HR Project Manager

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What can you expect?

As the HR Project Manager, you will support Marsh’s Global Operations organization which includes 8500 employees across seven regions.  You will report to the Senior People Partner for Marsh’s Global Operations and work closely with cross functional leadership and people partners to synthesize and translate information to keep the portfolio of programs on track. You will be integral to the success as you focus on driving people related initiatives to support and monitor the progress and performance of each process as well as identify and resolve issues and risks while ensuring quality standards and stakeholder expectations are achieved.

What is in it for you?

• A company with a strong brand and strong results to match.
• Culture of internal mobility, collaboration, and valued partnership with HR from the business.
• Business Resource Groups provide access to leaders, relevant volunteer and mentoring opportunities and interactions with counterparts in industry groups and client organizations.
• Competitive pay and outstanding benefits to help colleagues and their families live better – physically, mentally, and financially.

We will count on you to:

• Work closely with Senior People Partner, Global Operations HR Team, and business leaders on special projects, inclusive of HR strategy formulation and development.
• Manage moderately complex projects end-to-end to deliver business outcomes, ensuring that the project is completed on time.
• Develop and maintain detailed, robust, high-quality risk plan and project plan including resources, scope, schedule, cost, assumptions, dependencies, etc., keeping plans updated through the project lifecycle.
• Understand the impact of scope changes and adjust project plans and communicate accordingly.
• Interact and maintain ongoing communication at the appropriate levels within the team and with the stakeholders and ensure everyone on the delivery team understands their roles and responsibility.
• Negotiate resource requirements with responsible management when faced with conflicts in priorities.
• Undertake regular work streams and project meetings, documenting and following up on actions and risks identified from the meetings.
• Assign work to entry level professional and support staff, ensuring adherence to departmental standards and procedures.
• Review significant project proposals of high complexity and ambiguous parameters with high visibility and identifiable risk to the Company, validates all project requirements, and provides recommended changes to proposal, as appropriate.
• Explore and recommend solutions to the project requirements for projects where there is no identified precedent.
• Performs project management for key initiatives, including monitoring progress against deadlines and milestones, as well as creating report outs for HR team and business leaders
• Participate in recommending new standards and procedures based upon project experience and results.
• Manage a team of two data analysts, delivering people metrics reporting strategy and analytics deliverables, overseeing all people reporting for the Operations executive committee.
• Partner closely with our Transformation Office and FP&A team to ensure alignment on all initiatives.
• Acts as a point of contact between Global Operations HR Community and other stakeholders, providing oversight and guidance
• Represent the function on cross-functional and enterprise-wide working committees
• Drives agenda, materials and follow up tracking for Global HR Community meetings

What you need to have: 

• A Bachelor's degree
• A minimum of 5 years working experience (HR, project management, consulting) with a strong interest in human capital.
• A minimum of 1 year of people management experience
• Proficiency in the Microsoft Suite of products
• Excellent communication skills – written, verbal and via PowerPoint

What makes you stand out:

• Experience or a strong interest in the people function (HR).
• Ability to work effectively in a matrix organization and build partnerships
• Solution-oriented mindset and the ability to work with and influence various stakeholders across divisions and seniority
• Comfort with ambiguity and proven ability to create clarity in it
• Comfort in presenting to large groups of stakeholders, including senior leaders.
• Strategic analytical capabilities. Ability to analyze, interpret and explain data themes and trends
• Ability to balance multiple projects in dynamic environment
• Critical thinking skills, good judgement, and problem-solving skills
• Global project management experience