Director of PMO - Human Resources

nVent • St Louis, MN

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions. Are you ready to lead a impact team and drive significant HR initiatives at nVent? As the PMO Director - Human Resources, you will play a pivotal role in crafting our HR project management strategy and ensuring flawless execution of critical initiatives. This is an outstanding opportunity to collaborate with senior leaders, influence strategic decisions, and contribute to our ambitious growth plans! WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE IN THIS POSITION: This role will lead nVent HR PMO team. This position establishes and oversees project management standards, prioritization, resource planning, and delivery execution across HR initiatives. The HR PMO Director partners closely with the HR Leadership Team regarding HR initiatives, programs, and projects are aligned to enterprise strategy, delivered on time and within scope, and generate measurable business value. In this position, you will get to do the following: Strategic Portfolio Management: Cultivate the HR project portfolio, including intake, facilitate HR Leadership prioritization, sequencing, and capacity planning Ensure consistent execution of major initiatives Translate sophisticated project data into clear, executive level insights and recommendations Partner with project sponsors and project team to support HR Transformational Initiatives Leadership Engagement: Serve as a trusted advisor to HR leadership on project feasibility, tradeoffs, and delivery risk Partner with HR leaders to balance critical initiatives with operational priorities Partner with business team members to ensure alignment across nVent Build capability through tools, process, and upskilling of project management in HR Provide updates on HR Transformational Initiatives to the HR teams, Key Stakeholders and Executive Leadership Project Governance and Capacity Management : Establish HR PMO governance Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and dependencies and drive issue resolution and decision processes Define critical metrics and success measures for the HR project portfolio Lead action reviews and ensure application of findings to future delivery Serve as the HR Lean Champion, driving a culture of continuous improvement to deliver best in class processes to support nVent's growth. Partner with the Enterprise Lean Team, HR and Functional Stakeholders to conduct Lean Process reviews and implement changes Maintain HR improvement pipeline

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Business or related field and/or equivalent experience
• 10+ years of relevant functional experience, mostly in HR, including 5+ years leading projects
• Demonstrated ability to partner effectively and influence senior leader decisions
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including providing executive updates
• Strong project management skills and experience with and Lean process reviews
• Demonstrated expertise with change management methodologies
• Excellent excel and power points skills.
• Experience with project management tools preferred
• Strong understanding of overall HR systems & processes
• Ability to work with ambiguity

Responsibilities

• Lead nVent HR PMO team.
• Establish and oversee project management standards, prioritization, resource planning, and delivery execution across HR initiatives.
• Partner closely with the HR Leadership Team regarding HR initiatives, programs, and projects are aligned to enterprise strategy, delivered on time and within scope, and generate measurable business value.
• Cultivate the HR project portfolio, including intake, facilitate HR Leadership prioritization, sequencing, and capacity planning.
• Ensure consistent execution of major initiatives.
• Translate sophisticated project data into clear, executive level insights and recommendations.
• Partner with project sponsors and project team to support HR Transformational Initiatives.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to HR leadership on project feasibility, tradeoffs, and delivery risk.
• Partner with HR leaders to balance critical initiatives with operational priorities.
• Partner with business team members to ensure alignment across nVent.
• Build capability through tools, process, and upskilling of project management in HR.
• Provide updates on HR Transformational Initiatives to the HR teams, Key Stakeholders and Executive Leadership.
• Establish HR PMO governance.
• Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and dependencies and drive issue resolution and decision processes.
• Define critical metrics and success measures for the HR project portfolio.
• Lead action reviews and ensure application of findings to future delivery.
• Serve as the HR Lean Champion, driving a culture of continuous improvement to deliver best in class processes to support nVent's growth.
• Partner with the Enterprise Lean Team, HR and Functional Stakeholders to conduct Lean Process reviews and implement changes.
• Maintain HR improvement pipeline.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.
• A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan — both include a company match.
• Tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and/or legal & identity theft protection.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director