Senior Project Manager, People Projects - Temporary (18 months)

If you were the Senior Project Manager, People Projects - Temporary, here are some of the core activities you would be doing:

• Leading the strategic planning, execution and governance of all assigned projects; focused primarily on Employee Experience Events and Talent Management workstreams ensuring they are delivered on-time, on-budget and in line with our standard operating principles
• Manage end-to-end P&C creative projects by owning the full creative intake process, including managing creative briefs, coordination of timelines across all stakeholders, and facilitating execution through to delivery across all P&C creative projects
• Liaising between brand-approved creative agencies and freelancers with the internal Brand Creative team to ensure that all P&C creative outputs are aligned with brand standards and voice, while driving consistency, quality and stakeholder satisfaction
• Overseeing translation and localization workflows for assigned projects by managing the partnership with external vendors and our internal Brand Localization team, coordinating timelines, and ensuring accurate, high-quality delivery of multilingual content across global P&C projects
• Maintaining a prioritized outline of projects, milestones, action items and status reports for all assigned projects
• Providing strategic guidance & thought partnership to Program Owners and Project Teams, ensuring clarity of roles, responsibilities and deliverables
• Developing and managing operational project plans, roadmaps & calendars specific to the projects that you are leading
• Building and maintaining relationships with key partners across the organization
• Coordinating and communicating effectively with project partners, including cross-functional teams and external vendors to ensure visibility, engagement and on-going alignment
• Proactively identifying, assessing and managing project risks and recommending mitigation strategies
• Ensuring project documentation is well-documented, current and complete
• Championing process innovation & optimization within the People Projects team to continuously evolve operational practices, tools, process and workflow

Here are some of the things you could be working on in the future:

• Leading the larger scale projects and new initiatives as part of our longer-term roadmap
• Working with cross-functional partners and the global group People and Culture team on broader initiatives

Are you our next Senior Project Manager, People Projects - Temporary?

• You have 5-7 years experience in complex Project Management, Event Management and ideally a degree or diploma in project management
• You have a relentless attention to detail and the ability to prioritize tasks in order to meet deadlines
• You are experienced leading projects that work with creatives (agencies and freelancers), environmental design and in leading the development of bringing creative concepts and projects to life
• You have strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to provide insights and guide work across the department and business
• You ideally have experience in People and Culture (Human Resources) related programming such as learning & development, total rewards, people analytics, talent management, systems and/or operations programs in a global business landscape  
• You have the ability to influence and guide without direct control
• You are proficient in creating, organizing and leading efficient and effective workflow and project plans
• You have advanced experience using project management platforms and tools (Monday.com, Smartsheet, etc)
• You are proficient in budget management, financial tracking and reporting
• You can collaborate cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment to drive results 
• You are capable of finding simple, scalable solutions for complex problems and developing others to do the same
• You are proficient in managing a portfolio of projects and leading change through others 
• You have excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to build, maintain, and influence relationships at all levels
• You have a commitment to excellence, continuous improvement, and personal development
• You are proactive in identifying the root cause of issues and developing solutions
• You remain highly flexible and adaptable when faced with ambiguity
• You have strong computer skills (especially Microsoft Excel, Visio and PowerPoint)
• Your passion for your work is paralleled by your passion for getting outside and living it