Lead Project Manager HR

About Lumen

Lumen connects the world. We are igniting business growth by connecting people, data and applications – quickly, securely, and effortlessly. Together, we are building a culture and company from the people up – committed to teamwork, trust and transparency. People power progress.

We’re looking for top-tier talent and offer the flexibility you need to thrive and deliver lasting impact. Join us as we digitally connect the world and shape the future.

The Role

The Lead Project Manager-Human Resources will lead and oversee key projects across the HR organization. This role requires a highly organized, proactive, reliable, and collaborative individual with practical project management experience, an understanding of project management methodologies, and general HR knowledge. 
 

Work Location

This is a hybrid-remote opportunity open to candidates located in the Denver Metro area. 

The Main Responsibilities

• Project Management: Lead the planning, execution, monitoring, and closure of HR projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within scope, and within budget. Ensure alignment on project scope, deliverables, launch dates, etc. Conduct project meetings and other meetings as needed.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with HR leaders, department heads, and cross-functional teams to identify project needs, scope, deliverables, launch dates, and establish clear objectives, and manage expectations. Act as liaison between the company and external vendor partners. Create steering committees and host those meetings and agendas where appropriate.
• Complexity Assessment: Evaluate project requirements to identify complexities and challenges and address them with appropriate stakeholders.
• Team Leadership: Manage a cross-functional assigned project team, intervene proactively, and foster a collaborative and results-oriented focus on projects.
• Performance Metrics: Define and track project performance metrics to assess the effectiveness and impact of project outcomes and other HR initiatives.
• Problem Solving: Effectively address unexpected challenges arising from complexities arising throughout the project.
• Documentation, Reporting, and Communication: Maintain clear and organized documentation to ensure project complexity and simplification strategy are well-documented. Collaborate across project team to streamline communications and optimize project efficiency. Ensure a thorough project plan with specified deliverables, owners, dependencies, due dates, status, etc. (ex. RAIL)
• Distribute meeting notes, gaps, and action items for the project team. Provide regular executive-level status updates and project reports to appropriate individuals/groups, highlighting achievements, challenges, and recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Sensitive data: Some projects include managing sensitive employee data and proprietary company information through all phases of projects. A focus on data integrity, analysis, and reporting is required on some projects.
• Process Improvement:  Analyze project outcomes for maximum effectiveness. Identify opportunities to streamline HR processes, enhance efficiency, and optimize the delivery of HR services. Develop and implement strategies to simplify project components and processes. Conduct post-project assessments and apply learnings and improvements to future projects.

What We Look For in a Candidate

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field, or PMP certification with equivalent experience
• 5+ years’ experience with a solid track record for running projects in a complex, fast-paced environment
• Working style reflects resourcefulness, accuracy, and ability to anticipate
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills to work with and drive collaboration among diverse groups of people, developing credibility and forging teamwork to deliver or exceed expected results
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Thrives in high volume workload, with tight deadlines, and highly adaptable to rapidly changing priorities
• While some project onboarding support will be available, the selecting candidate must have an enthusiastic approach and ability to self-educate on the topic, HR practice, or technology - independently and quickly for assigned projects

Compensation

This information reflects the anticipated base salary range for this position based on current national data. Minimums and maximums may vary based on location. Individual pay is based on skills, experience