Director, Project Management, HR Integration (Contract) - SLC Management

SLC Management•Waterloo, ON

4d•CA$110,000 - CA$180,000•Hybrid

About The Position

SLC Management is seeking a Director, Program Management, HR Integration for an 18-month contract position. This role will report to the Managing Director, Talent and Strategic Initiatives and is responsible for the project management and integration planning of an HR digital platform that consolidates five legacy platforms into a single system. The position also involves redesigning HR processes end-to-end for SLC’s multi-business operating model. The Director will ensure project plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, resources, and deliverables are on track across all people and HR technology integration workstreams, proactively identifying and supporting the resolution of risks and issues.

Requirements

8+ years of progressive project/program management experience, ideally including complex enterprise or M&A integrations, HR transformation or HR technology delivery.
Proven ability to build integrated plans, manage milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, decisions and executive-level reporting across multiple workstreams.
Experience in HR process design and HRIS delivery with strong understanding of how automation, workflow tools, data and AI can be applied to simplify HR processes, improve employee experience and reduce operational risk.
Strong relationship building, stakeholder management and facilitation skills with senior leaders, HR, Technology, Finance, vendors and implementation partners.
Excellent communication, analytical, documentation and problem-solving skills.
Ability to bring structure to ambiguity in a matrixed environment, identify practical options, and develop creative solutions to complex integration, process and technology challenges.

Nice To Haves

Workday, data conversion, testing, cutover, payroll or shared services experience.
Experience applying Agile project management practices.
PMP, Scrum/Agile or similar certification.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain integrated project plans establishing milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risk, issue and decisions.
Coordinate work across HR, Technology, Payroll, Finance, vendors, and implementation partners.
Coordinate execution activities across all HR integration workstreams.
Manage weekly program / project status meetings, including preparing materials & agendas.
Create project dashboards and executive reporting.
Prepare steering committee materials.
Partner with the Director, HR Program Delivery to understand and flag broader implications, change planning and communication.
Bring forward recommendations to address implications, change planning and communication.
Create standardized documentation and guidance materials for workstream leads.
Support or lead specific process design activities.
Facilitate or support working sessions and ensure robust documentation of outcomes and actions.
Follow up with workstream leads and stakeholders.
Conduct process, system and employee impact, change and gap analysis and assessments.
Develop summaries and create recommendations based on analysis.
Connect with stakeholders across integration streams.
Document business requirements, recommendations, and implement decisions.
Support translation of business requirements into technical requirements partnering with the digital solutions team.
Partner with DBTS/HR Shared Services on integration dependencies, employee data conversion, validation, testing and cutover activities ensuring rigorous data governance.
Support legacy system transition & decommission planning, including gap analysis, issue logs, and recommendations.