Project Manager

Project Manager

Our client is a Fortune 500 financial and payments technology company and leads the industry in innovation, scale and service. They are now looking to add to their team.

Key Skills

• Excellent opportunity to get a foot in the door with the organization
• Short-term assignment focused on project coordination and support
• Responsible for helping put together project plans, tracking activities, and ensuring effective communication across stakeholders
• Strong focus on Project Management and coordination
• Ideal candidate will have 2-4 years of experience
• HR experience is a plus
• Will partner closely with another role on the team
• Must be organized, proactive, and able to stay on task with minimal supervision

Key Responsibilities

• Create and maintain project plans
• Coordinate meetings and follow-up activities
• Communicate with stakeholders across multiple teams
• Track deliverables and project milestones
• Assist with presentation and deck development
• Keep projects organized and moving forward
• Provide structure and organization to ongoing initiatives

Required Skills

• Ability to provide structure and organization to projects and effectively utilize project management tools
• Strong communication skills and willingness to proactively reach out, schedule meetings, and coordinate across teams
• Experience creating and supporting presentations, including developing the framework and structure of project decks

Preferred Qualifications

• 2-4 years of Project Coordination or Project Management experience
• Experience working with HR-related projects is a plus
• Strong Microsoft Office skills
• Experience working in Teams and Shared Channels
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail
• Tools & Technology
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Microsoft Teams
• Shared Team Channels

Work Environment

• Remote
• EST time zone preferred
• Candidate should be comfortable working closely with team members in the United Kingdom

Overtime

• No overtime anticipated at this time
• Flexibility in schedule may occasionally be required

Interview Process

• 1st Round HM
• 2nd Round Boss or Peer Top 3 Candidates

Ideal Candidate

• Strong coordinator with emerging project management capabilities
• Self-starter who is proactive and comfortable driving communication
• Able to manage multiple tasks and priorities effectively
• Strong follow-through and organizational skills
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
• Looking for a growth opportunity and exposure to larger projects and stakeholders

Job Summary

The HR Transformation Project Coordinator provides project management and coordination support for enterprise HR transformation initiatives, including the implementation and evolution of the HR Operating Model. This role is responsible for helping ensure projects remain organized, on schedule, and aligned to established priorities by coordinating meetings, maintaining project documentation, tracking action items and milestones, supporting stakeholder communications, and monitoring project progress. The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with multiple stakeholders. Experience supporting HR, organizational change, operating model redesign, or business transformation initiatives is preferred.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the planning, coordination, and execution of HR transformation initiatives and strategic projects.
• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, milestone trackers, and status reports.
• Monitor project deliverables, risks, dependencies, and action items to ensure projects stay on track.
• Escalate potential project delays, risks, or resource constraints to project leadership.
• Coordinate project activities across multiple HR functions and business stakeholders.
• Organize and facilitate project governance activities, including steering committees, working sessions, and project team meetings.
• Prepare agendas, presentation materials, meeting notes, and action item logs.
• Track decisions and ensure follow-up activities are completed by accountable stakeholders.
• Create and maintain project documentation, including project charters, communication plans, meeting materials, decision logs, and implementation plans.
• Ensure documentation is organized, current, and accessible to stakeholders.
• Produce regular project status updates and executive-ready reporting materials.
• Facilitate communication across workstreams to ensure alignment and transparency.
• Assist in gathering stakeholder feedback and tracking project-related concerns.
• Contribute to lessons learned reviews and post-implementation assessments.

Technical & Professional Skills

• Knowledge of project management principles, methodologies, and best practices.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Experience managing multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong meeting facilitation, documentation, and follow-up capabilities.
• Ability to analyze information and translate it into actionable plans.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Teams, Outlook).

Preferred Skills

• Understanding of HR functions, processes, and operating models.
• Exposure to organizational design, change management, HR technology, or business transformation initiatives.
• Experience supporting complex, cross-functional projects within a matrixed organization.
• Familiarity with HR systems such as Workday is a plus.
• Behavioral Competencies
• High attention to detail.
• Strong accountability and follow-through.
• Collaborative and relationship-oriented.
• Proactive problem solver.
• Adaptable and comfortable working through ambiguity.
• Ability to influence without direct authority.

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, Project Management, Organizational Development, or a related field.
• 1 to 3 years of project coordination, project management, PMO, operations, HR, or related experience.

Preferred

• Experience supporting HR, organizational change, or transformation initiatives.
• Experience within a global or matrixed organization preferred.