Senior Program Manager - HR

Title: Senior Program Manager HR

Location: New York (Hybrid)

Type: Contract

Description:

• We are seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead a critical, high-visibility organizational transformation initiative. This strategic leader will orchestrate decisions across the executive suite, design new operating models, and drive change management.
• You will manage complex, dependent workstreams, track value delivery, and ensure long-term strategic alignment across our technology organization.
• In addition to Program Management duties this individual will lead a critical, high-visibility organizational restructuring initiative involving offshoring, outsourcing, and organizational redesign. Operating as a strategic hybrid resource (70% Program Management / 30% HR Transformation Support), this individual will serve as the central operational lead.
• The role will provide heavy delivery capacity and specialized expertise that materially reduces the tactical workload of the HR Business Partner (HRBP) team.
• By owning the administrative and coordination mechanics of workforce planning, org design tracking, and implementation readiness, this resource will free up HR leaders to focus on high-level strategic decision-making and talent alignment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead alignment and decisions among C-suite executives and senior leaders across technology, HR, and Finance.
• Drive enterprise-wide organizational transformation and the hands-on implementation of new operating models.
• Design and execute organizational change management strategies to ensure smooth, lasting cultural and operational adoption.
• Navigate and analyze complex financial models, tracking how these budgets and models evolve throughout the transformation lifecycle.
• Define strategic KPIs and establish robust tracking mechanisms to measure and prove the value of delivered outcomes.
• Manage multiple, highly dependent tactical workstreams, ensuring seamless integration and project planning execution.
• Minimal travel to Michigan or New Jersey may be required
• Develop and manage the integrated master transformation plan across all HR workstreams. Facilitate governance routines, maintain risks, issues, actions, and decision logs (RIAD), and drive accountability across stakeholders. Develop executive-level dashboards and steering committee presentation materials.
• Provide hands-on coordination for organizational design activities, future-state structures, and position mapping. Actively manage workforce impact tracking, including roles transitioning offshore, outsourcing vendor transitions, and reduction-in-force (RIF) actions.
• Directly own talent mapping coordination, selection decision logs, and the tracking/development of updated job descriptions and role profiles to shield the HRBP team from administrative bottlenecks.
• Coordinate readiness checklists across HR, Legal, Finance, and Communications for each restructuring wave. Support outsourcing/offshoring transitions by tracking vendor milestones and knowledge transfer planning.
• Execute a comprehensive communications strategy and calendar in partnership with Corporate Communications and OCM, ensuring leaders, managers, and impacted employee populations are fully supported with toolkits, FAQs, and talking points.

Qualifications:

• 10 years' experience in enterprise-level program management, specifically leading large-scale organizational transformations.
• 5 year's experience working directly with HR, Finance, and C-suite leaders within complex technology environments.
• 5 years' direct experience supporting large-scale workforce transformations, organizational redesigns, shared services setups, or reduction-in-force initiatives.
• 3 years' experience tracking and coordinating offshoring transitions, outsourcing models, vendor management, and knowledge transfer execution.
• Strong familiarity with HRBP operational workflows, talent selection processes, and employment compliance structures.
• Exceptional influence skills with the ability to drive alignment, actions, and outcomes without direct authority.
• Strong financial acumen and deep experience with KPI definition and outcome-based value tracking.