Investments HR Project Management Lead

Job-ID29380613Reference26-01700Investments HR Project Management LeadJob Number: 26-01700Find your next opportunity in the Financial Services Industry. ECLARO is looking for an Investments HR Project Management Lead for our client in New York, NY. ECLARO's client is one of the largest mutual life insurance companies and provides long-term care insurance, mutual funds and retirement-plan services across the US. If you’re up to the challenge, then take a chance at this rewarding opportunity! Position Overview:Seeking an HR Project Management Lead to provide structured, strategic support for an M&A integration project by leading several critical HR workstreams - Compensation, Benefits, and the broader HR workstream, including the HRIS cutover for newly acquired company into Client scheduled for 2027.This role serves as an integrator and executional engine for the HR project portfolio. The ideal consultant brings strong coordination capabilities, stakeholder dexterity, and the discipline needed to support high-visibility initiatives, enabling HR leaders to operate with confidence, clarity, and precision.This individual will blend strategic insight with hands-on delivery, stepping in to drive key activities, maintain project momentum, and ensure alignment across teams.Success Profile:Collaborative Partner: Operates with a service mindset and builds alignment across diverse groups.Operational Backbone: Brings structure, organization, and disciplined follow-through.People-Centered Communicator: Creates clarity and connection through thoughtful, empathetic engagement.Execution-Focused: Drives progress with persistence, accuracy, and a solutions-oriented approach.Forward-Looking Supporter: Anticipates needs, mitigates risks, and enables informed decision-making.Responsibilities:Program Coordination & Governance Support:Partner with HR leaders to support planning, scheduling, and monitoring activities across Compensation, Benefits, and HRIS efforts.Maintain project documentation, timelines, risk logs, and reporting dashboards, ensuring stakeholders have consistent and accurate updates.Support the development and facilitation of governance routines, including steering committees, working sessions, and cross-functional checkpoints.Initiate and lead meetings and discussions (outside of recurring weekly project meetings) to resolve problems and / or obtain alignment on complex issues as needed.Develop deliverables as-needed such as summaries, process flows, charts and diagrams to help accelerate important project activities.Adapt to the existing PMO structure to lead the assigned workstreams (i.e., weekly status report cadence, weekly leadership calls, weekly team calls, weekly partner calls, etc.).Total Rewards Workstream Support:Provide day-to-day coordination and operational support for Compensation and Benefits workstreams, ensuring milestones, tasks, and dependencies are accurately tracked and executed.Provide project management support for benefit plan implementation, including coordinating among Client technology, HRIS, benefit vendors (Alight and Empower), communication plan and review support, and onboarding a non-payroll entity.Assist with analytical needs, documentation efforts, and preparation for design sessions, leadership reviews, and stakeholder communications.Help identify process gaps, surface issues, and support timely resolution in partnership with Total Rewards leadership.HR Transformation & HRIS Cutover Support:Coordinate key activities related to HRIS cutover for a new company acquisition, including scheduling workshops, tracking deliverables, gathering requirements, and preparing documentation.Act as a connector across HRIS, HR partners, technology teams, and business stakeholders to ensure information flows smoothly.Support testing, data readiness, and issue tracking as part of implementation activities.Strategic & Operational Support:Translate high-level directives from HR leadership into actionable workplans, status updates, and coordinated activities.Provide strategic insight by identifying risks, dependencies, and opportunities for optimization.Take a hands-on approach to execution, stepping in where needed to keep workstreams moving and support team efficiency.Stakeholder Engagement & Communication:Facilitate communication across HR, Finance, Technology, and business teams by preparing agendas, summaries, and presentation materials.Support escalation processes and ensure decisionmakers have timely and accurate information.Build strong, trust-based partnerships across the organization through proactive engagement and collaborative problem-solving.Required Skills:3-5+ years of experience in program and / or project management.Experience supporting Total Rewards, HRIS implementations, or large-scale HR initiatives highly a plusStrong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail.Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining composure and a service-oriented mindset.Strong communication, relationship-building, and stakeholder management skills.Comfortable blending strategic support with hands-on execution.Basic knowledge of compensation / benefits plans (e.g., 401k, STI, LTI, Deferred Comp, Health & Wellness, etc.) and technical data feeds between databases.Project Management Experience (3-5 years): Manage and drive project plans, manage and update weekly status reports, lead project status meetings and other relevant project meetings, manage existing project trackers and build new ones as needed, manage project stakeholders and address / resolve issues that inhibit progress, identify risks and issues early and collaborate with workstream leads to mitigate and / or resolve them.Ability to quickly adapt and learn about a complex, high-profile project that's in-progress and begin driving progress (with detailed onboarding).Ability to operate at a project level by anticipating risks / issues and also be tactical by building deliverables (i.e., meeting notes, diagrams, process flows, summary tables, etc.).Excel Proficiency: Strong working knowledge of Excel; experience with VLOOKUP and pivot tables is preferred.Adaptability in Fast-Paced Environments: Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines effectively.If hired, you will enjoy the following ECLARO Benefits:401k Retirement Savings Plan administered by Merrill LynchCommuter Check Pretax Commuter BenefitsEligibility to purchase Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance through ECLAROIf interested, you may contact: Melissa Francisco View email address on us.fitly.work View phone number on us.fitly.work Melissa Francisco | LinkedIn Equal Opportunity Employer: ECLARO values diversity and does not discriminate based on Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status, in compliance with all applicable laws.