Project Manager - L&I Talent Mgt Technology & Solutions

Overview

Responsibilities

• Define project scope, goals, and deliverables that support business needs in collaboration with pertinent stakeholders.
• Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents, ensuring that all tasks are delivered on-time, within scope, and within budget.
• Assess how to functionally implement new or changing business requirements within the application.
• Develop functional specifications to document system enhancements, interfaces and business processes.
• Gain business owner or vendor concurrence on requirements.
• Develop test plans, test scripts and execute tests to support system patches and updates; system upgrades/enhancements and defect resolution.
• Analyze defects; test corrective action and validate corrections moved to production.
• Help core users understand how the system works and assist with resolving operational issues.
• Maintains functional documentation for the Talent Management modules (Learn, Tuition Aid, Performance Management, Career Development).
• Make recommendations for improving module design and implementation resulting from changing business or technology requirements.
• Work with teams to develop white papers and/or presentations.
• Manage project and team costs against plan while developing project and annual budgets.
• Coordinate internal resources and manage System Integrator relationships.
• Developing the scope, plan, and design of each element of the project related to Talent Management modules identifying activities, processes, and systems for improvement.
• Promote and grow a strong learning culture by creating and nurturing relationships with L&I teams, Talent Management team, TLC team, Employee Hub Team, and others across the enterprise to achieve desired project goals.
• Collaborating with our Stakeholders to respond to changing or developing needs for future learning optimization initiatives.
• Track costs and activities, manage budget and schedule performance, and handle changes to the project scope, schedule, and costs using appropriate verification techniques.
• Partner with overall project manager in planning and road mapping, including analyzing technology components for vendor support and cybersecurity compliance. Develop strong relationships with Information Technology team to influence positive project outcome.
• Supports the post implementation of the Employee Hub Learning Module.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree and minimum six (6) years of relevant work experience within Human Resources, Learning, Education, Technology, Project Management, and/or Learning Transformation, or
• Bachelor's Degree and minimum six (8) years of relevant work experience within Human Resources, Learning, Education, Technology, Project Management, and/or Learning Transformation.

• Possesses excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to engage and influence senior leadership, required.
• Proven learning agility to understand and implement new processes and/or technology, required.
• Ability to work flexibly on multiple assignments with changing priorities while staying on schedule and within budget, required.
• Proven Project Management leadership, required.
• Must be experienced in leading, motivating and developing others, required.
• Strong problem-solving skills and technical aptitude, required.
• Familiarity with learning & inclusion and human resources business processes, required.
• Must be experienced assessing business requirements, developing recommendations for process and system changes, required.
• Must be able to develop long term plans and priorities and develop annual project budgets, required.
• Must possess excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, good communications, presentation and project management skills, required.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft office products (Word, Excel, and Outlook), required.
• Proven skills in conducting discovery, design, and implementation of LMS/Learning Ecosystems, along with knowledge of learning management systems and applications, preferred.
• Familiarity with career development programs, succession management, and tuition aid programs, along with proven skills in change management, preferred.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification or equivalent, preferred.
• Knowledge and experience with HCM (Oracle), preferred.

• Driver's License Required
• Certified Project Management (CPM) Preferred
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Preferred

• Ability to push, pull, and lift up to 25 pounds
• Sit or stand to answer a phone for the duration of the workday
• Sit or stand to use a keyboard, mouse, and computer for the duration of the workday
• Possess manual dexterity and the ability to use hands for the duration of the workday
• Ability to stoop, bend, reach, and kneel throughout the workday
• Stand to use/operate office equipment for the duration of the workday
• Ability to read small print and symbols

• The selected candidate will be assigned a System Emergency Assignment (i.e., an emergency response role) and will be expected to work non-business hours during emergencies, which may include nights, weekends, and holidays.