, engaging internal and external stakeholders (i.e., Deal Team, outside counsels, personnels from target company or buyer, etc.).
2. Oversee integration activities following the M&A due diligence phase, from signing and closing to onboarding acquired employees into HR systems such as Workday, Payroll, and other related platforms.
Operational Excellence
1. Assists or leads process improvement initiatives.
Job Qualifications:
Education:
1. Minimum Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
2. Masters of Business Administration preferred
Experience:
1. Minimum four years of experience
2. Management consulting experience preferred
3. HR experience preferred
Other Knowledge, Skills, Abilities or Certifications:
Minimum
1. Strong financial, analytical, and business acumen.
2. Excellent prioritization, communication, and organizational skills.
3. Upholds confidentiality and demonstrates sound judgment.
4. Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and proactive in a fast-paced, global environment.
5. Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Project and MS Office; expertise in PMI (PMBOK), Agile, and project scheduling.
Preferred
1. PMP Certification
2. Lean Six Sigma Certification
Travel requirements: 15 - 20% - International or Domestic (depending on project requirements).
If you think that you have the needed requirements click on the apply button to join us and #bethedifference. If making a difference matters to you, then you matter to us.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or any other protected status, in accordance with local regulations.
Be the Difference
If making a difference matters to you, then you matter to us.
Join us, at Wolters Kluwer, and be part of a dynamic global technology company that makes a difference every day.
We’re innovators with impact. We provide expert software and information solutions that the world’s leading professionals rely on, in the moments that matter most. You’ll make a real difference in the lives of millions of people. Together with our customers, we help to advance sustainability, health, justice, prosperity, and commerce around the world.
You can thrive at Wolters Kluwer, where diversity is core to our collective strength and high performance. Be your unique self, share your creative ideas, do your best work, and take time to grow in our caring and inclusive culture where you can belong.
About Wolters Kluwer
Wolters Kluwer reported 2023 annual revenues of €5.6 billion. The group serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries, and employs approximately 21,400 people worldwide.
Our customers work in industries which impact the lives of millions of people every single day. Our mission is to empower our professional customers with the information, software solutions, and services they need to make critical decisions, achieve successful outcomes, and save time.
Our expert solutions combine deep domain knowledge with technology to deliver both content and workflow automation to drive improved outcomes and productivity for our customers.
We are committed to helping professionals improve the way they do business and solve complex problems with our range of digital solutions and services, which we continuously evolve to meet their changing needs. Our 188-year legacy and portfolio represent thousands of customers worldwide.
Wolters Kluwer has a dedicated team of experienced talent acquisition professionals who are ready to hear what makes you tick and share how Wolters Kluwer can help you achieve your goals and ambitions.
Building Diverse Teams
As a global organization, we recognize that solving a wide range of complex problems requires diverse perspectives and innovative thinking. We know that bringing our best to our customers, communities, and other key stakeholders requires a highly engaged and talented workforce – one that represents the diversity of those we serve and the communities where we live and work.
We aim to provide a welcoming environment and equitable opportunities for all employees regardless of background, nationality, race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or religion.
This principle is ingrained in our company values and articulated in our Code of Business Ethics.
At Wolters Kluwer, you’ll feel valued for your contributions, and you’ll know that your health, safety, and well-being are important to us. Our well-being benefits provide tools, programs, and resources to help our diverse employees feel healthy, happy, safe, and prosperous.
In 2024 we were awarded Ragan’s Top Places to Work for Employee Wellbeing: Large Organization, in recognition of our commitment to maintaining and enhancing the well-being of our colleagues through our ‘Together we thrive’ well-being program.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Wolters Kluwer and all its subsidiaries, divisions and customer/business units is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or any other protected status.
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